The Dark World of Megachurches

I was raised as a Catholic,

but I wouldn't really describe
myself as religious today.

I had never heard of things like

megachurches or televangelism
or the prosperity gospel.

That was until I stumbled
across an infamous interview.

How are you, sir?

We'd just like to ask you about why
you don't want to fly commercial.

You've got this journalist that is

confronting this guy
called Kenneth Copeland.

You said that you don't like to fly

commercial because you don't want to get
into a tube with a bunch of demons.

Do you really believe
that human beings are demons?

No, I do not.

And don't you ever say I did get
in a long tube with a bunch of demons.

We wrestle not with flesh and blood,
but principalities and powers.

Copeland is being confronted about
his purchase of a Gulf Stream jet.

And it turns out that that jet is just one
of a fleet of jets that he owns,

along with a boat house,
a mansion and his very own airport.

This is a preacher that is supposedly

worth hundreds of millions of dollars
with an enormous following.

And you're telling me
that he is just one of many?

This entire thing is a rabbit hole.

Pastor, what is now
the largest church in America.

A weekly sermon watched by more than
10 million viewers on television.

The apostles were businessmen.

They were reaching
in and had plenty of money.

I'm going to show you
that Jesus was a welcome man.

Had put any money one of my chandeliers
costs more than most people's house.

I got 22 chandeliers in the house.

They're extremely green.

They don't need mansions.

They don't need jets.

God told me to have that thing.

Any religious leader who speaks the word

of God, who has more than one suit while
someone has no clothes, is a cop out.

Yeah, you know, Larry, I just don't.
See it that way.

For $54 million, I want you to.

Imagine how many people could be fed.

How many homeless could
have places to sleep.

Fresh, fresh, fresh.

Fresh, fresh, fresh.

Televangelism is still
thriving in this place.

If you were willing to pay the price,
you could talk directly to God.

When I remember my own personal

experiences inside of a church, what
comes to mind was definitely not this.

Times is like a concert.

And when the preachers come to preach,

it's like a celebrity has
just taken to the stage.

Everyone is worshiping together.
They're smiling.

They're joined in their
faith and devotion.

What we're witnessing is
something called a megachurch.

By definition, a megachurch is just
a church that has a larger than average

congregation, normally
of 2000 members or above.

But when we think of spirituality or forms
of it, there's normally a distinction

between spiritual duty
and materialistic desires.

Now, I'm not a theologian,

and I'm not going to pretend to be one,
but even I remember verses from the Bible

when it came to wealth
and building riches.

That it wasn't viewed favorably upon.

But if my memory is correct,
then what was I witnessing in this

interview with Copeland and moreover,
some of these preachers?

So you've got this preacher,
Kenneth Copeland,

who founded the Kenneth Copeland
Ministries, along with his wife Gloria.

They own a $7 million home,
a fleet of jets,

and their Eagle Mountain International
Church has a membership in the thousands,

not to mention their television
and online broadcasting.

Then there's Jesse De Plantis,

who sat with Copeland as they both
justified their purchases of private jets.

Then the second one I
purchased was in January 2004.

Benny Him, who claims to be able

to perform miracles, who fills up stadiums
and broadcasts it on networks worldwide.

I'll release it.

Joel Osteen, a very popular figure,
especially in Houston, Texas,

where his church resides,
who's authored books that have been

on New York Times bestsellers,
as well as hosting church services

with celebrities like
Kanye West Creflo's Dollar,

who has created fundraisers for his
private jets, whose ministry owns two

rolled Royces and expensive
real estate taboos.

God is the gateway to the world of wealth.

There's this Instagram page which is
called Preachers and Sneakers and it's

literally just preachers next to the cost
of the clothing that they are wearing.

Something, something just isn't right.

I keep asking myself how,
how is it possible to be this

braggadocious about your wealth as
a preacher and have your followers who not

only are okay with it,
but help to fund it?

And that was when I found out
about the Prosperity Gospel.

What we're looking at is a movement
that has seemingly found its way inside

of America's biggest megachurches and
being taught by its biggest preachers.

The Word of Faith movement is its name

and its teachings are often referred
to as the Prosperity Gospel.

It's a simple idea.

God wants you to be prosperous through

your finances, your health,
your marriage and relationships.

In fact, those are things that belong

to you through your faith,
if you are willing to receive it.

The Prosperity Gospel often refers
to its believers as little gods.

