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    What is your opinion on Benny Hinn and/or the article? Do you approve or disapprove of Benny Hinn ?

    I am not here to slander Benny Hinn... just here to chat about the article and/or your opinions/beliefs in people like Benny Hinn.

    From the article:
    Benny Hinn is evidence that there is no God. For those who have been lucky enough to avoid this creature and don't know who he is, Hinn is a faith healer who pretends to cure people by calling on help from Jesus. He goes through the same old, tired ritual that all of these charlatans seem to use - calling up people from the audience, describing their terrible ailments, pushing them over into the arms of his accomplices, bellowing "Hallelujah!", and, of course, passing the plate around. The reason that I say that this is evidence that God does not exist is that any decent God would strike Hinn into a smouldering pile of slimy ashes for blasphemy, lying, and stealing money from desperate people.


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    I hate evangelists..

    This guy looks like he's pushing those people down with a great deal of force!

    Very strange, he is.

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    Oddly enough, I actually have some background in this. Most of the "faith healers" use either one of two techniques. The first, as shown in the photo you see on the website link involved an actual hypnosis technique called an "instantaneous induction". It's a method that involved bringing people to a certain heightened emotional state or relaxed state and taking them drastically off balance, thus inducing a hypnotic trance. This is a common technique used by stage hypnotists and evangelists alike.

    Now, as for the other charletains, such as the psychic surgeons, faith healers, astrologers, and even down to acupuncturists, they use a variety of other methods. I suggest you check out this site: www.randi.org

    I've worked with James Randi in the past in my old magician days and he's a pretty amazing guy. They've done numerous PBS and other televisions specials on him. He's the most renound debunker in the world even offering up $1 million in cash to anyone who can prove these types of powers exist. Needless to say, nobody has ever claimed the money because they can't even pass preliminary double-blind testing most of the time. It's very interesting reading you should check out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DancerWealth link=board=1;threadid=10962;start=msg136672#msg136 672 date=1089695014
    Oddly enough, I actually have some background in this. Most of the "faith healers" use either one of two techniques. The first, as shown in the photo you see on the website link involved an actual hypnosis technique called an "instantaneous induction". It's a method that involved bringing people to a certain heightened emotional state or relaxed state and taking them drastically off balance, thus inducing a hypnotic trance. This is a common technique used by stage hypnotists and evangelists alike.
    and don't forget its the prefered method of conartists too !
    And many self improvent seminar salesmens as well

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    Benny Hinn is a con artist.

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    Ha! Benny Hinn's from right here in Columbus. The hubby told me that years back, he married this really rich, really old, sick lady so he could get all her money when she died (which he did).

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    I wrote to benny hinn once he wrote back and did not ask me for anything what he wrote me changed my life and it is the main resone i no longer am the man i used to be. but i have yet to be nocked off my feet when they lay hands on me so that part i do not belive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by urnemesis link=board=1;threadid=10962;start=msg136689#msg136 689 date=1089696771
    I wrote to benny hinn once he wrote back and did not ask me for anything what he wrote me changed my life and it is the main resone i no longer am the man i used to be. but i have yet to be nocked off my feet when they lay hands on me so that part i do not belive.
    Nemesis, Hinn takes money from old ladies and uses it to buy watches. They think they help people get basic treatmwent, but all they do is help Hinn get a new BMW.

    It's easy to send an inspiring letter, especially when you have a form to print out.

    Hinn is a false prophet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Isis link=board=1;threadid=10962;start=msg136676#msg136 676 date=1089695334

    and don't forget its the prefered method of conartists too !
    And many self improvent seminar salesmens as well
    Nowadays that's not quite the case as much. Back in the '70s when a lot of self-help gurus came on the scene, most of their messages were guised in odd religious or cultist beliefs. In the later part of the '70s and into the '80's it was more of a "feel good" message that was popular and then into the '90s you started seeing more skill or action taking self-improvement coaches. This was the evolution of success coaches such as Tony Robbins, Robert Allen, Marshall Sylver, Mark Victor Hansen, Ron LeGrande, Brian Tracy, Russ Whitney, etc. Most of these guys aren't so much "feel good" type of teachers, rather they have achieved huge levels of success in a given trade or specific method and simply teach what they know. Like many teachers though, your mileage may varry with any of them based on how much you are willing to commit to what they teach. Usually though, the skill-based trainers like the aforementioned aren't really scam artists. It's the people who tell you "let me wave this magic wand for you and you'll be a trillionaire overnight" is who you have to watch out for.

