When I went to church, I would often see people raising their hands, standing up, singing passionately, praising the Lord and some of them, sometimes would even get a little out of hand, with their excitement. I was watching a Christian show on TV and I will leave out the pastors name but it rhymed with Skeeter top off. This Christian teacher was amazing, to say the least.
When I said I was watching a Christian show, this was almost like watching a cross between a documentary and the circus. This guy would stand up on stage and start to become magnetically pulled towards one of the people in the audience. Once he got closer to the person he would start to tell them, what was wrong. The closer he got to his prey, the more excited they both would become as he started laying it on them.
This man would convince them that he knew, what was wrong with them, some of the problems in their life, health related issues and physical handicaps. While watching these shows, I would often pinch myself, go look at the calendar, and verify that I was in the 20th century and didn't go back in time somehow. Later on, this man was caught, but I don't know if he ever had to spend time in jail or prison. I mean that's not that big of a deal, fooling thousands of people and making them believe something that isn't true,... right. Would this be considered a con artist?
Here's how the scam went down. As people would enter this place of worship, they would write down all of their problems on a card and place it in a container or hand it to a trusted Christian usher. After the people were seated, someone would take the cards to a person hidden behind the scenes, this person would direct the Christian teacher towards the people with the problems in the audience.
The Christian teacher had a hidden earpiece and this made him look like he was psychic. This man was a hero to thousands and seen as a divine healer like Jesus Christ. He had fooled plenty of people and I often wonder, how many people were actually healed, just by the belief that someone with extraordinary powers had just healed them.
The mind is extremely powerful and can believe whatever it chooses to. The more you feed the mind, information that you choose to believe in, the stronger these beliefs will actually get. If you don't believe this, start asking someone who beliefs in Christianity, Hinduism, Islam or other religions around the world, why they believe and would it be possible for them to change their religious views. Think about it, most people are passionate about their religious choices.
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