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Denver Pastor Says ‘the Lord Told Him’ to Steal $1.3 M from Christians to Remodel Home (people.com)

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[–] thantik 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

Most of these people I think somehow manage to fail some mental check on internal dialog. Of course our internal dialogs are like "do iiiit!", but most of us recognize that as wrong and ignore it. I think these guys just go "Oh, lord I've been waiting to hear from you again! Oh, I should just do anything I want!? COOL!"

[–] Jilanico 19 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Or they are psychopathic liars taking their congregation for a ride.

[–] thantik 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I think there are some genuine delusionals in the mix for sure. But yeah, I'd guess that it's mostly psychopathic liars.

[–] Saltblue 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The rubes are delusional, the leaders know exactly what they are doing.

[–] Duamerthrax 1 points 5 months ago

I don't know. Becoming the Mask is a real thing people do to cope with the grift.

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