Hear me out. They are taking money for a product they do not own, cannot deliver and cannot guarantee in any money-back kind of way, and don't accept responsibility for the truth of their claims. Is that not fraud, and how can we begin a class action suit against them?
2007-12-15 06:36:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The product is salvation. The lawsuit would only have to prove they don't have it themselves, not that it is not true.
2007-12-15 06:43:26 · update #1
And have it as in, have it to give to you.
2007-12-15 06:44:38 · update #2
Preachers contract with parishioners to provide preaching and pastoral care. That they do deliver.
Evangelists ask for offerings, and although they are charlatans, they provide a show that people seem willing to fork over cash to keep going.
Christian publishers are providing bound paper and ink. The authors they publish are the generators of the ideas, and the buyers are those who keep purchasing the drivel.
So although I think you're correct that they are promoting bogus information, the format they provide it in is entirely legal and not fraudulent. The Flat Earth Society can also sell books and provide speeches that advocate for their point of view. In a land where free speech is valued, we shouldn't try to limit it only to those who make sense.
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2007-12-15 06:43:50 · answer #1 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Good point.
Especially since they are non-profit and tax-exempt. Does that give them the right to excommunicate people over whether pew renters believe God is one, two, three or more persons or that God is really a Goddess?
Is there fraud in the world of non-profit religions? Yes, since many non-profit religions give different and contradictory answers to the exact same question.
2007-12-15 06:45:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think that sometimes the product is more spiritual. Some preachers and maybe a couple of evangelists are taking that money to build and/or maintain a church.
I see what you are saying, but people pay because they believe.
2007-12-15 06:45:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not necessarily. If they write their books and claim them as fantasy then they have a right to do as they please. To claim they have the answer or answers to the truth then they need to be called on to deliver where they received this truth from.
Using your imagination is not fraudulent as far as I know, pretending to have the answers is not fraudulent either. The believers need to stand up and ask where all this information really comes from. To believe in a pretend deity is no proof.
2007-12-15 06:46:12 · answer #4 · answered by Tricia R 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, but the Nobel Peace Prize should be wrestled from Al Gores grubby hands.
2007-12-15 06:42:46 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why not. Falwell has made numerous frivolous lawsuits against others, but you may be on to something. Good luck
2007-12-15 06:40:54 · answer #6 · answered by Lord Lothian 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not allowed to vote yet, but NH Baritone gets mine. Well said. You can't get mad at people for giving the masses what they want(you enjoy porn, don't you 'XOM'?). JUst be honest!
2007-12-15 06:51:25 · answer #7 · answered by martin j 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you know what you have a choice to listen or not. So you should blame yourselffor being interested. No one is forcing anyone to do what they don't want to.
2007-12-15 06:44:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. no one is forced to give money if they feel they are then yes they should.
2007-12-15 06:42:24 · answer #9 · answered by Mim 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hmm. I believe in Jesus. Does that mean that I should be sued? I'm gonna pray for you.
2007-12-15 06:41:35 · answer #10 · answered by FerretLuver 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