Colorado pastor accused of pocketing $1.3M in crypto scheme says 'Lord told us to'
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"Jesus told us to steal from the poor."
Almost makes me wish heresy was still a thing. =/
It's certainly misrepresentation of a business.
Don't worry, this guy admitted to everything, seeing how "God told me to" isn't a legal defense. God really told you to spend "thousands on home renovations"? Super cool bro
Supply side Jesus strikes again.
Oh! OH! The clouds are parting. A beam of light shining down on me. AH! A voice. It calls out to me! It says.... It says you all owe me 200 bucks.
I'll send you your 200 deer. Good luck to you.
Best I can do is 200 rabid wolves.
Hearing voices is called schizophrenia
TIL my internal monologue is schizophrenia
Any belief in a magic man in the sky is literal crazy.
If I told you that I believe that humanity was created as an experiment by an alien race of clouds who communicate with us through the rain, and they tell me who to vote for and who to hate, you’d think it I was batshit to blame it on the rain.
I’d say that because we are human, we have the capacity to distinguish fiction from reality… well, most of us who have critical minds can.
I used to find this position deeply annoying, even long after I had left behind the Christianity I was raised on.
My feeling was, 'we get it, you're an atheist, calm down about it'.
Now, I feel these comments and others like them are vital. Religions have been a net harm to society over the course of history, but they present a clear and present danger to civilized society right now.
Not just Christianity, and not just in the USA, but very pressingly with Christianity and very pressingly in the USA.
Absolutely. I get into arguments all the time, especially with people who are like: "just let people believe what they want man!"
This sounds "nice", but the reality is that beliefs do not exist in a vacuum, they directly affect actions people take that affect you and me.
If every religious person just kept their shit to themselves I probably wouldn't have a problem with it, but they don't. They infect politics, education, and indoctrinate children who have no choice as they are subjected to the bullshit.
So yea there is no good way to be religious, only less harmful ways, but at the end of the day, believing things without a good reason makes you susceptible to be manipulated and deceived.
He's not the messiah. He's a very naughty boy!
The lord told the defense attorney to prosecute you, so it balances out.
"I'm playing both sides so that no matter what, I come out on top." - God, probably
Once again proving that the only problem crypto truly solves is that it was too difficult to efficiently scam people before. 😂
I think it's time that we church taxes. Literally everyone else has to.
And if the taxes refuse, then what?
Shut them down
I think most taxes would rather be shut down than churched.
Then we could temple or mosque them.
Churches are for-prophet though
Evangelicals
In Satoshi We Trust
My gods tell me to do a lot of stuff. But y'all still got all your blood, don't ya?
Sometimes they're not commandments, just suggestions.
Bad suggestions.
I didn't know it was a valid excuse, BRB.
Is this the wrong spot to announce my ICO?
Because someone wins. They all know the game is rigged, but the point is to fly as close to the sun without melting your wings. They know that the white paper holders are planning to scam the rubes, you just need to duck out before the rug pull. Can’t believe the leopard ate their face
The
DevilLord made me do it.God told me to skin you alive.
When churchmen confess their churches are organized crime syndicates
Jesus told me there's a free spot on the crucifix for this scammer.
The Lord would not tell you that.
I'm pretty sure if Jesus was still here he would condemn crypto the same way he condemn those ancient bankers.
Jesus didn't "condemn ancient bankers," he booted money chargers from the temple. He wasn't railing against capitalism, he was against people using what was meant to be a place of worship, for those purposes.
There's nothing inherently different about crypto that Jesus would have been against compared to fiat currency. It's not like cash scams don't exist.
Not that it matters since it's all bullshit anyway.