The idea being that we were made

in the image of God and therefore possess
a level of divinity within us that allows

us to bring into existence
the prosperity that we've been promised.

You are Gods, little g.

You are gods because you came from God.

And your DNA and Jesus DNA are exact.

You're exactly like it.

Sounds amazing.

So how do I earn this prosperity?

How do I access this divine
power that I supposedly have?

Well, it starts with your faith.

But if you'll stay in faith,

there will come a point where
God will say, enough is enough.

It's payback time.

Bible says, I know you love the Lord,
so you qualify for prosperity.

Next, you have the act of tithing.

The initial concept of tithing was this
idea that you give one 10th of your wealth

in some way, shape or form
to a religious organization.

Most houses of worship are going to rely
on the donation of their congregation

in order to continue their operations,
especially megachurches.

It's kind of like giving to a charity.

But Tithing, through the teachings

of the Prosperity Gospel, introduces
a should we call it a plot twist.

Tithing lays the foundation
for financial success and abundance.

Tithing is the way for recession
or depression to bypass you.

Here Stephanie from Maryland Rights.

I sent in my first Roots offering.

Two weeks later I received,
watch this $2,400.

So now it isn't just about
donating your money to a church.

It becomes a case where you're exchanging

your money in return
for actual prosperity.

You'll often hear some of these prosperity
preachers refer to it as sowing your seed.

The implication is pretty obvious

to anyone who is watching you give us some
of your money and in return that value

will be given back to you
in some way, shape or form.

It's the harvest.

I want you to go to the phone
or online and sow a seed.

Now remember, somebody's son is going

to be set free from alcohol because
of your thousand dollars seed.

And I'm going to ask you to sow an
exceptional and uncommon seed of $1,000.

Click on that donation
button to sow $1,144.

So God has given you the harvest
and the harvest of the seeds you sow.

You can't expect to harvest if you don't

sow seeds spiritual,
physical or financial.

It's surreal and it
generates a lot of money.

On January 12 of 2008,

Kenneth Copeland Ministries took
possession of a Gulf Stream jet which was

funded all thanks to the
donors of his church.

In fact, KCM wrote a blog post thanking
their followers for helping them, quote,

harvest the Gulf Stream,
but our work is not done.

To which the blog then proceeds to remind
their followers that they still need 17

million more dollars,
which will be used for the, quote,

sewing towards the construction of a new
hanger, upgrading the existing runway,

and purchasing special Gulf Stream
maintenance equipment.

Or how about Chriflo Dollar's infamous

sermon to which he tells his congregation
to help him fundraise towards a private

jet, all to the response of cheers
and applause from the audience.

If I want to believe God for a $65
million plane, you cannot stop me.

You cannot stop me from dreaming.

See Copeland and Dollars, please.
For money.

They're not met with criticism
and backlash from their congregation.

It's celebrated and prosperity.

Preachers will obviously say that this

AIDS in their quest to spread their
message across to different countries.

If I flew commercial, I'd have
to stop 65% of what I'm doing.

Conveniently, that message obviously

allows them to make
even more in donations.

But these preachers,
they don't just live lavish, right?

They put it on full display.

Do you think Jesus Christ would have
rolled around in a Rolls Royce?

I think he would.
Let's get a close up of Gloria's ring.

Where am I looking?
Right here.

You fly in a private plane?
Yes, I do.

You're staying right now in one
of the fanciest hotels you ever find.

You wear nice, very nice clothing.

So money.

Money.

The wealth of these preachers, they're
not seen as gross or hypocritical.

In fact, they're seen as proof
that the teachings work.

It's seen as them actually
practicing what they preach.

The extravagant lifestyle.

That's not a mistake or a flaw.

It's a feature of the prosperity Gospel.

Many of these preachers will say

that the funds that they received
are used only for ministry purposes.

Osteen, for example,
says that he doesn't receive any salary

from his ministry and all the money
he makes comes from his book sales.

Look, in some ways, I don't really care
if a ministry wants to buy a private jet.

It looks optically hypocritical,
but I'd rather let theologians argue over

the contradictions that those actions
have with actual religious texts.

I'm more interested in how the money is
generated, and it doesn't get more

unethical of a promise than it
does with the prosperity Gospel.

If you're accustomed of giving $10,

go to 20, go up to 70, 8100,
raise that amount and watch what God.

Will do, because don't you stop.

Sowing offerings.

Well, they won't let us go to church.

