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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Colorado pastor accused of pocketing $1.3M in crypto scheme says 'Lord told us to'

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Colorado pastor accused of pocketing $1.3M in crypto scheme says 'Lord told us to'

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More than 300 people bought INDXcoin, a cryptocurrency created by the pastor and marketed through his online church, which was deemed "illiquid and practically worthless."
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    “Jesus told us to steal from the poor.”

    Almost makes me wish heresy was still a thing. =/

    It’s certainly misrepresentation of a business.

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      Don’t worry, this guy admitted to everything, seeing how “God told me to” isn’t a legal defense. God really told you to spend “thousands on home renovations”? Super cool bro

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    Supply side Jesus strikes again.

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    Oh! OH! The clouds are parting. A beam of light shining down on me. AH! A voice. It calls out to me! It says… It says you all owe me 200 bucks.

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      I’ll send you your 200 deer. Good luck to you.

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        Best I can do is 200 rabid wolves.

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    Hearing voices is called schizophrenia

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      TIL my internal monologue is schizophrenia

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        • TherouxSonfeir@lemm.ee
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          Any belief in a magic man in the sky is literal crazy.

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              If I told you that I believe that humanity was created as an experiment by an alien race of clouds who communicate with us through the rain, and they tell me who to vote for and who to hate, you’d think it I was batshit to blame it on the rain.

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                • TherouxSonfeir@lemm.ee
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                  I’d say that because we are human, we have the capacity to distinguish fiction from reality… well, most of us who have critical minds can.

        • 𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕁𝕖𝕨@lemmynsfw.com
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          I almost totally agree about what you say, unless you are being mindcontrolled, if that’s the case you can clearly hear another person voice into your own head. But if you’re not, then you are just nuts and you should be locked into a mental hospital.

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      I used to find this position deeply annoying, even long after I had left behind the Christianity I was raised on.

      My feeling was, ‘we get it, you’re an atheist, calm down about it’.

      Now, I feel these comments and others like them are vital. Religions have been a net harm to society over the course of history, but they present a clear and present danger to civilized society right now.

      Not just Christianity, and not just in the USA, but very pressingly with Christianity and very pressingly in the USA.

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    The lord told the defense attorney to prosecute you, so it balances out.

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      “I’m playing both sides so that no matter what, I come out on top.” - God, probably

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    Once again proving that the only problem crypto truly solves is that it was too difficult to efficiently scam people before. 😂

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    “We took God at his word and sold a cryptocurrency with no clear exit,” Regalado in his video address Friday.

    Bahaha. Not only did god tell them to do it, but he might have misled them a little bit about the profitability of the venture. Bad god, bad.

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      He’s not the messiah. He’s a very naughty boy!

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    I think it’s time that we church taxes. Literally everyone else has to.

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      And if the taxes refuse, then what?

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        Shut them down

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          I think most taxes would rather be shut down than churched.

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        Then we could temple or mosque them.

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        Churches are for-prophet though

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    Evangelicals

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    In Satoshi We Trust

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    My gods tell me to do a lot of stuff. But y’all still got all your blood, don’t ya?

    Sometimes they’re not commandments, just suggestions.

    Bad suggestions.

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    I didn’t know it was a valid excuse, BRB.

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    Is this the wrong spot to announce my ICO?

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      Because someone wins. They all know the game is rigged, but the point is to fly as close to the sun without melting your wings. They know that the white paper holders are planning to scam the rubes, you just need to duck out before the rug pull. Can’t believe the leopard ate their face

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