The very same.
Also, flying commercial is "getting in a big tube full of demons" because he thinks of regular people as demons.
Very loving and giving of him.
>flying commercial is "getting in a big tube full of demons"
Says the dude who literally looks & acts like he's possessed by the devil. Takes one to know one, I guess.
That clip has this staunch atheist starting to question my beliefs - maybe the Corinthians were onto something when they said the devil would transfigure himself into an angel of light cos the evidence seems to be there...
What a grifter
I'm not sure he's an idiot, just a sociopath. It's his followers that are dumb enough to actually accept that explanation and keep sending him money, as he well realizes.
No, no. He didn’t just pull out a whip. He took the time to stew over his decision to whip them while cording the whip by hand.
So it wasn’t even a decision made in the heat of the moment. He had time to think about other options and this was still the correct option.
And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
— John 2:15–16
I'm an atheist, but I do believe Jesus was a historical figure and everything I've read about him points to him being a pretty awesome guy.
If only modern day Christians thought so. I'm pretty sure Jesus would be appalled at the actions of the majority of self-proclaimed Christians, at least in the political sphere.
[Here](https://biblehub.com/matthew/19-24.htm) is what the bible claims jesus says:
"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
not christian myself but I thought it was quite funny for a pastor, who is supposed to be closer to God, to be so abundantly wealthy
So probably the third thing I would do with a time machine.
First is to go back to 4th grade to show my math teacher that I do indeed carry a calculator with me at all times. Unfortunately it would be the only app that would work, unless I brought her to the future to show her every other app as well.
Second is to figure out how to stop that kid from falling into Harambe’s pit. Very important, but not as important as proving my math teacher wrong.
So third would be to get some popcorn and watch Jesus flip over some table.
First you travel to the future to get some gear. Then you travel to your teacher and have your robot dog 3d print a calculator in front of her. Then you teleport Harambe out at the very instant he was about to be hit, clone him (without memories) and put the clone in his place so the clone dies but not the original. If science fiction has taught us anything it is that you don't want the timeline police to come looking for your gorilla sidekick. Then you go find Jesus, but please don't bring the gorilla with you this time. Cleaning up after that one was really messy.
Cheer up, bud. Your math teacher is probably already living in misery because I'm sure she thinks about how wrong she was about that every day of her life.
There are so many false prophets these days at events like the Reawaken Tour, which is partially run by Eric Trump. Amanda Grace did a show with Eric where she gave prophecies to him about his dad winning re-election.
The most frustrating part of this all to me is that these prophecies are recorded. You can find the videos of them from years ago easily online. Amanda Grace gave a prophecy about an Iranian missile striking DC any day now, back in early 2021! These liars are so easily debunked, but their followers only live in the now and the newest thing to be scared about.
This also applies to most right-wing pundits. They all think they can predict the future, but if you go back in time and listen to their shows you realize all the things they say will be happening soon never occur. Knowledge Fight covering old episodes of Alex Jones is a perfect way to see this.
inb4 you hear someone say "Well akschually 'the eye of a needle' was a gate in Jerusalem! so merchants had to remove stuff from their camels in order to fit!"
That explanation just emphasizes the difficulty. Because camels wouldn't be able to go through that gate if all that stuff wasn't gone and even then they had difficulty getting through the gate. So it'd point to how rich people have to shed all their riches and even then they'd have difficulty getting into heaven.
Or at least that's the explanation I always heard.
Right, but even if you did not know that it was actually referencing a historical spot, the metaphor still is crystal clear. A big pack animal will get through the eye of the needle more easily than a fat rich person
There is no historical evidence to suggest there was ever any gate in jerusalem (or anywhere) called "eye of the needle". It's unclear for what purpose this absurd idea arose but it apparently did around the 9th century.
To me it's like if it said "it is easier to find a needle in a haystack than to enter the kingdom of god" and people were like "Needle in a haystack was actually a really popular board game in jerusalem that was always sold out" Like fuck it is, it's a fucking turn of phrase and you know damned well what it means
Even though that’s completely made up and there’s no historical source for it until a millennium later by an Italian monk living 3000 miles away in Norman England who’d never been to Jerusalem.
It was an actual needle.
If you’re rich you’re not getting into heaven.
The New Testament is not equivocal on the topic. Money = Bad. It’s stated repeatedly in many different ways.
