If all these people are so transparent and honest in their dealings...if they have so much integrity, then why are they too proud to subject their financials to the scrutiny of a CHRISTIAN oversight organization? There are plenty of large churches and para-church organizations that submit to such scrutiny.
Additionally, if they are so full of integrity, why do they claim that non-churches are churches so they can escape the scrutiny of the federal government as well. Daystar Television Network claims to be a church and therefore pays NO taxes. People grumble all the time about the poor and how undeserving they are of welfare money, but this CORPORATION makes a quarter of a BILLION dollars a year....yeah, that was with a B. They pay ZERO taxes for this income. The owners of this company live in a SIX MILLION dollar home that they call a "parsonage," so they pay no taxes on that. Do any of you know of a Lutheran minister, Catholic priest, Anglican vicar, or Methodist pastor who lives in a six million dollar parsonage?
Why is this sort of dodgy behavior glossed over by so many of the slavish followers of these people. Oh yeah...it's because they're slavish followers who've checked their brains and their own integrity at the door. It's almost like people who get in abusive relationships...they enable the abuser and stick around because they "love" that person. There's no regard for a basic level of human decency, let alone the application of biblical principals.
And, as an aside, I'm curious about why someone would be so devoted to a person who is engaged in a (dodgy) distant ministry. I wonder sometimes if they engage in this level of devotion with their own neighborhoods and local ministries that could probably use the Christian service.
Additionally, if they are so full of integrity, why do they claim that non-churches are churches so they can escape the scrutiny of the federal government as well. Daystar Television Network claims to be a church and therefore pays NO taxes. People grumble all the time about the poor and how undeserving they are of welfare money, but this CORPORATION makes a quarter of a BILLION dollars a year....yeah, that was with a B. They pay ZERO taxes for this income. The owners of this company live in a SIX MILLION dollar home that they call a "parsonage," so they pay no taxes on that. Do any of you know of a Lutheran minister, Catholic priest, Anglican vicar, or Methodist pastor who lives in a six million dollar parsonage?
Why is this sort of dodgy behavior glossed over by so many of the slavish followers of these people. Oh yeah...it's because they're slavish followers who've checked their brains and their own integrity at the door. It's almost like people who get in abusive relationships...they enable the abuser and stick around because they "love" that person. There's no regard for a basic level of human decency, let alone the application of biblical principals.
And, as an aside, I'm curious about why someone would be so devoted to a person who is engaged in a (dodgy) distant ministry. I wonder sometimes if they engage in this level of devotion with their own neighborhoods and local ministries that could probably use the Christian service.