Jimmy Swaggart makes a fortune selling ideas about a religion that teaches. " . . . it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

Matthew 19:23-25
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+19:24&version=NIV

*"Jimmy Swaggart Ministries is a family business, with 17 relatives on the payroll. Jimmy is paid $86,000 annually. Frances and Donnie reportedly receive more than $50,000 each. In 1985 the Swaggarts borrowed $2 million from the ministry to build three luxurious homes in a wealthy Baton Rouge subdivision. They have use of a $250,000 ministry "retreat" in California and say that such luxury items as twin Lincoln Town Cars and handsomely furnished offices come from donors. "

As I don't believe in Satan or God in the biblical manner I have to disagree with the statement above. If I follow the intent of the quote I have to say I firmly believe many preachers work for power and money rather than love of God & Jimmy Swaggart could be one of the worst.

Just for the record I used to be Christian so I am not a totally outside observer.
Source(s):
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,965155-6,00.html
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+19:24&version=NIV

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I don't necessarily agree that all 'preachers' work for 'Satan'. I believe in a higher power, not necessarily a (1) God in particular and I most definitely do not believe in Satan or hell. We live in a world with free will to live our lives to our own according and decisions. We choose to make our lives what we make them to be, listen to who or what we choose to listen to, based on our own free will. That being said, it is of our own choosing as to how we live and the lives we lead. If we 'believe' that whom we are speaking to, praying to or believing in is 'Satan' then that is our choosing, but who is to say that anyone else should or would or even could believe in such. In the same manner, who is to say, that one mans Buddha compared to one man's Jesus is any different, better or worse than the others belief? I was born and raised to be a southern baptist christian, but throughout my years, I have studied many different religions and what I have come to believe is that everyone is looking for something or someone to believe in, be it Satan, Jesus, Buddha, a God or Goddess or any other being, to represent that there is truly something good for them in this life. I truly believe that all those beliefs end up in the same place, the heaven that we all believe in, that we choose for it to be, based on the life we have lived and dream it to be. If it is not, I also truly believe that we are given second chances (reincarnation), to live our lives again, to learn to live again, a better life or possibly a worse life, based on what we had lived before, to give us the 'heaven' we are looking for in our 'afterlives'. I hope this helps you some in your quest to find what you are looking for. Keep on searching, keep on learning and keep on believing!
Source(s):
myself and my own beliefs & the life I have lived...

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Really, Jimmy Swaggart said this?????

I find it fantastically ironic for the reasons below.

In the 1980s a Christain Musician called Steve Taylor wrote a song called "Guilty by association" and included it in his album Meltdown. The song contained the following lyrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UplOF-GtoS8

----quote---

Turn the radio on to a down-home drawl

hear a brylcream prophet with a message for y'all

(preacher)
"I have found a new utensil in the devil's toolbox
and the heads are gonna roll if Jesus rocks
it's a worldly design! God's music should be divine!
try buying records like mine--avoid temptation"

Guilty by Association!

(Taylor)
So you say it's of the devil and we've got no choice
because you heard a revelation from the "still small voice?"
if the Bible doesn't back it then it seems quite clear
perhaps it was the devil who whispered in your ear!

---quote---

Swaggart was furious and threatened legal action, which never materialised. However he did include a whole chapter on Steve Taylor in his book Religious Rock 'N' Roll, a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (ISBN 0-935113-05-3). Where he attacked him on musical grounds, and for criticising people in leadership positions.

A recurring theme in Taylors music was attacking people who " but preach to what their congregation wants to hear or pervert the Word and give it their own meaning". Especially if that meaning was for financial gain or to manipulate people

I have yet to hear of Jimmy offering a public apology to Steve. I won't hold my breath.
Source(s):
Religious Rock 'N' Roll, a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (ISBN 0-935113-05-3)

http://www.renc.igs.net/~adt/qrstuv/

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