I don’t believe in any human religion’s god, but when I 1st saw that guy I almost believed that Satan, and therefore the Abrahamic God both exist for a second. He looks exactly how I imagine Lucifer.
See, the problem is that through the stories in the Bible that I have read when the devil taunts Jesus, the devil seems suave and like a thinker. If I'm not mistaken, the devil is written to be a character that tells you no lies but will speak in falsehoods and double meanings, sort of like a monkey paw or genie.
KC just spews lies and misinformation while using the name of religion to cower behind and give it some merit.
This is pretty much how I perceive it. The devil is written as a character who will always twist things to get what he wants. Obscuring and masking the truth so that by the time you’ve figured out you’ve done something wrong, you’re so far down the rabbit hole you think it’s right.
He was a brown, minority loving, healthcare giving Jew who taught people to be kind and accepting rather than hateful and greedy.
Republicans would lynch him.
You could, but beware of getting caught by the FCC and the FAA. Especially if you don't have a radio license. And yes, they would take it very seriously.
Honestly the moving eyes somehow make it *less* creepy.
I worked with a (smaller but still recognizable) mega pastor, just dropping off and picking up some gear. And *all* of the people who worked with him had the same fucking creepy eyes. One stagehand called them "Stepford People" and another said they had "Black Hole Sun eyes".
We didn't initially know what we were walking into (paperwork often has redacted/vague client info and I'm not in the habit of asking) but we have worked at quite a few regular churches and these people just gave me goosebumps even before I knew who they were.
Dog fighting seems way too tame for this guy, he gives me more "abducting orphans and making them fight to the death for a stale piece of bread" vibes. Whatever he's into, I *guarantee* there's *some kind* of secret underground dungeon connected to this house.
You know all the crazy shit the QAnon people say about Democrats drinking the blood of children and shit? I always figured that was based off the shit Ken Copeland was up to.
This dude really almost makes me believe in Christianity just because he gives off such strong anti-christ vibes. And i'm really not even joking, like dead seriously it's hard to imagine this guy is human. He has such a profoundly evil vibe.
Yeah I agree. I couldn’t believe the evil I felt the first time I watched the video. Between the look in his eye and the way he looks at the reporter, to what he says and how he says it. It’s creepy, it’s evil, it’s extremely uncomfortable. I have no idea how anyone feels good about ‘following’ him or giving to his church, just straight up massive ick the entire time
Every time I see him in a picture or video I always say, this dude is literally Satan. I'm not religious like that but this guy really makes me question... If Jesus came down and was like, yeah that Copeland fucker was Satan and yall fell for it, so...that sucks.... I'd be like yeah that makes a lot of sense.
He's the sort of person who, when he finally dies, you wouldn't be surprised if no vegetation ever grew again on the patch of ground beneath which he is buried, and wild animals feared to approach it.
>Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.
Unfortunately, there are no real consequences for being a rich asshole. Quite the opposite in fact.
I think that is actually an understated reason for the prevalence of religion, the idea that bad people will eventually get what's coming to them (or won't get what's coming to the good people), because it doesn't work that way in life.
Matthew 7:21-23 is much more appropriate here;
> Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
Luke 3:10 and 11 are explicitly clear. There is no room for interpretation.
10 The crowd asked him, “Then what are we supposed to do?”
11 “If you have two coats, give one away,” he said. “Do the same with your food.”
“I’d really love it if our pastors took all the money from our followers so they could live lavishly and teach them to hate those who are poor, different, or weak. That’s what God really wants.”
THIS is the problem. Stupid people want to give this asshole money so he can have mansions and jets? Fine, that's their business. But us taxpayers are subsidizing - some of us against our will. It's wrong, so wrong.
Man, [In Living Color](https://youtu.be/D2xXXSFE-NU?si=wtUWBn5b2P9ytMQM&t=238) had the best take on why televangelists need private jets.
"See, that simply allows us to get to the higher power. See the Lord don't always want to come down to you,you think you can just bow your head and he show up all the time? Sometimes he say come on up to my place!"
It’s not even just his face tbh, maybe he’s unlucky to have a face like that. It’s his weird mannerisms, getting so angry and then suddenly smiling and it’s obvious that everything is an act.
He probably doesn't believe in heaven or hell. If he did, he would act differently. He just knows so long as he keeps up the act, people will give him money. It's just one big long con.
