Since when is religion about money?

Hinn has said he earns up to $1 million a year, lives in a $10 million seaside mansion and owns a private jet. Creflo Dollar, who visited Uganda this month, drives a Rolls Royce.

Africa's preachers are learning fast.

At Uganda's Holy Fire Ministry -- a marquee beside a dirt track near the airport -- hundreds line up for blessings from "Prophet" Pius Muwanguzi, whose purported talents include curing AIDS by touching the forehead.

In the kneeling congregation: a polio victim, a blind man and a girl who lost her phone.

The pastor touches an old woman, she faints. Then out come the collection envelopes. Minimum is 100,000 Uganda shillings ($62.5), although the poor can give as little as 10,000 to receive a blessing.

Muwanguzi, whose own blessings include a smart suit and a new Toyota Land Cruiser, declined an interview. But his secretary Jackie Kamanyire said payments were voluntary.

Yep. Save those souls from the comfort of your plush digs and bling ride.

It was always for money and power in human history...
Even ancient religions always have leaders who try to manipulate nations and kings and control huge flow of money or food resources.
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Religion has been about money since it's inception

Since the beginning of time.

Since money made the world go round.

Since it began.

Unfortunately those are the ones we all hear about. I haven't seen any articles on the ministers and priests who are living among people in the third world, trying to help them. In my eyes those people like Hinn are pure charlatans. If they really cared about their mission, they would channel the majority of the money to charitable works. I don't begrudge anyone a decent place to live and a good, dependable car. However, you can get a great house for 100.000.00 and a good car for under 25,000.00

In the New Testament it's written Jesus chased the money changers out of the Temple.

Religion hasn't been corrupted by money.....it's "some" of the people in the religion that have been corrupted by money.

From the beginning of time some people have always been about the money.

it's not. corrupt people are about money

With money they can control the loss of faith. With faith they can comfort others to give up their money.

As a Christian I agree with you this is disgusting. Not because this person or that person earns a great amount of money, but that someone who claims to be a servant of God would do so for the purpose of extortion and fraud. Most who are pastors good people who serve their congregations faithfully. These bad apples give a black eye to all of them. I stand up and cheer every time one of these charlatans is exposed for the crooks they are.

since the beginning of time

From its inception religion has been a scam about power and money.

There's very good money to be made from religion - pushing it or treating it - IF you can keep a straight face.

There are many false teachers among us. Obviously Christianity is not about money. As a matter of fact, the bible warns of the dangers when it comes to money and Matthew 6:24 tells us that we cannot serve both God and money. So, to believe that these guys are serving God is wrong. They are using God and His word for their own riches. Unfortunately they find a crowd of believers who do freely give to them because they become blinded by their words and actions. God will pass judgement on these false teachers and all I can do is not support them.

From the time believers or a Minister of God gives room to Satan who brings Lust, Greed,and thirst of money.

Many famous preachers fall apart through this act.

As you mentioned above. Most of the time it doesn't mean that a preacher shouldn't ride a rolls roys or shouldn't live in a comfortable house.

why, because people of any country thinks that a preacher or a minister should be very poor. simple, should not live like an other people who earn through their degrees.

It is not like that.
If the employee of a well reputed company or organisation earns more and live comfortable, why not this employee of the Kingdom of Heaven live more or less as this employee of the earth. (just think about it)

It was the beginning of the Church ministers suffered but now it is different.

Please pray well and see the things

Since the first religious leader thought up the scam thousands of years ago.

Christianity is not about money. The problem is that religion is not always Christianity, but since people like Hinn are so high-profile and claim to be Christian, the world uses them as the example of Christianity. It's truly sad. They'll have to answer to God ultimately but that doesn't help all those who are being deceived into wasting their money.

Anything can be abused. The best things often are. The abuse of something doesn't reflect on the quality of that which is abused - only on the quality of the abusers.

God is always there and he never charges one cent.

So why do people pay charlatans? Obviously, because they are looking for a quick fix, instead of developing a true relationship with God. So who should we blame? The old saying, There鈥檚 a sucker born every minute really doesn鈥檛 get to the truth of it. People want easy answers and quick fixes. God says watch and wait. Patience. Trust. The rain falls on the good and the bad.

That鈥檚 not fast enough or easy enough for a lot of people.

first religion has been about money and power since it started...

second in reading this rant, it looks like he making $625 a year if 100K equals $62.5...

Religion has always been about control of resources (including money and people). Spirituality is about a relationship with God. Some very spiritual people are part of religious organizations. Other members focus on aquiring wealth. The Catholic Church is a prime example with such wonderful members as Mother Theresa and yet owning vast collections of art, precious metals and antiquities.