UPDATED: Where is Houston's celebrity pastor, Joel Osteen?

[DesertRat]

Last edited Mon Aug 28, 2017, 10:22 PM - Edit history (1)

They've apparently been shamed into helping. "Lakewood Church apparently bought countless air mattresses and are prepping to open their doors. Took a while but good news."

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Laffy Kat]

1. Sure do hope this comes back around to bite him in the ass. nt

[SummerSnow]

5. They are ripping him a new one on his twitter.

[badhair77]

2. Another charlatan.

I missed the chapter of the Bible that requires faith leaders to become millionaires.

[DFW]

3. And the Lord said.....

Joel?

Yeah?

How long can you tread water?

[sab390]

6. You dodged it

But I'm going to out you. That's a Cosby reference. It's still a funny bit, too bad he's persona non gratis.

[DFW]

17. Of course it's a Cosby reference

I know he's persona non grata, but Noah is still one of the best comedy routines EVER. It's sort of like being a progressive who is an open fan of country and western music. You sometimes just have to divorce yourself from the artists if you really want to enjoy it.

[sab390]

22. So true

Dropkick me Jesus through the goal pots of life is a great song. And I did say "NOAH" was funny.

[Motley13]

4. dry & counting his money

Probably wondering why Noah hasn't been resurrected.

"Me help, "God helps those that help themselves" & I just keep helping myself.

[Warpy]

7. He hopped on one of his Lear Jets

and went to a place with lots of sunshine.

Riding out hurricanes is for the suckers who keep him rich.

(Yeah, it's a guess, but it's an educated one)

[miyazaki]

8. ya, gone with the wind.

[DesertRat]

9. I think that's very likely. nt

[Blue_Tires]

10. This is why I've always despised megachurches...

Osteen can't have the unwashed masses dirtying up his church, can he?

[Docreed2003]

11. Joel and his "prosperity gospel" are a fucking sham...

Especially if he were to actually soak in and live by the words of Christ. Matthew 25 has some pretty clear cut thoughts on Osteen and his ilk who would turn their backs on those in need:

41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

[DesertRat]

12. Yeah, he's no Christian.

He's just a motivational speaker who pretends to run a church so he can avoid taxes.

[Neema]

14. Yep. That's pretty much what they all are. And I cannot believe their followers fall

for it. It's shocking.

[Docreed2003]

29. Well put...never thought of it in that way.

[tymorial]

33. The prosperity preachers and mega church leaders in general are nothing more than modern Pharisees

That entire section of Matthew is relevant to the issue of these so-called Christian leaders. They are hypocrites as Osteen has so perfectly demonstrated.


23:4-7
They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. Everything they do is done for people to see. They make their phylacteriesa wide and the tassels on their garments long. They love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;. they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others

[LonePirate]

13. He's too busy blocking people on Twitter to open his church's doors to those in need.

[icymist]

15. Betty Bowers says...

Link to tweet

[DesertRat]

16. And then he blocked her...

Link to tweet

[icymist]

18. And then she tweeted this:

Link to tweet

[DesertRat]

19. LOL!

She's the best!

[icymist]

20. I love her!

I'm going to have a beer today!

[WinkyDink]

21. NY Post has the story:

http://nypost.com/2017/08/28/pastor-osteen-shuts-church-amid-flooding-crisis/

[DesertRat]

24. Thanks for the link, Winky Dink!

[VermontKevin]

26. This is the 2nd thread I've found where you posted a pic of the garage, not the unflooded church.

Curiouser and curiouser.

[oberliner]

27. Looks pretty bad

Glad things have improved and he has now opened the church to help folks out.

[VermontKevin]

28. Yes. It does look pretty bad. But not for the garage.

[yardwork]

38. Nothing in Houston has improved. The photos you're pushing are fake.

[WinkyDink]

35. Not true. AKA, Fake News.

[friendly_iconoclast]

36. You can tell that Osteen is a really good conman because his marks still believe in him...

...even after he's taken their money.

[yardwork]

37. You've been told in other threads that these photos are fake.

Osteen himself is no longer trying to claim that his church is flooded.

You are pushing fake rightwing news on DU.

[DesertRat]

25. Kick for update

[AlexSFCA]

30. the guy is a fraud. He needs to be publicly shamed big time

Hit that facebook! Petition removal of of tax exempt status

[spooky3]

31. That photo reminded me of Ed Grimley:

http://www.salon.com/2014/11/02/martin_short_my_saturday_night_live_hell/

[DesertRat]

34. Now that you mention it

[Sunlei]

32. He built high up and millions of others did too. They add to the flooding problem-they should help.