So, how can we wrap up our conversation on Benny Hinn?
There is no doubt that Hinn lives very well. There is also no doubt that Hinn gets on TV and preaches the New Testament. There is further no doubt that Hinn preaches a brand of Christianity that not only seems to believe that people should be millionaires, but also that Hinn can act like a Jedi Master and use the Force to heal people of all sorts of diseases.
This, of course, makes him controversial, not only among non-believers but also among Christians. As I stated earlier, I find his claims of "healing" to be ridiculous and certainly unproven, but Hinn also does not hide the fact that he lives a life most people would envy in terms of material wealth and a posh lifestyle. If a person donates money to Hinn, leaving aside the religious claims (which once again are outside our discussion topic), Hinn is not in a technical sense deceiving his donors.
Perhaps the best way to sum up our conversation is to say that people who contribute to Hinn's ministries remember the old Latin adage: caveat emptor (buyer beware). There are a great many Christian organizations that are far more transparent than Hinn's who will gladly show their investors to where their money and donations go. "Investing" in evangalism is not the same as investing for long-term retirement. The real question therefore is: does an "investor" in Hinn believe he is fulfilling a religious mandate by giving to Hinn's ministry which is not as transparent as perhaps it should be.
Hinn's lifestyle and expenses may not excuse Hinn from being transparent, but Hinn apparently chooses not to have the same level of transparency as other faith-based organizations and apparently makes no apology for it. Hinn is rightfully criticized for this approach and while I am certainly no expert on Christianity, I have doubts that Hinn's lifestyle is not exactly what the founder of Christianity had in mind.
We'll wrap this up tommorrow.
There is no doubt that Hinn lives very well. There is also no doubt that Hinn gets on TV and preaches the New Testament. There is further no doubt that Hinn preaches a brand of Christianity that not only seems to believe that people should be millionaires, but also that Hinn can act like a Jedi Master and use the Force to heal people of all sorts of diseases.
This, of course, makes him controversial, not only among non-believers but also among Christians. As I stated earlier, I find his claims of "healing" to be ridiculous and certainly unproven, but Hinn also does not hide the fact that he lives a life most people would envy in terms of material wealth and a posh lifestyle. If a person donates money to Hinn, leaving aside the religious claims (which once again are outside our discussion topic), Hinn is not in a technical sense deceiving his donors.
Perhaps the best way to sum up our conversation is to say that people who contribute to Hinn's ministries remember the old Latin adage: caveat emptor (buyer beware). There are a great many Christian organizations that are far more transparent than Hinn's who will gladly show their investors to where their money and donations go. "Investing" in evangalism is not the same as investing for long-term retirement. The real question therefore is: does an "investor" in Hinn believe he is fulfilling a religious mandate by giving to Hinn's ministry which is not as transparent as perhaps it should be.
Hinn's lifestyle and expenses may not excuse Hinn from being transparent, but Hinn apparently chooses not to have the same level of transparency as other faith-based organizations and apparently makes no apology for it. Hinn is rightfully criticized for this approach and while I am certainly no expert on Christianity, I have doubts that Hinn's lifestyle is not exactly what the founder of Christianity had in mind.
We'll wrap this up tommorrow.
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