Trump's Rev. Paula White says Give Me $1,000, You Will Prosper



Trump likes prosperity gospel preachers, especially blond women like Rev. Paula White. Paula announced that those who give her $1,000 before Passover will receive bounty in return. One can anticipate that in the coming days we will hear of someone who sent her $1,000 and the next day a rich aunt died and left $2,000. The script is an old one.

It is not the worst script in all of Christianity, however. Following Paula's, and other prosperity preacher's scripts, the rich aunt and her $2,000 was so unusual there has never been anything like it. It had to be the prayed-for miracle. The thing is, the aunt actually died and left her two grand. Even though the two events had no connection they actually happened. The other promise made every day is that so and so died and is in heaven and you too will be there when you die. This one is worse. We don't know that anyone is in heaven.

I'm trying to compare the ethics of the prosperity gospel and that of other "success" schemes. For example, advertisements for lottery tickets tell us we might win, "You can't win if you don't play." Is that the same as Paula White? Is it worse or better? Hair products will give you hair like this," "Buy our pill and you will lose 100 pounds." To me these are not quite like the life after death or the pray and get rich schemes but they are not altogether different either.

If you need more money, you are welcome to pray for some. I'd suggest this has better odds than praying and sending someone money.  

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