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Another Private Stupid tax that is really paying off!!! | Quote: | Suit claims fraud by pastor
Creflo Dollar, son took trade secrets, businessman says
By Christopher Quinn
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, June 25, 2009
A California businessman sued the Rev. Creflo Dollar, his son Jeremy Dollar and his businesses Wednesday, saying the high-profile preacher misappropriated a business idea they developed together to text devotional messages to followers for $4.99 a month.
Dollar and his son reneged on the deal, took the businessman’s trade secrets and started the “Word on the Go” texting service in 2006, the lawsuit by Devone Lawson of Marina del Rey claims. They are making $50 million a year through subscriptions, Lawson claims.
James Evangelista, Lawson’s Atlanta attorney from the Page Perry law firm, said Dollar also bumped up the price to $5.99 a month.
“The word from the preacher ain’t cheap,” Evangelista said.
Dollar could not be reached when a reporter called his World Changer Church International in College Park.
The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County, claims breach of agreements and contract, fraud, misrepresentation, interference and misappropriation of trade secrets.
“Apparently, the Rev. Dollar and the Dollar Ministries do not practice what they preach, unless the prosperity gospel they preach justifies fraud and theft in the attainment of material wealth,” Evangelista said.
Dollar, who claims 30,000 congregants in Atlanta, has a second church in New York City and an international TV ministry.
He preaches a controversial message that says God rewards faith with physical health, material blessings and success.
Dollar has been the focus of an ongoing congressional inquiry, headed by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), into the financial practices of some of the nation’s biggest teleministries. Grassley’s investigation began soon after Dollar verified his church took in $69 million in 2006. |
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Re: Another Private Stupid tax that is really paying off!!! | Outsider wrote: | | Quote: | Suit claims fraud by pastor
Creflo Dollar, son took trade secrets, businessman says
By Christopher Quinn
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, June 25, 2009
A California businessman sued the Rev. Creflo Dollar, his son Jeremy Dollar and his businesses Wednesday, saying the high-profile preacher misappropriated a business idea they developed together to text devotional messages to followers for $4.99 a month.
Dollar and his son reneged on the deal, took the businessman’s trade secrets and started the “Word on the Go” texting service in 2006, the lawsuit by Devone Lawson of Marina del Rey claims. They are making $50 million a year through subscriptions, Lawson claims.
James Evangelista, Lawson’s Atlanta attorney from the Page Perry law firm, said Dollar also bumped up the price to $5.99 a month.
“The word from the preacher ain’t cheap,” Evangelista said.
Dollar could not be reached when a reporter called his World Changer Church International in College Park.
The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County, claims breach of agreements and contract, fraud, misrepresentation, interference and misappropriation of trade secrets.
“Apparently, the Rev. Dollar and the Dollar Ministries do not practice what they preach, unless the prosperity gospel they preach justifies fraud and theft in the attainment of material wealth,” Evangelista said.
Dollar, who claims 30,000 congregants in Atlanta, has a second church in New York City and an international TV ministry.
He preaches a controversial message that says God rewards faith with physical health, material blessings and success.
Dollar has been the focus of an ongoing congressional inquiry, headed by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), into the financial practices of some of the nation’s biggest teleministries. Grassley’s investigation began soon after Dollar verified his church took in $69 million in 2006. |
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Not commenting about the article as a whole, dont have all the facts. But what is controversial about the highlighted sentence.
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jhofficial wrote:
| Quote: | Not commenting about the article as a whole, dont have all the facts. But what is controversial about the highlighted sentence.
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| Quote: | | He preaches a controversial message that says God rewards faith with physical health, material blessings and success. |
Because the statement is not true. It implies that if you don't have physical health, material blessings and success, you are not faithful.
No reply necessary.
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jhofficial
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| Outsider wrote: | jhofficial wrote:
| Quote: | Not commenting about the article as a whole, dont have all the facts. But what is controversial about the highlighted sentence.
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| Quote: | | He preaches a controversial message that says God rewards faith with physical health, material blessings and success. |
Because the statement is not true. It implies that if you don't have physical health, material blessings and success, you are not faithful.
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NO it doesn't!!!!!!! All things done through god. Its no guarantee, but if you dont have faith you have no chance of obtaining those.
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jhofficial wrote:
| Quote: | | NO it doesn't!!!!!!! All things done through god. Its no guarantee, but if you dont have faith you have no chance of obtaining those. |
My opinion of the statement is different from your opinion. I'm sure there are plenty of faithful people in hospitals in poor physical condition that would also see the implications of that statement. Probably a few successful people out there that are not exactly faithful too. I have not and would not question someone's trust in their God, but people taking advantage of folks by using God to become millionaires does bother me.
Just my opinion, and you know what that means.
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SkygreenLeopard
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| jhofficial wrote: | | Outsider wrote: | jhofficial wrote:
| Quote: | Not commenting about the article as a whole, dont have all the facts. But what is controversial about the highlighted sentence.
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| Quote: | | He preaches a controversial message that says God rewards faith with physical health, material blessings and success. |
Because the statement is not true. It implies that if you don't have physical health, material blessings and success, you are not faithful.
No reply necessary.
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NO it doesn't!!!!!!! All things done through god. Its no guarantee, but if you dont have faith you have no chance of obtaining those. |
So you're saying, if you don't have faith in god you have "no chance" of being physically healthy or financially successful?
Wow.
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