Pastor Creflo Dollar says 'Pokémon' makes you gay

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By james_fudge



Apparently Pokémon can make you gay. That's the conclusion of a "study" by Pastor Creflo Dollar - as reported by Christian News.

If the name "Pastor Creflo Dollar" sounds familiar to you, you may recognize it from reports last month that he was trying to raise millions of dollars to get a fancy new jet - a necessity in his mind because he needs it to travel to the darkest corners of the world in order to spread the word of his ministry.

Anyway, back to the study...

According to Pastor Dollar, messages hidden within the animated series are meant to turn teenagers towards homosexuality. Most notably, the relationship between Brock and Ash (an odd conclusion considering how girl crazy Brock is in almost every episode).

There are some other odd conclusions from the study, but the most bizarre is that "many Pokémon" have a "phallic appearance."

You can read the Christian News report here.

It's hard to deny that this report would need very little editing to appear on The Onion.

Thanks to Andrew Eisen for the tip.

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"Prosperity gospel" pastor Creflo Dollar defends private jets for Jesus — and wants a space shuttle, too O_o

By Joan Shipps



Responding to media criticisms regarding his attempt to crowd fund a $65 million Gulfstream G650 jet, Pastor Creflo Dollar defended the acquisition to congregants at his church in College Park, Georgia.

In a 5 minute video, Dollar preaches to the assembled masses that, despite the “devil trying to discredit [him],” he was going to proceed with the jet acquisition anyway.

Dollar notes in his sermon that people who don’t understand why a Christian preacher would need a plane simply don’t get what it is that he does. Notably, Creflo Dollar Ministries’ operations are global in scope. The religious group’s website reports presences in a number of countries, including India, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Russia.

When Art Franklin, reporter with the local Fox affiliate in Metro Atlanta, asked Dollar in 2006 why a local pastor needs a private jet, Creflo answered with: “In order for me to do what I’ve been called to do. The airlines they don’t fly my schedule.”

Indeed, Creflo’s travel schedule is more typical of a CEO than your average priest. Franklin accompanied Creflo on one of his weekly flights to New York to preach before thousands at Madison Square Garden.

Franklin notes in his report on Creflo that the pastor no longer accepts a salary from his church and had donated $28 million of his own money to his ministry.

Following a firestorm of criticism about his decision to raise money for a G6 in the name of Jesus, Creflo told his followers, “I can dream as long as I want to. I can believe God as long as I want to. If I wanna believe God for a $65 million plane, you cannot stop me. You cannot stop me from dreaming.” In response, gatherers gave their pastor an enthusiastic standing ovation.

If “they discover there’s life on Mars,” Creflo continued to much audience excitement, “I’m gonna have to believe God for a billion dollar space shuttle. Cause we got to preach the Gospel on Mars.”

In the sermon, Creflo clarifies he wasn’t asking only parishioners from the economically distressed region to finance his airplane. Rather, Creflo reports having a worldwide network of supporters, including a guy in the Middle East who wants to write Creflo a check in the hopes that his international travel can have a positive influence in parts of the world where people are violently punished for their religious beliefs.

Watch Creflo defend his $65 million private jet fundraising campaign to parishioners here:

After coming under fire from media and the public, the Creflo Dollar organization took down the fundraising webpage. However we located the page by using the Wayback Machine. You can view the archived fundraising page here:

http://web.archive.org/web/201503131...0/Default.aspx