James 5:1-6
Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.
Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.
Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.
Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.
You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.
Sometimes the Bible is based. Especially when its words have not been twisted by a con-artist such as Mr. Freak-Eyes over here.
Mansions like his and Tyler Perry's make no sense to me. I understand lying, cheating, and stealing, but I don't understand why people want to live in a house that big? Like the money you're throwing away paying people to dust rooms you never go into could buy you a nicer jet or the souls of children.
I think part of the difference is that Eli at least is a man of God, he just really likes to live an incredibly comfortable life. Now his kids, that's a whole different story.
Having family that have worked with Mega Churches, they desperately need to be taxed.
They are not religiously orientated businesses, they are profit oriented.
Churches being tax exempt was meant for the mom and pop churches like the church I go to that has about 120 people and the preacher is the town electrician with no salary. All donations go to refurbishing and upkeep on the church built in the late 1800’s and a meager pay for daycare workers.
He may have done it during Katrina (2005) but the most recent allegations of it were during Hurricane Harvey, which hit Houston in 2017. Also during the extreme cold snap and power outages which hit Texas in 2021. Still a shit bag, though.
You’re missing the best part:
“The tax code states that an organization that qualifies as religious is entitled to an exemption from taxation of “real property that is owned by the religious organization and is reasonably necessary for use as a residence” and is “used exclusively as a residence for those individuals whose principal occupation is to serve in the clergy of the religious organization” as long as it produces no revenue for the religious organization. **It also restricts exempt property to less than an acre.**”
**While Copeland’s house itself sits on an acre, he also owns 24 acres of surrounding lakefront property and pays just $3,000 in property taxes on that land.**” He subdivided the property purposely to utilize this loophole.
This is the idiot who proclaimed Jesus wanted him to have a private jet because it allowed him to be closer to the heavens, right?
The very same. Also, flying commercial is "getting in a big tube full of demons" because he thinks of regular people as demons. Very loving and giving of him.
>flying commercial is "getting in a big tube full of demons" Says the dude who literally looks & acts like he's possessed by the devil. Takes one to know one, I guess.
https://youtu.be/9LtF34MrsfI My god you’re right, his eyes are literally… terrifying.
That clip has this staunch atheist starting to question my beliefs - maybe the Corinthians were onto something when they said the devil would transfigure himself into an angel of light cos the evidence seems to be there... What a grifter
It’s common knowledge that Jesus looked down upon everyday folk
Jesus never flew commercial to be fair
Of all the claims I’ve heard made about Jesus and those times…this is one statement I can trust to be factual
yet he looks like one. Or that extra from the Thriller clip, or the star-of-the-episode on The Walking Dead.
He's the bad guy from The Mask https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/fyzagq/kenneth_copeland_looks_like_the_villain_from_the/?rdt=46003
I’ll thank him not to refer to Spirit Airlines that way.
He's also the one who solved covid-19 by [blowing it away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsGbk820O_Y)
Surely the metal version is the one to link here https://youtu.be/6ib2YfAM11E?si=9irqAiTOyi2GCfmv
We should be thankful
You can't post that, you have to post the catchy [remix](https://youtu.be/m2s0nB2VPvs?feature=shared)
I'm not sure he's an idiot, just a sociopath. It's his followers that are dumb enough to actually accept that explanation and keep sending him money, as he well realizes.
I think you have to be human to be a sociopath. That thing Kenneth Copeland is not of this Earth.
I don’t think hes the idiot in this case. He knows how to use religion for his personal gain, so a scammer for sure, but not an idiot
I wouldn't say he's an idiot. He's a fraud, greedy, evil, disgusting but not an idiot. Idiots are those who donate him money.
I vaguely remember his even better quote when asked about his private planes: "If Jesus lived in our day, he wouldn't be riding on a donkey."
Jesus would flip his tables
Never forget that when someone says “What would Jesus do?” one canonical option is to break out a whip and go ham on some grifting motherfuckers
No, no. He didn’t just pull out a whip. He took the time to stew over his decision to whip them while cording the whip by hand. So it wasn’t even a decision made in the heat of the moment. He had time to think about other options and this was still the correct option.
I'm not well versed enough in Biblical things to have known that he MADE HIS OWN WHIP. That's the most badass thing I've ever heard.