Well, email it in their
text and give or something.

You get that tithe in that church,

you get that offering in that church,
and then you go home and you.

Do what we're supposed to do.

This idea is no different than the Law
of Attraction and Manifestation circles

that claim that you can use your mind
to manifest any desire that you want.

In fact, it's been argued

that the prosperity theology does have
similar roots to the new thought

philosophy that became popular
in America in the 19th century.

When I look at Osteen, for example,
I don't necessarily see a preacher.

I see someone who's more akin to a self

help motivational speaker
that uses God as a proxy.

I am confident.

I am secure.

I am talented.
I am talented.

Take a look, for example,
at Osteen's New York Times bestseller

book, Your Best Life Now, which is
filled with all of these kinds of ideas.

So here's a quote from the very
first chapter enlarging your vision.

It's not God's lack of resources or your

lack of talent that prevents you
from prospering your own wrong.

Thinking can keep you from God's best.

And the book is riddled with these similar

messages of becoming what you
believe and the power of your words.

It's a book.
Like many others in the self help genre,

the connection isn't really that hard
to see, but it's this sowing your seed

message in the prosperity theology,
the idea that you can donate to a church

and in return you can, you know, pay off
your rent, pay off your credit card.

That seems particularly stomach churning.

And now this is a message that is being

exported from America
to Europe and Africa.

So one of Nigeria's wealthiest pastors is

this guy called David Oyadepo,
who is said to be worth $150,000,000.

We are not asking you to give
so the church can be blessed.

We're asking you to give
so you can be blessed.

Some fellow said, okay,
I was worth $150,000,000.

That's an insult.

$150,000,000, that's an insult.

150 million too small.

Do they know what they're doing?

A big part of me believes that Copeland
and Dollar, they they truly believe their

intentions are good,
even for hundreds of millions of dollars.

I can't imagine someone knowingly,

deceive and hurt other people without
just driving themself insane.

In the long run, that type of cognitive
dissonance just seems too much to bear.

But at the end of the day, I'm never
going to know what their intentions are.

You know, I can only ever see what
the consequences of their actions are.

And trust me, you haven't
seen the worst of it yet.

Benny Hin.

Hin is probably most well known
for what he calls his miracle crusades.

HYNN claims to be able
to perform miracles.

He'll bring people to the stage with all
sorts of illnesses,

and then with the touch of his hand,
they will feel God's power running through

them as they fall back, and these
catchers will catch them as they fall.

You had Parkinson's for 15 years since.
Who are you?

People in the audience will cheer.

There are others who have stood there in
awe with their hands raised in worship.

And Benny Hinn isn't the only
one that does this right.

This is a really common practice
amongst the prosperity gospel circles.

Glory to God.
You're not bound to this chair.

The day will come, you'll walk out of it.

In the name of Jesus.

What is it that we're really seeing here?

Is this an actual miracle?

I would know that there were certain
things that were completely deceptive.

Costehen is the nephew of Benny Hin,

and he's worked with his family,
sometimes as a catcher himself.

In 2017, Kostihan came forward

with a testimony of his time
spent in Benihan's ministry.

The responsibility is to look really good,
look really blessed, sell the narrative,

make all the money,
and say, look at my life.

If you give to this, if you follow it,

if you obey it, and if you do what I say,
god will do it for you too.

He described the lifestyle that he
had whilst working with his family.

We lived in a 10,000 square foot mansion

guarded by a private gate,
drove two Mercedes Benz vehicles,

vacationed in exotic destinations,
and shopped at the most expensive stores.

Costa Hin really believed in what he was

doing, but he only had doubts when he
started finding contradictions in what he

was teaching and what he
was finding in the Bible.

Grace Bruler was eight years old when she

was featured on an episode
of CBC's The Fifth Estate in 2005,

an episode that was specifically
investigating Hens ministry.

If you could have a miracle,
what would you want it to be?

They can look.

Just walk.

Is that what you want, Grace?

Just to walk?

Just to walk.

Grace's mother brings her daughter
to one of Hinn's miracle crusades.

And just as she's about to go
to the stage, she's intercepted by what

are called screeners
who tell her to step aside.

According to that documentary
and an insider, the job of the screeners

is to screen out the people
that are severely sick and ill.

There's the story of Justin Peters,

who is an evangelist himself
and was born with cerebral palsy.

During the Fifth Estates investigation

into him's ministry, they attempt
to get Peters to go on stage as well.

