Religious Cosa Nostra Refuses to Comply with Senate Requests
A lawyer for preacher Creflo Dollar of World Changers Church International in suburban Atlanta had said Wednesday that the investigation should be referred to the IRS or the Senate panel should get a subpoena for the documents.
Sen. Charles Grassley, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, sent lengthy questionnaires a month ago to six ministries so he could review whether pastors were complying with IRS rules that bar excessive personal gain through tax-exempt work.
Only Joyce Meyer Ministries of Fenton, Mo., has provided the detailed financial and board oversight information sought by Grassley.
Grassley, an Iowa Republican, said in a Wednesday conference call with reporters that he "can't be impressed" by the argument from some of the preachers that the IRS already monitors them, because his past inquiries have unearthed information that the IRS never knew.
All the ministries preach a form of Word of Faith theology, known as prosperity gospel, which teaches that God wants believers to reap material rewards for their faith.
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Labels: Benny Hinn, calvinism. exploitation of poor and brainwashed. Televangelist scum bags. religious reich, Creflo Dollar, Grassly of Iowa
posted by TheFuriousGourmet | 10:41 AM
1 Comments:
La Christa Nostra isn't about to do that. They are ready to claim that "prosperity gospel" is a theology and therefore exempt from any kind of Congressional investigation.
I love that reasoning. If these Jesusistan thugz succeed with it, Warren Jeffs will be perfectly entitled to use a variation of the same defense to get his convictions thrown out.
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