Sunday, April 01, 2007
Heiress accuses W. Palm church of exploiting her mental illness
WEST PALM BEACH — Had Lucinda Bennett not gotten swept away in a wave of religious fervor, she could be living in an oceanfront condo in Palm Beach, her only worry how to spend her $1.8 million inheritance.
Instead, having given away the condo and the bulk of her great-grandmother's fortune to the venerable First Baptist Church West Palm Beach, the 37-year-old is living in a small house in rural northeast Florida and worrying about putting food in her mouth and gas in her car. In a lawsuit expected to go to trial in the next month, there is no dispute that over 11 months in 2000 Bennett gave the bulk of her inheritance to the wealthy church and a former pastor who regularly told the faithful of the blessings they would receive if they embraced biblical teachings to tithe.
Article source http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2007/04/01/s1a_FIRST_BAPTIST_0401.html?imw
2007-04-02 01:54:36 · 5 answers · asked by Micah 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When asked to help with her medical bills, the church refused.
2007-04-02 01:55:55 · update #1
The way I grew up is they passed a plate and you gave a dollar. Today maybe a few dollars or even a $5 spot.
That should be sufficient.
It is the WHOLE that supports not the individual.
YOu can go to the Theater and Acting area here and people are moaning about the money they spent sending their daughters to modeling schools for two years only to get nothing in return.
Well, they did get training, to be in a field where 1 is picked out of 10,000 to do the job.
God has no need of money. That's man's needs. Gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins.
A simple letter to the IRS will generate a Tax Exempt audit of that Chruch, that NOW has to justify what they did with her money.
Put them through a little hell on Earth and I can think of no better Devil to do it than the IRS!
I'll make a wager on this one 60% chance the IRS will find an ENRON here!
2007-04-02 02:21:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We who believe in God will pray for her and that her money will be returned to her. I have written down her name and I will pray for her.
2007-04-02 09:01:57 · answer #2 · answered by Pamela V 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One thing I can't stand is a prosperity teacher....
False doctrine.....
2007-04-02 08:57:02 · answer #3 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The church has many LOANS to pay!!!!
2007-04-02 08:58:32 · answer #4 · answered by LIAR-KILLER 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
stupid is as stupid does.
2007-04-02 08:57:13 · answer #5 · answered by Militant Agnostic 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