And just like Grace, he is also
intercepted by the screeners.

Our hidden camera shows Justin being

stopped by a screener watch as
Henryhin whispers something to her.

Then Justin is told to step aside.

In another documentary from 2001,
HBO were given full access to Hinsaville.

Events and were even allowed to follow

several cases of supposed
miracle healings.

These are people that actually managed

to get onto the stage
and claim they'd been healed.

In one instance, the crew follows a boy
called Ash Neil and his parents as they

are desperate to have their
child healed by one of him's.

Miracles.
We expecting america.

The Prakash family are recent
immigrants to America.

Ten year old Ash Neil
is their younger son.

Two massive brain tumors have
reduced him to a vegetative state.

We believe in God, we have faith,
and there's nothing impossible for God.

Later in the documentary,
Ashton's parents actually attend

the crusade and they're brought on stage
to have their child healed by him himself.

Hin gets the crowd to raise their hands

and then he places his hands
on Ashley's face and says, expect the.

Miracle, dear Jesus,
the Lord's going to touch you, young boy.

Days after the event and Ashnil
still wasn't healed.

It didn't happen.

I was not even discouraged.
I know.

It's God's plan.

I can stake my life on pasta.

Many words.

And God spoke to me last night

at the Coliseum center where the crusade
was going on, and he said,

donate him another $2,000
and which I'm going to do it.

I'm going to do that.

Recently I watched an event
from Kenneth Copeland's.

Eagle Mountain church, right.

It's called miracles on a mountain.

It's another miracle healing service.

And in this instance it was hosted
by this evangelist called Billy Burke.

And at one point someone is brought out

from the crowd and I thought,
hang on, I recognize this guy.

It was Big Nick,

who for those of you that don't know,
was an ex member of the popular social

media group the Vlog Squad,
which is headed by David Dobrik.

At the event, Nick tells
Billy Burke about his blind eye.

I'm blind in my left eye as well.

I know that you told me that.

Billy then attempts to cure his eye,
loosen that after all these theatrics

billy then starts to wiggle his
finger around and then nothing yet.

Nothing yet.

And Billy hears that and he continues,
like trying to help him.

And then when he realizes it doesn't work,
he then just tells Nick recite chapters

of the Bible every night
for your eye to be cured.

So John, chapter nine, your confession,
starting tonight and every night.

You hear me?

Tonight and every night
before you go to bed.

Are you ready?

I was blind and now I see.

I was blind and now I see.

And the crowd Cheerss.

It's like the miracle actually happened.

Now it's been about seven months since

that event took place and I've looked
through Big Nick's social media account

and there's no indication that his
eye has healed since the event.

So again, what are we witnessing
when we see things like this?

If we are to believe that these people
aren't just actors,

which I really don't think that they
are what is actually happening.

Consider this if what we're seeing is

really a miracle, why don't these people
go to hospitals and heal people there?

Why do they need the lights

and the cameras and the atmosphere and the
theatrics to be able to do what they do?

In 2011, Darren Brown ran this TV special
program called Miracles for sale.

In this special program, Darren Brown,

who is this self described mentalist
and illusionist,

takes this ordinary individual called
Nathan and attempts to turn him

into a faith healer, performing
miracles in front of an audience.

The idea behind the program was to expose

the fact that what is happening here are
not miracles, that it's just a product

of psychology, the power
of suggestion and misdirection.

Now, some aspects of faith
healing are just pure trickery.

A good example of this is
the infamous leg growing trick.

The preacher Todd White is well known
for walking around the streets and finding

individuals who supposedly have one
leg that is shorter than the other.

And then, miraculously,

White will begin to grow out that person's
leg right before our very eyes.

Thank you.

In Jesus name,
left leg, I command you, grow right now.

In Jesus name.

Darren Brown teaches Nathan to do this
exact trick because it's not a miracle.

The leg growing trick is infamously
used by charlatans throughout history.

In fact, a quick Google or YouTube search

will demonstrate how it can be done
in several ways, one of which involves

shifting the other person's shoes to make
it seem as though a leg is being grown.

If you speed up the Todd White clip of him
performing this miracle and you just play

it back and forth, you can literally
see what Todd White is doing.

But a big part of faith healing
isn't just tricks like this.

In fact, a lot of it is rooted
in a deeper part of who we are as people.

By the end of Darren Brown's special,

nathan is able to perform in front
of a small audience of believers.