    Even in our classes, I'm very clear with everyone that what I teach is not a magic wand and unless you do what I teach you, the way I teach you, you won't have the results as others who have succeeded. Like learning any new skill, it takes a little time. Not a lot of time, just a little.

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    Oh, something else that is interesting to note regarding people like Benny Hinn and his ilk. Pastors and ministries have certain legal protection that other public speakers do not have access to. For example, if you look at Benny's website, he has testimonials from people claiming to be "healed" and having "full recoveries". Because he falls under certain religious protection laws, he doesn't actually have to fully back-up his claims to anyone. If someone like Tony Robbins has a testimonial that says, "I made a million dollars with what Tony taught me", that has to be documented somehow, and the actual name, address, and phone number has to be on record somewhere accessable. This is due to Attorneys General regulations on public speakers mandating that they back-up their testimonials and that they have actual original testimonials on-file somehow to verify that they weren't made-up. People like Benny don't have to provide such detailed documentation unfortunately.

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    Well, like everything...you have your good people and you have fools like these who totally mess it up for everyone else.

    What I still do not get is that this type of thing has been exposed time and time again...Falwell, Baker, etc, etc, etc. And, yet people STILL are trying to "buy" their way into heaven with the next moron who steps up and claims to be able to "knock people off their feet". I think that if people really want to put themselves into the poor house over something like this, then they should very well go ahead. It's sad, but you know...these people called this into their lives and so must deal with the consequences. Old or not, you still have to think.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DancerWealth link=board=1;threadid=10962;start=msg136672#msg136 672 date=1089695014
    Oddly enough, I actually have some background in this. Most of the "faith healers" use either one of two techniques. The first, as shown in the photo you see on the website link involved an actual hypnosis technique called an "instantaneous induction". It's a method that involved bringing people to a certain heightened emotional state or relaxed state and taking them drastically off balance, thus inducing a hypnotic trance. This is a common technique used by stage hypnotists and evangelists alike.

    Now, as for the other charletains, such as the psychic surgeons, faith healers, astrologers, and even down to acupuncturists, they use a variety of other methods. I suggest you check out this site: www.randi.org

    I've worked with James Randi in the past in my old magician days and he's a pretty amazing guy. They've done numerous PBS and other televisions specials on him. He's the most renound debunker in the world even offering up $1 million in cash to anyone who can prove these types of powers exist. Needless to say, nobody has ever claimed the money because they can't even pass preliminary double-blind testing most of the time. It's very interesting reading you should check out.
    While I agree with what you say, mostly, I have to wonder why you choose to include Astrology with "those charlatans"? Do you even have any knowledge of which you speak? Have you done any research into the matter besides the daily in the paper? If you had, you would find out that it is an ancient and exact science, not some "miss Cleo" thing. Heck, even Issac newton, Davinci, Karl Jung, and Thomas Jefferson were Astrologers. Are they "Charlatans" too?

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    People have the right to believe whatever they want to believe in. That being said they also have the right to be dooped into whatever they want to aswell.
    You think you know... but you have no idea!

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    I liked Benny Hill. Especially the skitts with the dancing girls and the dastardly sly look on his face....

