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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Perhaps, but Joel Osteen has 50,000 people each weekend who say you're the sucker (NY Times, register through bugmenot.com)
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I passed by the opening ceremonies this weekend.
On the one hand, one can only imagine the amount of sin that has happened in that building, what with all the major concerts and sporting events coming through the Summit (It always has been the Summit, it always will be the Summit) over the previous 35 or so years. I bet the exorcism and clensing ceremonies were interesting.
On the other hand, it seems like a fairly inoccuous, watered down church. No real fire and brimstone from Joel Osteen, and it's a non-demoninational outfit. They really seem to go out of their way to be inclusive of everyone, and I haven't ever heard anything bad about them. It's probably why they're so popular. They're non-offensive to pretty much everyone. It sort of feels more like a self-help organization in the Stuart Smalley sort of way than something affiliated with Charles Dobson.
Since the opening ceremony didn't interfere with my parking at the movie theater next door on Sunday, it didn't bother me much. These are not scary Church people. They're harmless.
