you'll reap what you sow

i don't get why people throw money at these preachers. i really don't. some people can't even afford to eat, yet they'll toss money at these peeps who wear $500.00 shoes and fly in private jets. it makes my skin crawl.

oh and for something REALLY sickening, click the story link below to read the last paragraph. it's about david cerullo's father, morris. if you thought david was a piece o' steamin' crap wait till you read about dad

‘God’s debt cancellation’ donations help evangelist strike it rich

By Muriel Kane
In a detailed investigation of South Carolina’s Inspiration Network, the Charlotte Observer reports that the network’s on-air promises that viewers can obtain prosperity and “God’s debt cancellation” by donating $200 or more have made its CEO David Cerullo a wealthy man and his cable network “one of the world’s fastest growing Christian broadcasters.”

With a salary that in 2007 amounted to $1.52 million, Cerulla is “the best-paid leader of any religious charity” and earns far more than CEOs of larger non-profits, such as Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network. An additional $600,000 was paid in 2007 to his wife and children.

Last year, Cerullo’s network had a budget of nearly $80 million, half derived from donations, much of which is going into building the “City of Light” in northern Lancaster County, SC. According to the Observer, “Taxpayers are also helping to pay for it. Eager to bring jobs to a county with 19 percent unemployment, South Carolina offered the network incentives worth up to $26 million to land the campus — a deal that has been questioned by economic development experts.”............

ahhhhh and i just found this in the charlotte observer. uh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, i smell some stinkage

Network promises, fails to deliver
Experts say S.C. made costly mistakes when it gave millions in incentives; for-profit projects in doubt.
By Ames Alexander
aalexander@charlotteobserver.com

INDIAN LAND, S.C. Condos. Shops. Outdoor concerts. Internships to prepare students for careers in broadcasting.

All were to be part of the Inspiration Networks' 93-acre City of Light.

Or so S.C. and Lancaster County officials thought when they gave their blessing – along with at least $5 million in incentives – to the religious broadcaster.

But more than five years after unveiling its plans, Inspiration has delivered on few of its development promises, leaving Lancaster officials disappointed as they try to revive a county with 19 percent unemployment.

Today, the City of Light campus is home to two buildings – both nonprofit projects that don't pay county property taxes.

The fast-growing network, with nearly $80 million in annual revenue, has yet to bring any of the for-profit ventures it promised. County officials now question whether those pieces will ever be built.............