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Toto · 07-28-2003, 12:09 PM

LA Times Magazine interview / article on Hinn {requries free registration}

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Though he seldom mentions it onstage, the next day at the Four Seasons Hinn says that he does wonder why God doesn't heal some people. It's a question that the pastor has had to wrestle with personally. He says he has a heart condition that God hasn't cured, and his parents have suffered serious medical problems. "That is a very difficult thing for me because I told my daddy to believe," Hinn says. "But he died. Now I don't know why."

The concession that some people don't get healed is relatively new to him. "There was a time in my life I would have never said those things," Hinn admits. "But you have to, I mean, goodness. My mom has diabetes, my daddy died with cancer. That's life."

He also says he realizes that not everyone who comes onstage with him is healed when he lays his hands on them. "There's the real and the genuine, and there's the phony," Hinn says. "All I know is that I pray for them. What happens between them and God is between them and God."

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"It's not been a pleasant life," Hinn says. "[People] think we're in it for the money. They think that God doesn't really heal, so these guys are just fooling the world. I'd be a fool to be in this for the money. If I did not believe God healed, I'd quit tomorrow and go get a job."

"The money" is $89 million in donations last year, although a Dateline NBC expose and the weak economy led to a 12% drop in the first quarter of this year.

God Fearing Atheist · 07-28-2003, 12:17 PM

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[B....although a Dateline NBC expose and the weak economy led to a 12% drop in the first quarter of this year. [/B]

Goodness me! Maybe we should organize some sort of drive to help get this poor man back on his feet!

-GFA

Malagasy Rain · 07-28-2003, 04:29 PM

I say, let the quack lose money. I can't stand it when people masquerading as doctors profit from the less fortunate.

sakrilege · 07-28-2003, 04:38 PM

I know somebody who has seen Ernest Angley getting tests done in a local hospital. Nothing works like prayer.

Or is that prayer works like nothing?

trillian · 07-29-2003, 03:18 AM

So why does he have a "daddy" and not a "mommy"? Is this a southern thing for a middle-aged man to call his dead father "daddy"? To me it sounds like he's 6 years old.

just curious!

trillian

luvluv · 07-30-2003, 04:07 PM

Planet Lovetron is in the south, and yes it is a Southern thing to say Daddy. I've seen 70 year old men talking about their daddy.

I call my dad dad.

ps418 · 07-31-2003, 07:16 AM

No, prayer always works, its just that God said 'No' in many of those cases. Its not Benny's fault his pappy died - God just answered 'No.'

Patrick

MortalWombat · 07-31-2003, 10:40 AM

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No, prayer always works, its just that God said 'No' in many of those cases. Its not Benny's fault his pappy died - God just answered 'No.'

If 'no' is good enough for little Timmy, it's good enough for Benny.

ex-xian · 07-31-2003, 02:22 PM

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Originally posted by trillian1
So why does he have a "daddy" and not a "mommy"? Is this a southern thing for a middle-aged man to call his dead father "daddy"? To me it sounds like he's 6 years old.

just curious!

trillian

Actually, he's from the middle east. I think his ancestry is Lebanese and Jewish. But he also lived in Canada lor a long while. How do I know this? I used to be a fundy

and I read his books like my life depended on it.....I'm feeling much better now.

Hawkingfan · 07-31-2003, 06:33 PM

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No, prayer always works, its just that God said 'No' in many of those cases. Its not Benny's fault his pappy died - God just answered 'No.'

Patrick

If god said, "no", then the prayer *didn't* work.

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07-28-2003, 04:29 PM	#3
Malagasy Rain Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: USA Posts: 664	I say, let the quack lose money. I can't stand it when people masquerading as doctors profit from the less fortunate.

07-28-2003, 04:38 PM	#4
sakrilege Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cleveland, OH, USA Folding@Home Godless Team Posts: 6,211	I know somebody who has seen Ernest Angley getting tests done in a local hospital. Nothing works like prayer. Or is that prayer works like nothing?

07-29-2003, 03:18 AM	#5
trillian Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: OC Posts: 1,620	So why does he have a "daddy" and not a "mommy"? Is this a southern thing for a middle-aged man to call his dead father "daddy"? To me it sounds like he's 6 years old. just curious! trillian

07-30-2003, 04:07 PM	#6
luvluv Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Planet Lovetron Posts: 3,919	Planet Lovetron is in the south, and yes it is a Southern thing to say Daddy. I've seen 70 year old men talking about their daddy. I call my dad dad.

07-31-2003, 07:16 AM	#7
ps418 Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Louisville, KY, USA Posts: 1,840	No, prayer always works, its just that God said 'No' in many of those cases. Its not Benny's fault his pappy died - God just answered 'No.' Patrick

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