And you can see that he, too, is able to,
with just the touch of his hand,

bring people to fall back as though
they were touched by God themselves.

To understand how Nathan,
who is an ordinary guy, versus Benny Hinn,

who claims to be able to perform miracles,
can do what they're doing,

you have to understand the power behind
what they're creating in their shows.

From the very moment it begins,

you're joined by a crowd of people
united by a particular cause or belief.

There are those in the crowd who are

already in pain, who feel as though
something is missing in their lives.

When they are brought together, there is a
sense of oneness of wholeness and unity.

Just think about how powerful crowds can
be and what it's like to be in one,

especially when you're all
joined by a united cause.

You're then brought into this hypnotic or

more specifically,
a suggestible and open state.

He wants to heal you because he loves you.

You don't have to pay for it,
just ask for it.

The music rises and falls stirring a wave

of experiences and emotions
amongst the crowd.

Then you begin to create the expectancy
for what is about to come.

All things are possible
to him that believe it.

You keep the crowd in this heightened,
aroused state of mind.

And as the crowd is ripened

for suggestibility the faith healer acts
almost like a conductor for the orchestra

of experiences that people
are going through.

A leader amongst a crowd of people
in a hypnotic trancelike state is

something that you cannot underestimate
the psychological effect of.

Then the healer begins
preaching their message.

But don't look for the healing.

Look for the healer whatsoever.

You shall ask what will I do?

The crowd is full of ecstasy.

The joy in the audience the deep feeling
as though you're becoming a new person.

You're connecting with that
of which is above you.

You expect that when the preacher lays

their hand on you or shouts beggar
you may feel God's touch with it.

You've been suggested and primed
to believe that that is the case.

And in being so connected to the crowd
around you the effects of social

conformity are bound to take
place in this trance like state.

You go along with what
the preacher's suggestions are.

You do what you are expected to do.

It's no different to what
a stage hypnotist does.

The more suggestible you are, the more
belief you have, the easier it becomes.

And what's even more interesting is

that in this heightened state of emotions,
of euphoria, of adrenaline it's very

possible to feel symptoms
being alleviated.

It's possible, even for someone who is

in a wheelchair to momentarily be
able to get up and walk around.

But what we are really witnessing
is just a moment of mind over body.

The placebo effect is
a well known phenomenon.

It's when a patient's condition changes

after receiving a treatment that by no
means should have changed their condition.

For example, if a patient expects a pill
to do something and is told by their

doctor that it'll help them even if
that pill is just a sugar pill

that doesn't do anything it is possible
for your own brain chemistry to cause

effects similar to what
medication might have caused.

The key word here is expect because

a placebo effect is mostly theorized to be
caused by our expectations around a given

treatment expectations that we
derive from culture and society.

That's why a placebo that is given as

an injection rather than
a pill can be more effective.

Or when you're given two placebo pills

to take every day rather than one it can
also be more effective because culturally

we perceive the latter of these
treatments to have a bigger effect on us.

That belief and expectancy can be so

powerful as to have physiological
effects on our body.

And what more powerful expectation can

somebody have than one that invokes their
very own belief in a higher spiritual

being like God, surrounded by others
who share that very belief?

What we are seeing is a placebo.

This is why you'll never see any miracle
healer or somebody that believes

in the law of attraction, be able to do
anything that is beyond a placebo.

It's why you'll never see them be able
to restore the limb of an amputee.

And as I've watched your healing crusades,

am I seeing anything
that goes beyond placebo?

I've wondered why sometimes someone comes

in and comes out of a wheelchair,
walks around, runs around,

and hours later, they're back
in that wheelchair again.

The problem is, however,
that those who attend the event

and whose problems and illnesses are not
healed at the event or return after

the event start to blame themselves
that for some reason God didn't want

to heal them, that they
didn't have enough faith.

Remember Ash Neal from the HBO documentary

seven weeks after attending
Hynn's Miracle Crusade?

Expect the miracle.

He passed away.

Do you feel in any way
that any hin has let you down?

No.

Did you ever, in some of your worst
moments, think that you must have done

something wrong in the eyes
of God to deserve this?

Yes.

I know there's a generational curse.

Maybe it originated from me or

from my parents, because that curse
lasts for three or four generations.

Who taught you that?

I hate it.

From Pasadena.

It doesn't square with the Bible at all.

It's a complete scam.

It's utter deception.

