More than 300 people bought INDXcoin, a cryptocurrency created by the pastor and marketed through his online church, which was deemed "illiquid and practically worthless."
  • Neato@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    94·
    2 years ago

    “Jesus told us to steal from the poor.”

    Almost makes me wish heresy was still a thing. =/

    It’s certainly misrepresentation of a business.

    • JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      14·
      2 years ago

      Don’t worry, this guy admitted to everything, seeing how “God told me to” isn’t a legal defense. God really told you to spend “thousands on home renovations”? Super cool bro

  • Darkard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    56·
    2 years ago

    Oh! OH! The clouds are parting. A beam of light shining down on me. AH! A voice. It calls out to me! It says… It says you all owe me 200 bucks.

            • tsonfeir@lemm.eeBanned from community
              1·
              2 years ago

              If I told you that I believe that humanity was created as an experiment by an alien race of clouds who communicate with us through the rain, and they tell me who to vote for and who to hate, you’d think it I was batshit to blame it on the rain.

                • tsonfeir@lemm.eeBanned from community
                  1·
                  2 years ago

                  I’d say that because we are human, we have the capacity to distinguish fiction from reality… well, most of us who have critical minds can.

        • BlackSkinnedJew@lemmynsfw.com
          11·
          2 years ago

          I almost totally agree about what you say, unless you are being mindcontrolled, if that’s the case you can clearly hear another person voice into your own head. But if you’re not, then you are just nuts and you should be locked into a mental hospital.

            • BlackSkinnedJew@lemmynsfw.com
              32·
              2 years ago

              Who told you mindcontrol isn’t real? Google “Stargate project” first and if you have some questions later contact me.

              Spoiler: secret services have decades using that shit, or do you believe the fall of the Soviet Union just happened cos communism it’s predestined to fail?

    • modifier
      22·
      2 years ago

      I used to find this position deeply annoying, even long after I had left behind the Christianity I was raised on.

      My feeling was, ‘we get it, you’re an atheist, calm down about it’.

      Now, I feel these comments and others like them are vital. Religions have been a net harm to society over the course of history, but they present a clear and present danger to civilized society right now.

      Not just Christianity, and not just in the USA, but very pressingly with Christianity and very pressingly in the USA.

      • madcaesar@lemmy.world
        12·
        2 years ago

        Absolutely. I get into arguments all the time, especially with people who are like: “just let people believe what they want man!”

        This sounds “nice”, but the reality is that beliefs do not exist in a vacuum, they directly affect actions people take that affect you and me.

        If every religious person just kept their shit to themselves I probably wouldn’t have a problem with it, but they don’t. They infect politics, education, and indoctrinate children who have no choice as they are subjected to the bullshit.

        So yea there is no good way to be religious, only less harmful ways, but at the end of the day, believing things without a good reason makes you susceptible to be manipulated and deceived.

  • CodeName@infosec.pub
    32·
    2 years ago

    “We took God at his word and sold a cryptocurrency with no clear exit,” Regalado in his video address Friday.

    Bahaha. Not only did god tell them to do it, but he might have misled them a little bit about the profitability of the venture. Bad god, bad.

  • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
    291·
    2 years ago

    Once again proving that the only problem crypto truly solves is that it was too difficult to efficiently scam people before. 😂

  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 years ago

    My gods tell me to do a lot of stuff. But y’all still got all your blood, don’t ya?

    Sometimes they’re not commandments, just suggestions.

    Bad suggestions.

    • WraithGear@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      Because someone wins. They all know the game is rigged, but the point is to fly as close to the sun without melting your wings. They know that the white paper holders are planning to scam the rubes, you just need to duck out before the rug pull. Can’t believe the leopard ate their face