# TV-evangelist Benny Hinn - a false prophet **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 31, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953 "2006-08-31T18:06:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wildfire\_MM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Wildfire\_MM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildfire_MM)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/1 "2006-08-31T18:06:43Z")
Here are some of Benny Hinn’s propechies > [@](#): > > The Spirit tells me - Fidel Castro will die - in the 90’s. Oooh my! Some will try to kill him and they will not succeed. But there will come a change in his physical health, and he will not stay in power, and Cuba will be visited of God." > > The Lord also tells me to tell you in the mid 90’s, about ’94-’95, no later than that, God will destroy the homosexual community of America. [audience applauds] But He will not destroy it – with what many minds have thought Him to be, He will destroy it with fire. And many will turn and be saved, and many will rebel and be destroyed." > Orlando Christian Center, Dec. 31, 1989 (audio) > > “The Spirit of God tells me an earthquake will hit the East Coast of America and destroy much in the '90s. Not one place will be safe from earthquakes in the '90s. These who have not known earthquakes will know it. People, I feel the Spirit all over me!” > Orlando Christian Center, Dec. 31, 1989 > > “We may have two years before the rapture. Can I be blunt with you? I don’t know if we have two years left. I’m going to prove to you from the Word tonight, that we have less than two years, unless the Lord changes his mind.” > November 9, 1990 Praise-a-Thon > > “But here’s first what I see for TBN. You’re going to have people raised from the dead watching this network. You’re going to have people raised from the dead watching TBN. Programs – just plain programs – programs that haven’t done much when it comes to supernatural manifestations – teaching programs!” > October 19, 1999 Praise The Lord, Trinity Broadcasting Network > > “Jesus is coming again within the next two years.” > July 1997, fund-raising telethon on TBN > **[Benny Hinn and Beyond: Word Faith movements hidden agenda CD Edition 1 of 2 |...](https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/420067844)** > > WE PUT OURSELVES IN GREAT DANGER BY MAKING THIS INFORMATION KNOWN..PLEASE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND PRAY FOR US !!!!! > > PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DOWNL... > **[Benny Hinn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_hinn#Examples_of_questionable_prophecies)** > > Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn (born 3 December 1952) is an Israeli-born American-Canadian televangelist associated with charismatic Christianity. He is known for his regular "Miracle Crusades," which are faith-healing events held in large venues and broadcast internationally through his television ministry. Hinn's ministry has been criticized over its faith healing claims and financial practices. His ministry was among six televangelist organizations examined by the United States Senate Commit... Why do people continuing to follow this rat when he made prophecies that obvious didn’t came through ? ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/2 "2006-08-31T18:16:33Z")
You’re pitting (in the usual sense, not the SDMB sense) logic and reason against religious fervour? Good luck. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/3 "2006-08-31T18:20:25Z")
Dude, the missed prophacies are only half of this quacks entertainment value. His whole laying on of hands and spiritual healing schtick are a true sight to behold. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/4 "2006-08-31T18:21:14Z")
Speaking from the perspective of someone who is religious, I’ve never understood how one can preach that God is mysterious and that we aren’t meant to understand everything about His will, and then turn around and say, “Oh, but _ **I** _ know EXACTLY what God is planning, when and where, because I’m special.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/5 "2006-08-31T18:22:25Z")
All together now: Lions and tigers and bears! > [@Benny Hinn](#): > > Oooh my! Lions and tigers and bears! > [@Benny Hinn](#): > > Oooh my! Lions and tigers and bears! > [@Benny Hinn](#): > > Oooh my! _“You’re going to have people raised from the dead watching this network.”_ Well, that explains a lot… ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/6 "2006-08-31T18:24:04Z")
[QUOTE=Wildfire\*\*MM] Why do people continuing to follow this rat when he made prophecies that obvious didn’t came through ? [/QUOTE] They’re mistakenly expecting pretty girls, cheap humour, and _Yakety Sax_? ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/7 "2006-08-31T18:46:04Z")
[QUOTE=Jackmannii] Lions and tigers and bears! [/QUOTE] Please tell me where this quote comes from. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/8 "2006-08-31T18:48:28Z")
[QUOTE=Greenback] Please tell me where this quote comes from. [/QUOTE] Just in case it’s not a whoosh - that comes from The Wizard of Oz. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/9 "2006-08-31T18:51:39Z")
You’re pitting Benny Hinn? God will smight you dead. They’re buds. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/10 "2006-08-31T18:53:26Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] Speaking from the perspective of someone who is religious, I’ve never understood how one can preach that God is mysterious and that we aren’t meant to understand everything about His will, and then turn around and say, “Oh, but _ **I** _ know EXACTLY what God is planning, when and where, because I’m special.” :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Not to mention, having committed to something so demonstrable falsifiable – your predictions will either come to pass or they won’t, and they never do – how do you then have the brass to continue to predict or, more to the point, how can people be so stupid as to _still_ believe you? “The world will end today!” _World doesn’t end._ Next day: “No, no – the world will end _today_!” _World doesn’t end._ Next day: “_This_ is the day the world will end!” _World doesn’t end._ Apply more Stupid, lather, rinse, repeat. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/11 "2006-08-31T18:57:57Z")
To be fair, he never specified _which_ nineties. Oh man, I’m _never_ putting Castro on my death pool list. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/12 "2006-08-31T19:03:39Z")
Well, he did leave himself an escape hatch. “Unless the Lord changes his mind” indeed. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/13 "2006-08-31T19:09:43Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] They’re mistakenly expecting pretty girls, cheap humour, and _Yakety Sax_? [/QUOTE] You’re thinking thinking of Benny Hill, the TV comic. The OP is talking about Benny Hinn, spokesperson for the Ginsu knife. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/14 "2006-08-31T19:13:18Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] You’re thinking thinking of Benny Hill, the TV comic. The OP is talking about Benny Hinn, spokesperson for the Ginsu knife. [/QUOTE] Better duck, **tdn** , or your hair is gonna get mussed. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/15 "2006-08-31T19:14:18Z")
Because all the other prophets out there today are the real deal. Now I wanna start a thread titled TV-commedian Benny Hill-- false prop pants! ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/16 "2006-08-31T19:19:14Z")
Religious programming is generally good for one thing and one thing only: Drinking games. Pick a phrase, word or mannerism and drink every time you see it. You can make it as complex as you like. Designate rules and punishments. I’ve never been let down by that one fat black lady…can’t remember her name. I’m sure she’s a nice person but her tv sucks. Might as well get shitbombed to it. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/17 "2006-08-31T19:21:40Z")
[QUOTE=Autumn Almanac] Well, he did leave himself an escape hatch. “Unless the Lord changes his mind” indeed. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] The Lord: _ **PSYCHE!!! HAHAHahahahahayaloser!** _ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/18 "2006-08-31T19:23:08Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] Better duck, **tdn** , or your hair is gonna get mussed. [/QUOTE] Hey, just because it happened to you… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/19 "2006-08-31T19:26:56Z")
[QUOTE=Wildfire\*\*MM (quoting Benny Hinn)] Jesus is coming again within the next two years. [/quote] Oh, he came…then turned right around when he saw all the shit being done in his dad’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953/20 "2006-08-31T19:28:40Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] The Lord: _ **PSYCHE!!! HAHAHahahahahayaloser!** _ [/QUOTE] Abraham knows \*exactly \*how that feels. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-evangelist-benny-hinn-a-false-prophet/370953.md?page=2)