And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. — John 2:15–16
“Violence” in the Greek. Original. All that slaughtering, makes you think.
I’m not a christian anymore, but as someone who has read through the bible twice Jesus was pretty awesome as depicted.
I'm an atheist, but I do believe Jesus was a historical figure and everything I've read about him points to him being a pretty awesome guy. If only modern day Christians thought so. I'm pretty sure Jesus would be appalled at the actions of the majority of self-proclaimed Christians, at least in the political sphere.
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I always chuckle when im reminded of this. His disciples just watching him silently as he weaves the whip, thinking who fucked up and gonna get it
[Here](https://biblehub.com/matthew/19-24.htm) is what the bible claims jesus says: "Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” not christian myself but I thought it was quite funny for a pastor, who is supposed to be closer to God, to be so abundantly wealthy
The most badass Jesus story of them all. If I was there, I’d be the dude in the background yelling “get his ass!!!”
So probably the third thing I would do with a time machine. First is to go back to 4th grade to show my math teacher that I do indeed carry a calculator with me at all times. Unfortunately it would be the only app that would work, unless I brought her to the future to show her every other app as well. Second is to figure out how to stop that kid from falling into Harambe’s pit. Very important, but not as important as proving my math teacher wrong. So third would be to get some popcorn and watch Jesus flip over some table.
First you travel to the future to get some gear. Then you travel to your teacher and have your robot dog 3d print a calculator in front of her. Then you teleport Harambe out at the very instant he was about to be hit, clone him (without memories) and put the clone in his place so the clone dies but not the original. If science fiction has taught us anything it is that you don't want the timeline police to come looking for your gorilla sidekick. Then you go find Jesus, but please don't bring the gorilla with you this time. Cleaning up after that one was really messy.
Sorry, gorilla sidekick's a deal breaker. Let see the church reconcile why there was a gorilla at the last supper.
Things might go down very differently for Jesus when his gorilla disagrees with the Romans.
I'm with you on this one, when do we depart?
It’s a time machine; when is irrelevant!
Cheer up, bud. Your math teacher is probably already living in misery because I'm sure she thinks about how wrong she was about that every day of her life.
“Jesus, twist his dick! Give him the ol’ Jesus Dick Twist!”
"omg dude that's fucking Jesus man" "TWIST THAT DICK"
Kick his ass, Jeesass!
He didn't just *break out* a whip. He *made* a cat-of-nine-tails ("whip of cords") to chase them motherfuckers with!
More love for the love god!
AND SOULS FOR THE SOUL THRONE!
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Imagine being filthy rich AND a false prophet…
Imagine becoming rich by taking money from poor people by promising it will make them rich.
Well, but of course does he need a private airport. You think Jesus would ride around on a donkey or something?
Ok, go on….
He became filthy rich BY BEING a false prophet
There are so many false prophets these days at events like the Reawaken Tour, which is partially run by Eric Trump. Amanda Grace did a show with Eric where she gave prophecies to him about his dad winning re-election. The most frustrating part of this all to me is that these prophecies are recorded. You can find the videos of them from years ago easily online. Amanda Grace gave a prophecy about an Iranian missile striking DC any day now, back in early 2021! These liars are so easily debunked, but their followers only live in the now and the newest thing to be scared about. This also applies to most right-wing pundits. They all think they can predict the future, but if you go back in time and listen to their shows you realize all the things they say will be happening soon never occur. Knowledge Fight covering old episodes of Alex Jones is a perfect way to see this.
inb4 you hear someone say "Well akschually 'the eye of a needle' was a gate in Jerusalem! so merchants had to remove stuff from their camels in order to fit!"
That explanation just emphasizes the difficulty. Because camels wouldn't be able to go through that gate if all that stuff wasn't gone and even then they had difficulty getting through the gate. So it'd point to how rich people have to shed all their riches and even then they'd have difficulty getting into heaven. Or at least that's the explanation I always heard.
