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Peter Popoff's Buffet Of African American Cash aka n't Let Your Grandmother Watch BET
Peter Popoff's Buffet Of
African American Cash
Don't Let Your Grandmother Watch
Pimp Preacher.com New Orleans Bureau 03/21/2011
Whoever said there was no money in African Americans never encountered the ministry of Peter Popoff.
Financed almost completely out of the pockets of improvised black people,
Peter Popoff is now bathing in a Sea of Black Cash. The actual amount collected from his traveling hotel ballroom heist hit an all-time high recently peaking at $23 million dollars.
With the help of BET (Black Entertainment Television), Peter Popoff has converted Jesus Christ into a
“Buy Now” infomercial that hasn’t been seen since the passing of the late Billy Mays.
Back in February the Church Folk Revolution Radio broadcast had an episode titled “Why are we so stupid” referring to how Christians will believe anything, praise the wrong thing, and worship the wrong thing on the command of a so-called man of God.
There were some who took offense to the title of this particular radio broadcast and the sharp commentary from the hosts (TJ & Brother Lee) but when you look at the amount of Christian believers who flock to see Peter Popoff, it reverts us to the old saying that you shouldn’t shoot the messenger.
Peter Popoff is a con-man using the name of Jesus to criminally exploit desperate believers, mainly African American Believers.
Maybe this is an example of residue left over from our Jim Crow origins whereas we (as African Americans) give greater legitimacy to content because the person delivering it was White, just maybe.
As I grasp to understand why so many Black people flocked to give this man their hard earned money, I can no longer give him all the blame entirely.
This a great place to quote Thomas Tusser “A fool and his money are soon parted.” This famous quote is so accurate that many people have always felt that it was in a passage of scripture, but it’s not.
It derives from his poem
“Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry” but it seems to speak directly to gullible Christian Believers.
It’s very difficult to critique Peter Popoff without addressing the people who so willingly gave him $23 million. Who is really at fault here?
What is a Pimp without a *****?
What is a Dope Dealer without a Crackhead?
What is a Pedophile without the opportunity to Rape?
What is Creflo Dollar without the Doctrine Tithes and the misuse of Malachi 3:10?
The answer is very obvious but maybe that’s the reason so many of us fall prey to Spiritual Predators.
Even in nature traditional animals of prey develop defense mechanisms over time due to the evolution of that species, but not Christians.
Whereas the large-sized Gazelles of the African Plains have actually gotten faster in an attempt to outpace the Lions, not much spiritual evolution has taken place within the African American Christian.
We are still very naive and possess a very short term memory of areas that are potentially dangerous and filled with spiritual traps.
As a result, predators in the pulpit of these so-called Churches enjoy a buffet of African American resources.
And it is my intent to paint us with a broad bush. And it is my intent to group us all together in hopes that someone would be inspired to beg to differ!
Offer me a rebuttal that explains your individual efforts to put an end to ministries like Peter Popoff or forever hold you peace and enjoy being grouped together.
As reported by Ric Romero of KABC Los Angeles
Peter Popoff has been preaching about God and money for decades.
His shows that he pays BET and other cable and TV channels to appear on are non-stop crusades about spirituality and overcoming addictions, but most of all, they're about helping people erase mountains of debt.
"I'm telling you that God teaches in His word that He wants to cancel, erase, wipe out, obliterate your debt," Popoff says in a video ad.
Popoff claims he has delivered miracles to hundreds of thousands of people supernaturally.
He sends his followers tons of mail, including small vials of "miracle spring water" and debt cancellation kits, then asks his viewers to send small donations.
In return, Popoff promises -- as a messenger of God -- to heal and unlock the secrets of financial security and wipe out all debt.
"Fundamentally, he's just a con man," said Ole Anthony, president of Trinity Foundation, a Dallas-based watchdog group that investigates fraud in religious ministries, including televangelism.
"Supernatural debt cancellation or debt cancellation is just hogwash. There's no spiritual justification or biblical justification for any of the things that they do."
The Trinity Foundation has been monitoring Peter Popoff Ministries for years.
Volunteers watch hours of his TV shows and they sift though massive amounts of mailings that Popoff sends to his followers, soliciting donations while promising miracles.
Janet Morgano of Boynton Beach, Fla., described herself as a desperate, former follower of Popoff.
A single mother of two, Morgano had been injured in a car accident, living paycheck to paycheck and struggling to make ends meet.
She began sending Popoff money, hoping it would help turn her life around.
"In the beginning it was for $20, $28, $30, but three or four months ago, he asked for $1,001," Morgano said.
After sending Popoff about $300 to $400, Morgano, who describes herself as a religious, giving person, eventually felt scammed by his ministry.
"I felt foolish, I felt betrayed, I was very upset," Morgano said.
Popoff's ministry, which is based out of offices in the city of Upland, has been under fire for years.
In 1986, well-known magician and skeptic James Randi made an appearance on the Tonight Show telling Johnny Carson that Peter Popoff
was a fraud who during revival meetings revealed personal information about his followers that he claimed was conveyed by God.
Instead, it was fed to him by his wife by way of a hidden radio transmitter.
Popoff later admitted he used the wireless device. A year later, he filed for bankruptcy.”
Peter Popoff is committed to his spiritual con game and in likewise manner we (Pimp Preacher.com) is just as committed in dealing with him.
For those who still feel that you’re not supposed to judge I say shame on you for not spending your time studying the Word of God instead of just listening.
For Word of or Lords says;
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
1 Peter 4:17
Peter Popoff – Welcome To Judgment!
By - A Black Man From New Orleans
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