Increase your faith,

increase your seed,
and store up for the future

so that when these tragedies hit on earth,
you would be spared.

It is a deception to a degree that I
don't think I've seen before.

And you have to sit there and look at this

all and wonder, surely there's
justice to this story.

Right?
Surely somebody takes the fool.

Surely there's a happy ending to it.

Surely.

In September of 2019, benny Hin comes out
with quite the astonishing announcement.

And I'm sorry to say
that prosperity has gone a little crazy.

I think it's an offense to the Lord.

It's an offense to say, give a think.

It's offense to the Holy Spirit
to place a price on the gospel.

I'm done with it.

Many whom had decided to leave
the prosperity gospel hallelujah.

Right?
One of the best lessons that I could give

to people is say,
watch what they go back to.

Watch what they give up
and watch what they go back to.

Okay?
So it's time to give to the Lord's work.

It's time to succeed in the Lord's work
so God can bless you and reward you.

Trust me.
It's time to give to the Lord's work.

Because giving guarantees
our financial protection.

The problem is, once you've generated
the type of following and business

and reputation that hin has,
changing your ways becomes almost

impossible, and more so because I
genuinely believe that most of these

prosperity preachers,
they're not intentionally malicious,

they've deceived themselves,
even till today.

I question,
is this God or is this just me?

The reality is that most of the preachers

that we've mentioned in this video are
continuing their operations today.

And when they pass,
there's going to be a wave of new

prosperity preachers ready
to take their place.

The message is an easy one to spread.

It promises you health,
wealth, and happiness.

It makes you feel good.

And what's not to love about that, right?

Look at the comment section below.

And you're probably not going to be hard
pressed to find someone defending him or

Copeland or
the Prosperity Theology overall.

You'll probably find people claiming
that they have seen miracles happen or

that by sowing their seed prosperity
really was given to them.

And I'm not delivering
any new message here.

Prosperity Theology receives a lot

of criticism inside of Christianity
and outside, and you.

Know you're a piece of shit, right?
You know?

Right.

They'll still get away with their

teachings because their message
isn't for people who are cynical.

It's really difficult to stop
their more deceptive actions.

The only thing you can do is go to those
that believe in it and steer them away.

And until that happens,
the booming business

of Prosperity Theology and faith
healing will continue to flourish.

I don't know what you feel about

the Prosperity Gospel,
the Health, wealth and Prosperity Gospel,

but I'll tell you what
I feel about it hatred.

It is not the gospel,
and it's being exported from this country

to Africa and Asia, selling a bill
of goods to the poorest, of the poor.

Believe this message your pigs won't die,
your wife won't have miscarriages.

You have rings on your fingers and coats
on your back that's coming out of America.

The people don't ought to be
giving our money and our time.

John Piper is just one of the many

preachers and ministries that actively
try and combat the Prosperity Gospel.

And although Texas is home to some

of the biggest megachurches,
it's also home to the Trinity Foundation,

a leading watchdog ministry founded
by Oli Anthony that carries out

investigations into some of the conducts
of the biggest televangelists.

It was Oli Anthony,
founder of the East Dallas homeless

Ministry, Trinity Foundation,
who masterminded the investigation

and helped expose some of the top
televangelists in the country.

You know, faith and religion
are powerful things.

Seeing the sense of hope that it can fill
a person with or the community

and the purpose that it can inspire
towards good causes,

I don't think anyone can look at those
things on their own and say they're bad.

A few months ago,

I had burnt out from working,
and when that happened,

I felt very cynical about
everything that I was doing.

What was the point?

And what helped was having a sense of hope

that those feelings would come to pass
and finding purpose in what I was doing

and spending time with my friends
and family, hope, purpose and community.

But hope, purpose and community
can be exploited.

It can cloud your better judgment just

because somebody dresses
the part or sounds the part.

And invokes the word God.

If you're somebody watching this that is
a believer in the prosperity gospel,

I invite you to think over and really
question, could I be wrong?

A healthy skepticism, I think,

only motivates someone to find the truth,
not drift further away from it.

Seek, and perhaps you will find it.

If you think the world of prosperity
preachers and megachurches is crazy, then,

my friends, you have to check out
my documentary on New Age gurus.

It should be shown
somewhere on the screen.

That is arguably where all of this
kind of began to form and originate.

And it is just a whole other
rabbit hole in and of itself.

But either way, my friends,
it is great to be back.

As always.
Hand to herd.

Salute.