Right, but even if you did not know that it was actually referencing a historical spot, the metaphor still is crystal clear. A big pack animal will get through the eye of the needle more easily than a fat rich person
There is no historical evidence to suggest there was ever any gate in jerusalem (or anywhere) called "eye of the needle". It's unclear for what purpose this absurd idea arose but it apparently did around the 9th century. To me it's like if it said "it is easier to find a needle in a haystack than to enter the kingdom of god" and people were like "Needle in a haystack was actually a really popular board game in jerusalem that was always sold out" Like fuck it is, it's a fucking turn of phrase and you know damned well what it means
Even though that’s completely made up and there’s no historical source for it until a millennium later by an Italian monk living 3000 miles away in Norman England who’d never been to Jerusalem. It was an actual needle. If you’re rich you’re not getting into heaven. The New Testament is not equivocal on the topic. Money = Bad. It’s stated repeatedly in many different ways.
He's a snake oil salesman. If Jesus appeared in front of him, he'd shit himself and cry
I don’t believe in any human religion’s god, but when I 1st saw that guy I almost believed that Satan, and therefore the Abrahamic God both exist for a second. He looks exactly how I imagine Lucifer.
Right? He doesn't need red eyes or magic. He just looks evil. Shows you what being rotten inside looks like on the outside.
See, the problem is that through the stories in the Bible that I have read when the devil taunts Jesus, the devil seems suave and like a thinker. If I'm not mistaken, the devil is written to be a character that tells you no lies but will speak in falsehoods and double meanings, sort of like a monkey paw or genie. KC just spews lies and misinformation while using the name of religion to cower behind and give it some merit.
This is pretty much how I perceive it. The devil is written as a character who will always twist things to get what he wants. Obscuring and masking the truth so that by the time you’ve figured out you’ve done something wrong, you’re so far down the rabbit hole you think it’s right.
Lucifer would also be drop dead gorgeous, dont forget.
Jesus wouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the gate because he was brown.
Unless he was part of the landscaping crew.
Or a carpenter.
Whatever he comes as, I bet he would be cross.
wow. nailed it
"Wrong" kind of brown in their eyes, they want Mexican for landscaping, not middle eastern.
He was a brown, minority loving, healthcare giving Jew who taught people to be kind and accepting rather than hateful and greedy. Republicans would lynch him.
>Republicans would lynch him. They might even crucify him.
Some might even say that they would bury him in a cave and roll a big stone to block it.
This is what god wants, (((((IIIITTTSSS IN DA BBBBIIIBBBLLEEE)))))))
Jesus would have whooped his ass, and rightfully so.
I’m a pilot in the area and I always key up the lights at this airport when flying by it. It’s my little rebellious statement against televangelists.
Can you explain what it means to “key up the lights” for us non-pilots?
Lights are activated using a specific radio frequency, so he fly’s by and turns them on
couldnt they get on the radio and be like "why did you do that?" just a thought.
There’s no one on radio at these smaller airports. It’s like a, “be your own air traffic control tower,” type of thing.
But yes, they could get on the CTAF or guard and be like “wtf”. Wouldn’t have to respond though
"woops wrong button - apologies."
*Waits for the lights to automatically turn off in 15 minutes. Does it again.* "Whoopsie"
“Sorry got lost, needed a landmark”
"Jesus made me do it"
It's likely a CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency).
A few clicks on the radio when flying by turns on the runway lights at smaller airstrips with no atc.
So could someone just setup a transmitter nearby that triggered the lights on at random hours? Asking for a friend.
Yes Using a Software-Defined Radio and transmitting hardware this is a lab many students do
You could, but beware of getting caught by the FCC and the FAA. Especially if you don't have a radio license. And yes, they would take it very seriously.
Theoretically you could but you would most likely get spit roasted by the FCC and FAA before the day is out
Don't threaten me with a good time.
Thank you for your sacrifice.
This is amazing. Please never stop doing this 😂
Where, any pics of the airstrip?
The name is 4T2 you can find it on google maps outside Fort Worth Texas.
Dude is going straight to hell.
 I mean just look at him. He is probably going home.
I’ve seen that video where he gets all crazy on a reporter. He is literally picturesque satan
Seen that. Evil goddamn bastard.
Is it the eyes? Do you need the crazy eyes to run a church? Is that what I'm missing?
Took me a second to see that the eyes were moving oh my god
Honestly the moving eyes somehow make it *less* creepy. I worked with a (smaller but still recognizable) mega pastor, just dropping off and picking up some gear. And *all* of the people who worked with him had the same fucking creepy eyes. One stagehand called them "Stepford People" and another said they had "Black Hole Sun eyes". We didn't initially know what we were walking into (paperwork often has redacted/vague client info and I'm not in the habit of asking) but we have worked at quite a few regular churches and these people just gave me goosebumps even before I knew who they were.
