Post by barb43 on May 30, 2019 4:49:59 GMT
Lance Wallnau sells $45 'Trump Coin' on 'Jim Bakker Show,' says it’s ‘point of contact’ with God
www.christianpost.com/news/lance-wallnau-sells-45-trump-coin-on-jim-bakker-show-says-its-point-of-contact-with-god.html
We've all seen this sort of marketing - crucifixes, prayer cloths, anointed oils . . . preachers have hawked them on TV shows, sent them to many of us in mail campaigns, and they've shown up on our social media newsfeeds. Is this an acceptable use of God's name and representation of His principles?
Is this an example of blasphemy? Is it a sacrilege? What do you think?
I thought it was blasphemy, but can't find an adequate definition of that term that includes an act like selling a coin by taking advantage of someone's emotions and desire to be linked to God. Edward termed it "capitalism", chuckled, & left the room. I do believe it's capitalism, alright, but not a very valorous form of it.
www.christianpost.com/news/lance-wallnau-sells-45-trump-coin-on-jim-bakker-show-says-its-point-of-contact-with-god.html
For $45, Lance Wallnau and Jim Bakker will sell you a Trump/Cyrus coin that you can use as a "point of contact" between you and God as you pray for Trump's re-election in 2020. - from a Tweet by @rightwingwatch
“It’s our point of contact every day,” Wallnau continued, speaking of the coin. “When you see it remember God put something in your hand that you have a role in.”
He went on to say, “That’s why we got to pray, because they think we’re crazy. But we’re actually the sane ones.”
“We gotta pray,” he continued. “The teaching that is here, this coin is a point of contact, this 24-carat gold plated coin.”
“It’s our point of contact every day,” Wallnau continued, speaking of the coin. “When you see it remember God put something in your hand that you have a role in.”
He went on to say, “That’s why we got to pray, because they think we’re crazy. But we’re actually the sane ones.”
“We gotta pray,” he continued. “The teaching that is here, this coin is a point of contact, this 24-carat gold plated coin.”
We've all seen this sort of marketing - crucifixes, prayer cloths, anointed oils . . . preachers have hawked them on TV shows, sent them to many of us in mail campaigns, and they've shown up on our social media newsfeeds. Is this an acceptable use of God's name and representation of His principles?
Is this an example of blasphemy? Is it a sacrilege? What do you think?
I thought it was blasphemy, but can't find an adequate definition of that term that includes an act like selling a coin by taking advantage of someone's emotions and desire to be linked to God. Edward termed it "capitalism", chuckled, & left the room. I do believe it's capitalism, alright, but not a very valorous form of it.
Another good comment in the article, by Warren Throckmorton, an evangelical blogger and professor of psychology at Gove City College:
"I don’t think Wallnau and Bakker are crazy. I think they are cynically fleecing people. Grifters gonna grift," he wrote.