    Oh,,, Hinn no Hill... Never Mind. ha ha

    I hate snake oil salesmen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scorpio link=board=1;threadid=10962;start=msg137012#msg137 012 date=1089738136


    While I agree with what you say, mostly, I have to wonder why you choose to include Astrology with "those charlatans"? Do you even have any knowledge of which you speak? Have you done any research into the matter besides the daily in the paper? If you had, you would find out that it is an ancient and exact science, not some "miss Cleo" thing.
    Perhaps my wording was improper so forgive me. First of all, Astrology is not a science as it cannot be proven scientifically using the Scientific Method and yes, I am quite knowledgable on the topic. It is a faith much in the same way Christianity or Judaism or Buddhism is faith based. Brilliant people are often associated with different faiths such as Einstein who was a deeply religious person in spite of his knowledge of science. I'm not a believer in Astrology although I give it respect as a faith just like I do with any other religion I do not personally subscribe to. That being said, I was more in reference to the "Ms. Cleo" type of astrologers who use one person's faith as a means to scam other people. That is more like what I meant. I hold the same thing to be true with evangelists who preach the word of G-d so that they can have their flock send them money for them to buy a new Lexus. It's just as wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sitri link=board=1;threadid=10962;start=msg137030#msg137 030 date=1089740052
    I liked Benny Hill. Especially the skitts with the dancing girls and the dastardly sly look on his face....

    Oh,,, Hinn no Hill... Never Mind. ha ha

    I hate snake oil salesmen.
    LMFAO Sitri.. You know, when I was younger, I saw "Benny Hinn" in the TV Guide, and I thought it was a typo. I was thinking the same thing.. Benny Hill! heh

    Anyhoo, I still think Benny Hinn is a nutcase, right along with all the other Evangelists.. Bah.

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    Binny Hinn and his kind (evangelists) disgust me...

    Raising money in the name of God, while living in ostentatious houses and wearing opulent jewelry just turns my stomach.

    Just my opinion...
    Like the car, I'm exotic, erotic, and expensive....

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    Yep.. Same here Ferrari..

    "God wants you to send me money and you shall be blessed!"

    <puke>

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    I see. The Miss Cleo ytpes ruin it for alot of valid metphysical studies. As far as the Scientific method, well, that doesn&#039;t always produce fact as well, so you can&#039;t rely on that either, remember, top scientists have believed, no were certain, that the earth was flat, that the atom could not be split, and that oil came from dead plants...all have been or are being disproven. Meanwhile, while Astrology cant be proved by "the scientific method" (although some basic precepts of it absolutely can) it cannot be disproven either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VenusGoddess link=board=1;threadid=10962;start=msg136757#msg136 757 date=1089707500
    Well, like everything...you have your good people and you have fools like these who totally mess it up for everyone else.

    What I still do not get is that this type of thing has been exposed time and time again...Falwell, Baker, etc, etc, etc. And, yet people STILL are trying to "buy" their way into heaven with the next moron who steps up and claims to be able to "knock people off their feet". I think that if people really want to put themselves into the poor house over something like this, then they should very well go ahead. It&#039;s sad, but you know...these people called this into their lives and so must deal with the consequences. Old or not, you still have to think.
    You should not put Falwell in the same category as Hinn or Baker. However, in the case of Baker. He did apologize for his ministry practices that he used. ( His Book, I was Wrong). It is good reading. Back to Falwell. Falwell is paid by a board of Directors and his salary is not much greater then most University Chancellors of equal size Universities make. I can assure you that his salary is much smaller then that of Public University Chancellors. also, If you look at the schedule of Falwell you would wonder how a man of his age can do it as he has more energy then that of men in their prime. I do not always agree with Falwell as I am not a Baptist but his integrity can never be questioned even by his most harsh critics. So they have to resort to out of context statements to attack him.

    But as for Hinn, People have the right to worship as they please so it best to just respect that.

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    while we at it how about the pope like he got the right to say who is a saint and who aint.
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    I want to be an Evangelists. to dancers yeeeeaaaaaaaaaa give me your money yeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaa you shall be forgiven yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaa.
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    Well, coming from a former catholic school-kid, it&#039;s not really the pope. Saithood is a process that can take a century or more, so no one pope can oversee the whole thing.

    They (Prospective saints) have to be declered a few things first (The last step being declared "Venerable") So it&#039;s not really the pope that does that, but more the majority of the church pressuring the pope for a certain person getting declared the next couple of steps up the ladder.

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    Then i want to be declared a saint for i have preformed 3 miracles #1 my car is paid for # 2 my credit cards are 0 balance #3 and last but not least indian food did not give me gas.
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