Praise the Lord and pass the plate!  I've never liked the megachurch idea, too centralized around a singular congregation, too powerful, too easy to corrupt.  Not that I'm all that religious.  This story focuses on the Rev. Creflo Dollar...fitting name.  His Atlanta-based church pulls in $69 million a year!  He swears his lavish lifestyle is payed for by him, and his own investments...except the Rolls-Royce, which was a gift from the church. 

This all stems from a Senate investigation into megachurches.  No, I don't know why they're wasting their time with this instead of trying to find a solution to the major problems we face.

Dollar is a guy who preaches the "prosperity gospel," where if you follow the church's teachings, you'll be rewarded with material wealth.  While I appreciate that they're trying to make the free market a virtue, it seems to lack modesty somehow.

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