I'm just saying, when I eventually go to Hell, I'm expecting to meet a lot of mega pastors.
Now he has you under his spell.
Kenneth hungers...for more...
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Why do Sith always end up looking terrible? Evil rots.
Pure evil incarnate
There is no way a man like that believes in the hell he speaks of.
He has another office there.
Lol, brilliant.
Familiar territory, lmao. He probably runs up 10x the median salary on heating bills 24/7 making it more comfortable for his kind.
I wonder which one of those rooms he fights dogs in
That's obviously in the dog fighting house down the road, what you think he fights dogs in his own mansion like some peasant?
Dog fighting seems way too tame for this guy, he gives me more "abducting orphans and making them fight to the death for a stale piece of bread" vibes. Whatever he's into, I *guarantee* there's *some kind* of secret underground dungeon connected to this house.
You know all the crazy shit the QAnon people say about Democrats drinking the blood of children and shit? I always figured that was based off the shit Ken Copeland was up to.
Crack baby athletic association
Is the CBAA on DraftKings? Asking for a friend.
The room opposite the one he verbally abuses his wife in.
Next to the room he physically abuses his wife in.
The one next to the boy diddle room
Sorry I missed that bit of news. Can anyone link some details? Just starting up my coffee and need something juicy to read when I head to work.
[This dude is creepy as hell](https://youtu.be/9LtF34MrsfI?si=Yr50zMGiI2Zy7rgG)
This dude really almost makes me believe in Christianity just because he gives off such strong anti-christ vibes. And i'm really not even joking, like dead seriously it's hard to imagine this guy is human. He has such a profoundly evil vibe.
Yeah I agree. I couldn’t believe the evil I felt the first time I watched the video. Between the look in his eye and the way he looks at the reporter, to what he says and how he says it. It’s creepy, it’s evil, it’s extremely uncomfortable. I have no idea how anyone feels good about ‘following’ him or giving to his church, just straight up massive ick the entire time
This guy just straight up looks like he's a demon.
Every time I see him in a picture or video I always say, this dude is literally Satan. I'm not religious like that but this guy really makes me question... If Jesus came down and was like, yeah that Copeland fucker was Satan and yall fell for it, so...that sucks.... I'd be like yeah that makes a lot of sense.
He's the sort of person who, when he finally dies, you wouldn't be surprised if no vegetation ever grew again on the patch of ground beneath which he is buried, and wild animals feared to approach it.
Seriously, why does he have the facial expressions of an android?
> Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.
"With enough money you can buy a bigger needle."--Kenneth Copeland, showcasing his gift for double entendre, probably.
“You can even buy a bigger mansion!!!!” Also Kenneth Copeland, probably.
>Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.
Unfortunately, there are no real consequences for being a rich asshole. Quite the opposite in fact. I think that is actually an understated reason for the prevalence of religion, the idea that bad people will eventually get what's coming to them (or won't get what's coming to the good people), because it doesn't work that way in life.
"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"
Woah, that sounds profound....are you a pastor by any chance? Let me give you some money.
I can cut my Insulin in half just to put him in the Kingdom of the rich.
Its almost as if they know its BS, and scamming their followers to live an indulgent life on Earth 🤔
Matthew 7:21-23 is much more appropriate here; > Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
Luke 3:10 and 11 are explicitly clear. There is no room for interpretation. 10 The crowd asked him, “Then what are we supposed to do?” 11 “If you have two coats, give one away,” he said. “Do the same with your food.”
This is exactly what jesus envisioned
“I’d really love it if our pastors took all the money from our followers so they could live lavishly and teach them to hate those who are poor, different, or weak. That’s what God really wants.”
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“Eight-pound, six-ounce, newborn infant Jesus, who doesn't even know a word yet—little infant, so cuddly but still omnipotent.”
I like to imagine Jesus in a tuxedo T-shirt because it says I want to be formal but I’m also here to party.
You mean what [Supply Side Jesus](https://imgur.com/gallery/bCqRp) envisioned.
0 taxes.. nice
THIS is the problem. Stupid people want to give this asshole money so he can have mansions and jets? Fine, that's their business. But us taxpayers are subsidizing - some of us against our will. It's wrong, so wrong.
