# Megachurch pastor want $60 for new jet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085 "2015-03-16T00:07:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lubricious\_Integument](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/1 "2015-03-16T00:07:17Z")
Per [cnn.com:](http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/13/living/creflo-dollar-jet-feat/index.html) > [@cnn.com](#): > > Creflo Dollar is hoping a few folks will see fit to bless him. > > The minister, known for being a prosperity preacher at his Atlanta-area World Changers Church International, is seeking “200,000 people committed to sow $300 or more (to) help achieve our goal to purchase the G650 airplane.” To paraphrase Gunny Hartman, if God wanted you 8000 miles away from where you are now preaching the word he would have miracled your ass there by now. Go fly coach. By the way, cnn, they are called statute miles, not statue miles. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/2 "2015-03-16T00:20:59Z")
This mf must have bumped his head!!! The saddest thing is, some equally brain-damaged people are going to pony up. And probably eat ramen-noodles for the next month. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/3 "2015-03-16T00:26:00Z")
Sixty dollars? SOLD! Can I buy two? ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/4 "2015-03-16T00:43:52Z")
Creflo Dollar? Jesus H. And he’ll probably get it too. Hope the Lord has told him how much it costs to gas up those Gulfstreams. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/5 "2015-03-16T00:58:14Z")
So, a tangent, sort of. Back in 2000 when I first joined the SDMB, I came as part of a disagreement between this board and an evangelical Christian one. At the time I joined the Christian one, I was attending Creflo Dollar’s church. Attending, but not officially a member, and I never was one. The idea of the Gospel of Prosperity never sat well with me, and this is one example of why. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/6 "2015-03-16T01:26:25Z")
This reminds me of when Oral Roberts claimed that if he didn’t raise 8 million dollars be X date, God was going to [del]call him home[/del] kill him. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/7 "2015-03-16T01:50:40Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > This reminds me of when Oral Roberts claimed that if he didn’t raise 8 million dollars be X date, God was going to [del]call him home[/del] kill him. God did eventually croak him. Just took him a while. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/8 "2015-03-16T02:18:43Z")
Q: Did you hear Oral Roberts died? A: Whoa? Really? Q: Yeah: _the check bounced_ ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/9 "2015-03-16T02:34:14Z")
_Now I’m feeling so fly like a G6 Like a G6, Like a G6 Now I’m feeling so fly like a G6 Like a G6, Like a G6_ I don’t think that’s in the ol’ Gospel hymnal, Rev. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/10 "2015-03-16T02:40:34Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > Sixty dollars? > > SOLD! > > Can I buy two? Hey you, I will chip in an extra 60. Can we discuss Charter Airline status between us? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/11 "2015-03-16T02:59:09Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > Sixty dollars? > > SOLD! > > Can I buy two? Yeah, this is a Hell of a lot cheaper than that damn Mercedes Benz! ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/12 "2015-03-16T03:46:40Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Yeah, this is a Hell of a lot cheaper than that damn Mercedes Benz! A Mercedes Benz? You expect a cultured gentleman of exquisite taste and impeccable religious convictions to slum it in a Benz, when Jesus himself wants only the best for his most faithful servants? No, we mustn’t insult the Lord with such meager acquisitions, heavens no! We must heap a bounty of glory upon the Lord with the splendor of our possessions, for as He so loves his children with a boundless fervor, so he wishes for us an abundance of opulence, through Jesus Christ our savior. Therefore, we must have not one, but [two Rolls Royces](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2993759/Controversial-pastor-owns-two-Rolls-Royces-pleads-200-000-church-supporters-donate-300-buy-65M-private-jet-better-spread-gospel-Jesus-Christ.html), can I get an Amen? Hallelujah! ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/13 "2015-03-16T03:58:43Z")
Not going (by air) to the promised land just yet. From the Daily Fail: [Creflo Dollar yanks $65M private jet donation](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2995946/No-dollars-Creflo-Pastor-forced-yank-webpage-pleading-churchgoers-donate-65MILLION-private-jet-fund-amid-media-outrage.html) ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/14 "2015-03-16T04:03:01Z")
Man, I am definitely in the wrong line of work. Too bad I’m an atheist. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/15 "2015-03-16T04:07:07Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > Man, I am definitely in the wrong line of work. Too bad I’m an atheist. Yep. To really sell the con, you have to _believe_ in the con. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/16 "2015-03-16T04:07:13Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > Man, I am definitely in the wrong line of work. Too bad I’m an atheist. Why is that a hindrance? All you need is total greed and a lack of shame. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/17 "2015-03-16T13:42:46Z")
This totally put that church in Houston to shame. Remember the one where they were looking for donations to buy new rotors for their helicopter? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/18 "2015-03-16T14:03:05Z")
[Would Jesus Wear a Rolex?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Would_Jesus_Wear_a_Rolex) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/19 "2015-03-16T14:09:22Z")
So what, he’s supposed to fly first class with the sooty-faced hoi polloi? This is _not God’s plan!_ ---
**Author:** ![funky\_little\_lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085/20 "2015-03-16T14:42:19Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > Man, I am definitely in the wrong line of work. Too bad I’m an atheist. Why are you letting that stop you? How sincere do you think those guys are? Heck, even the Bible says that with God all things are possible. If he lets them get rich, he’ll have you covered too. It’s never too late to change careers! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megachurch-pastor-want-60-for-new-jet/715085.md?page=2)