Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Evangelical church urges members to commit fraud so that they can continue tithing.

Courtesy of Raw Story:

An evangelical church already under investigation for luring foreign believers to the U.S., where they were kept as virtual slaves, has been accused of encouraging parishioners to file fraudulent unemployment claims so they could keep tithing. 

According to an Associated Press investigation, the founder of the Word of Faith Fellowship reportedly encouraged church members to defraud the government so that they could keep filling her coffers at Sunday services, saying it was “God’s plan.” 

In an interview, contractor Randy Fields related how he appealed to church founder Jane Whaley to allow him to scale back his tithing because his business was faltering, only to have the religious leader encourage him to file fraudulent unemployment claims in the names of his employees. 

According to the report, Fields was not alone, with multiple other church members — and fellowship employees – also admitting they committed fraud in the name of the church. The report goes on to note that the allegations are being investigated by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. 

Detailing years of fraud, former church adherents estimated that the fake claims — including “some filed by the business owners’ wives and other family members” — would have diverted hundreds of thousands of tax dollars to the church over a six-year period.

Tax fraud AND slavery?

Damn!

You know I love it when people try to convince me that we cannot be moral without religion.

I personally think that being truly moral can only be accomplished by ignoring religion.

And ESPECIALLY self serving religious leaders.

8 comments:

  1. Anonymous3:56 AM

    That's right! Having morals is deep within. An old guy that claimed not to be religious said "Just follow the 10 commandments" and you got it covered.

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  2. Anonymous6:08 AM

    Lock her up!

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  3. Anonymous6:36 AM

    JEEBUS!

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  4. Anonymous7:44 AM

    JEW$>"Lowell's exchange with the man posing as Kushner marked the second time this month that a top lawyer representing a senior White House official corresponded with the prankster thinking he was a colleague or client. White House special counsel Ty Cobb disclosed information about the FBI's Russia probe to the prankster earlier this month thinking he was White House social media director Dan Scavino.
    On Monday, the prankster wrote to Lowell from the email address "kushner.jared@mail.com" asking what he should do with "some correspondence on my private email ... featuring ADULT content."
    ""But we can bury it?" the prankster responded. "I'm so embarrassed. It's fairly specialist stuff, half NAKED WOMEN on a trampoline, standing on legoscenes, the tag for the movie was #standingOnTheLittlePeople :(

    "Lowell's suggestion that he needs "to see all emails" sent or received from Kushner's private account raises questions about whether he has fully examined the messages and what kind of information they contained."
    "Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti said he was "shocked to learn that Kushner's lawyer did not review the relevant emails before issuing a statement making assertions about what was in them and how many there were.""

    http://www.politicususa.com/2017/09/26/jared-kushners-lawyer-fooled-prankster-giving-email-scandal-details.html

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  5. Anonymous7:56 AM

    Oh fraud. Where shall I begin?

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  6. Anonymous8:34 AM

    Evangelical? They're more than that. Neopentecostal, Name It and Claim it, Prosperity Gospel and Dominionism to round out their belief system.

    Word of Faith churches generally don't promote violation of the law just to get tithes. AFAIK. It's been a long time since I set foot in a church.

    Bird Brain

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    1. Anonymous10:29 AM

      What's the deal with this church?
      https://www.yelp.com/biz/celebration-church-georgetown-2

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  7. Anonymous9:05 AM

    https://www.wired.com/story/doj-nominee-jon-adler-heroes-health-fund/

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