This is just flat evil. (Video Below). This story contains two components that I cannot process. I have no place to put what is happening here on either end. The two concerns are as foreign to my thought process as gleefully poisoning the city’s water system.

I cannot process how a person demands money from a family or person who just lost their job, knowing that the person is terrified and maybe utterly helpless. I don’t recognize thinking that I can demand money from someone who is panicking about whether or not he or she can house, clothe and feed their child or themselves.

The other part of this story that I don’t recognize as a human response is believing this person is right and feeling an obligation to continue these payments because the act of donating that money somehow matters more than the needs of the family. A family in that situation might be dependent upon other family members or, in one hell of a lot of other situations, turning to their church for help! There may be a congregation and a church that wants to help ensure that the family’s basic needs are met.

Not this “church” – the one on TV where no one knows the other people, and no one knows where the money goes. The “congregants” may think that Copeland is like them. They may not know that Copeland depends upon the monthly donations for the $60,000 per month salary, very much needed to meet his $18,400 monthly mortgage payment on his 14,o00 square foot mansion in the poshest area of town.  Maybe these people donating don’t know that Copeland has an investment portfolio that was worth $8.4 million, but now is only worth $5.8 million and he’s in a panic because he feels poorer than he has in one long time. Maybe some of his plans for the second home in Vail are now seriously threatened.

With these televangelists is may well be true. The numbers for Copeland’s income and expenses may be lower. They might well be higher. But telling people they damn well better meet their obligation, when the people themselves may be more scared than at any point in their lives, with very little hope in the near future, should somehow be a crime, it really should.

I am sitting here trying to figure out if there could be some sort of cause of action, a legitimate lawsuit against this guy. I haven’t had much luck, but he so deserves it.

The people who tune into the program as their church are hypnotized, and I feel sorry for them (a bit). I want to find the true numbers, the income, where it goes, how he lives, and why he’s demanding that money – then tell everyone. I want to show them and yell at them to wake-up.

If it helps 10% of them, I would feel like I’d done a wonderful service. I cannot process this situation.

Here’s the video, prepare yourself:

Multi-millionaire televangelist Kenneth Copeland tells viewers that even if they lose their jobs because of the coronavirus outbreak, they must continue giving to the church: "Whatever you do right now, don't you stop tithing!" pic.twitter.com/Xp154Fm1rn

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 19, 2020

Unbelievable

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Peace, y’all

Jason

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