How do you reconcile the teachings you hear from them to the lifestyle they have when you know that the world needs another Bill Gates to feed the hungry? I surely will benefit from your system.
I gotta be honest ,I don't know any of them personally, so I really can't comment on their lifestyle. This thread has a lot of very vague assumptions about people's personal wealth, but as far as I know, no one has seen their tax statements, or a statement of how much they themselves (the preachers) give charitably.
And if, for example, I did have their personal earning's statements in front of me, could see their charitable giving (or lack thereof), and the entire financial statement of their ministry, as well as images of all these "mansions" they are supposedly living in, do you know what my response would be? Probably, "Praise God, that's awesome!" It's between Him and them, and I really don't begrudge anyone their success! I guess that's the big difference between me and a few of you that are posting. I have no problem whatsoever with these folks being wealthy, if they truly are. We need more people like them (My ideal vocation would be to be a wealthy missionary!)!
Furthermore, the assertion (which I've read more than once in this thread) is that these people should somehow be feeding the hungry or solving the problems of poverty, single-handed. I know Joyce Meyer's ministries do a great deal of good with the impoverished around the world, but this doesn't seem to satisfy you. I'm not sure that anything WOULD satisfy folks who think this way, since the thought process seems to be something like, "As long as there is one hungry person in the world, no preacher should make a profit!" This is ludicrous, and a fallacy of logic. Not to mention, logistically impossible.
I really didn't think it was worth mentioning, but since it keeps coming up, I'm going to point it out. To me, it seems to show a lack of understanding about how the world works, and how ministry works. So there you have it!
