On t.v the other day i was switching channels and came across a preacher trying to sell a prosperity cloth.He was showing airplanes and houses that you could get if you pray with this cloth.Dont you think this is wrong,im not a christian but i thought that pride/envy is a deadly sin.
2006-11-08 00:30:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think that reguardless of what religion or race you are, it's wrong to cheat people out of their money. Which, sadly, that is what that preacher was trying to do (if he's really a preacher at all).
2006-11-08 00:36:37 · answer #1 · answered by Jennifer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only one who will prosper from prosperity preaching is the
prosperity preacher, in this life only for the fires of Hell awaits false teachers.
This kind of preaching is an insult to poor Christians through out the ages. see Heb 11:32-38
2006-11-08 00:41:59 · answer #2 · answered by G3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surely you jest! A large tenet of Christian existence, of which Calvinism is a leading proponent, is that "prosperity" is a sign that God has smiled upon you. In other words, He is rewarding you.
This all goes back to the division between "Paulist" thinking - wherein "faith" was all you needed to reach paradise - and what others considered the "real message" of Jesus - wherein your acts would also determine your spiritual worth. We still hear lip service to this second principle, e.g., "Faith without action is dead," but it really doesn't amount ot a hill of beans. Paul-ism won out.
2006-11-08 00:43:41 · answer #3 · answered by JAT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - I am a Christian but these guys can really be mesed up.
There is nothing in the Bible about a prosperity cloth... I am always upset with the guys who promise things because how and what and where God propsers you is up to him. You can't promise a house or a car because that may not be God's will for you - he may have other ways to take care of you.
And God can answer your prayers without a cloth and a donation for it.
Those who represent God have to be very careful.
2006-11-08 00:38:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
A magic cloth, dirt from Jerusalem all kinds of things have been offered to make people believe they got something for the money they wasted by sending it to television evangelists.
2006-11-08 00:32:52 · answer #5 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam for the gullible........ he's actually going against bible teachings on avoiding witchcraft and magic, and trying to get money. He's one of those hypocrites that'll have a lot to answer for on judgement day. He'll be wishing his "magic cloth" could hide him from God's anger.
2006-11-08 00:52:02 · answer #6 · answered by Squirrley Temple 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.... its messed up.... That guy has a rather silly means of making money, but if it works... well... all the better for him, I suppose.
Then again, is it any more or less wrong to use a crucifix?
Why even pray in the first place? You'll never get any reply...
2006-11-08 00:39:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Being a Christ follower, I think this is wrong.
I personally view it as an embarrassment to my Heavenly Father. Who in their right mind would want to embarrass God...Oh my!
My Father, God owns EVERYTHING! My Father need not send out beggars! Where God guides He provides...
I am one in living proof of that and I stand to witness and testify to the goodness of my Father in Christ Jesus, Glory be to God!
2006-11-08 00:39:34 · answer #8 · answered by Tina 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i have a magic cloth too. I call it "Blankie" You can all have a piece for a hundred bucks. Mail me cash only.
2006-11-08 00:39:45 · answer #9 · answered by st.uncumber 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
may be some magician lost in the crowd
2006-11-08 00:33:13 · answer #10 · answered by george p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