IRS raids televangelist Benny Hinn's office in Grapevine, TX
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On one side, I want charlatans like Hinn to be dealt with, and on the other hand, I’m not quite sure how much I want the government intervening. If my fellow citizens want to have lumps miraculously removed from their purses so a fraud can drive his Ferrari to his simple 15000 square foot villa, aren’t they entitled to be idiots?
Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.
The IRS may not be interested in that. Perhaps this is a case of tax evasion, unreported income, or improper deductions - a different kind of fraud. Many years ago, I contacted Hinn’s ministry (several times) to obtain a copy of their financial reports. I was promised the reports were “in the mail” but never received them.
Wally Morris
Huntington, IN
It’s just that a nonprofit is entitled to pay their leaders as much as they please. So if Hinn is getting flak from the IRS, he’s being foolish in an amazing way. Which, given his theology, we knew already, but still. Pretty amazing and appalling.
(and in other news, Tony Alamo died…..it’s a big news week for hucksters, apparently)
Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.
I am extremely uncomfortable about giving to any group, especially churches, that are not transparent with their finances. Part of this is experience in a ministry where the pastor, without church, elder, or board clearance had the treasurer reimburse him for house payments and taxes as well as paying all his credit card expenses. The IRS didn’t consider the matter worth pursuing.
"Some things are of that nature as to make one's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache." John Bunyan
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