Just look at those pictures on that guy's web site...all those people with their hands up in the praise antennae stance. What the hell is that all about anyway? And the header freaked me out:
Continuing the Season of Historic Harvest
Souls! Souls! Souls!
What, is he harvesting and eating peoples' souls? What the hell is going on? And plenty of people seem interested in putting up those praise antennaes and allowing him to go on with his harvest.
Here's a quote from the story about his Japan tour. My comments are in italic:
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The Lord Who Heals
During the first service, Pastor Benny turned to the people and said, “The Lord is forbidding me to preach the message I prepared. I’m to preach it in another service here in Kobe. I believe it’s to be on Monday. God has given me another message for this service.” {Translation: I haven't written the sermon yet, but it should be done by Monday...maybe. Sounds like someone wasn't prepared for his performance to me}With that he turned in his Bible to Exodus 15:26, pausing to repeat the last words of the verse which declares, "For I am the LORD that healeth thee." {There's always a backup sermon in that book somewhere...that's as good a quote as any}
Pastor Benny used the children of Israel as an example, pointing out that they were all healed after they came out of Egypt. He focused on God’s promise of healing and challenged those present to trust God for miracles. {I wonder how much those miracles cost...you know his sermons (or concerts, whatever) probably cost a pretty penny to get into.}
As he then began to call out words of knowledge, people began moving out of their seats and stepping into the aisles in response to God’s healing touch on them.
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This guy must be able to pull sermons out of his ass. But I think you can only get the good, well-written ones on Mondays. There's more, but I'm not going to bother commenting. Let's just say that he hires a lot of people to be miraculously cured. In the article I read, here were the miracles:
Friday:
1. Some guy who'd had a stroke got out of his wheelchair and walked around like it was no big deal
2. A woman with a friend with her had had cancer and was in a lot of pain. She did some calisthenics on stage for the audience. "Okay everyone, now touch your toes...1 and 2 and..."
3. An old favorite, the arthritic woman with the walking stick showed up as well. That walking stick was dramatically tossed off stage, caught by someone, and that woman didn't need that stick anymore!
Saturday:
His miracle people had the day off to see the sites. No miracles today.
Sunday:
1. Wheelchair lady showed up. She walked.
2. Car accident victim with friend showed up too. No more pain!
3. A new one, the idol worshiper (what?) came into the kingdom.
Does this seem like a crock of sh** to anyone else? He's just a charismatic guy who knows how to go on tour and make money. What an ass.