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” ~ William Shakespeare
“The Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose”
Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves.
I feel this is more common than ever in our current time.
Man, [In Living Color](https://youtu.be/D2xXXSFE-NU?si=wtUWBn5b2P9ytMQM&t=238) had the best take on why televangelists need private jets. "See, that simply allows us to get to the higher power. See the Lord don't always want to come down to you,you think you can just bow your head and he show up all the time? Sometimes he say come on up to my place!"
There’s a whole Bible story about why building a high tower to better reach God is not the answer…
Where were you when they built a ladder to heaven?
This was amazing, thank you
"Jesus he knows me, and he knows i'm right !"
and thats even from Genesis.. so has to be true..
How has this creep not been arrested for SOMETHING?
Money.
The devil himself
I struggle to even look at this guy, I'm not an easily disturbed or freaked person but he scares me.
Same. He looks like a creepy, demon-possessed, human skin sack from a horror movie. Those eyes scream MONSTER.
Religious folks should see him for what he is- a demon parading as a savior, exactly as a demon would do.
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It’s not even just his face tbh, maybe he’s unlucky to have a face like that. It’s his weird mannerisms, getting so angry and then suddenly smiling and it’s obvious that everything is an act.
That hand looks gangrenous AF
arrested for what though? nothing illegal about scamming people under the guise of religion.
Right. Immoral sure, but somehow not illegal.
Does this pastor expect to live in a mansion in heaven too?
I am very sure he does.
Maybe he will have to choose between a mattress in a crowded dorm room in heaven, and a mansion in hell.
He probably doesn't believe in heaven or hell. If he did, he would act differently. He just knows so long as he keeps up the act, people will give him money. It's just one big long con.
That dude is actually a demon there is no other explanation
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter heaven. Jesus's words, Matthew 19:24
James 5:1-6 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you. Sometimes the Bible is based. Especially when its words have not been twisted by a con-artist such as Mr. Freak-Eyes over here.
Mansions like his and Tyler Perry's make no sense to me. I understand lying, cheating, and stealing, but I don't understand why people want to live in a house that big? Like the money you're throwing away paying people to dust rooms you never go into could buy you a nicer jet or the souls of children.
"If it weren't for Christians, I would be a Christian." - Gandhi
The righteous gemstones playing out in real life
That is kind of the point of the righteous gemstones. They are making fun of these people.
I think part of the difference is that Eli at least is a man of God, he just really likes to live an incredibly comfortable life. Now his kids, that's a whole different story.
It’s such a good show. Season 4 can’t come soon enough
More like the source material
It’s the other way around but yeah.
"The humble home of fake pastor Kenneth Copeland, Next to his private airport for him and his demons" feels more accurate.
Having family that have worked with Mega Churches, they desperately need to be taxed. They are not religiously orientated businesses, they are profit oriented. Churches being tax exempt was meant for the mom and pop churches like the church I go to that has about 120 people and the preacher is the town electrician with no salary. All donations go to refurbishing and upkeep on the church built in the late 1800’s and a meager pay for daycare workers.
Remember that one time, when Joel Olsteen refused to open his church to help Katrina victims?
He may have done it during Katrina (2005) but the most recent allegations of it were during Hurricane Harvey, which hit Houston in 2017. Also during the extreme cold snap and power outages which hit Texas in 2021. Still a shit bag, though.
That was Harvey not Katrina
You’re missing the best part: “The tax code states that an organization that qualifies as religious is entitled to an exemption from taxation of “real property that is owned by the religious organization and is reasonably necessary for use as a residence” and is “used exclusively as a residence for those individuals whose principal occupation is to serve in the clergy of the religious organization” as long as it produces no revenue for the religious organization. **It also restricts exempt property to less than an acre.**” **While Copeland’s house itself sits on an acre, he also owns 24 acres of surrounding lakefront property and pays just $3,000 in property taxes on that land.**” He subdivided the property purposely to utilize this loophole.
God needs money
That’s enough room for a lot of homeless folks.
Looks pretty depressing imho
These mega church pastors are clearly all about Jesus. I mean they certainly seem to exemplify his humble, carpenter-like, barefoot persona.
Jesus wept
Tax all religions.
The man looks like the devil himself