[Yess I had 'joined']--one Must keep-track of the Xian zymurgy.. or risk Jean d'Arc's fate, when they've melted-down their gunz--not into plowhares, but--into BIgger Gunz.
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Ackshully: this group is not-Nutzo; Are actively working to unmask several-million mondo-Hypocrites ...of their distant-acquaintance. I may even send along a couple bucks; they Earn it.


On Monday morning, right-wing televangelist Jim Bakker went after Faithful America on his TV show -- repeatedly attacking our motives, selectively reading from our website, and making multiple misleading claims.

After Bakker tried to sell silver solution as a phony coronavirus cure in February, our members convinced DirecTV networks to start dropping his program in the interest of public health. In response this week, Bakker misled viewers about his show's past statements, suggested that Christians should never criticize one another, and announced he's almost out of money.

Now his viewers are deluging us with hate mail, calling us "evil personified," "liars," "corrupt SOBs," and "a hate organization who is demonic" while telling us "Go straight to hell" and "God will smite you." These friendly messages were no doubt spurred on by Bakker's implication that he might pursue legal action.

No matter what vile hate gets thrown our way, Faithful America must keep standing up to religious-right misinformation about the coronavirus, and keep organizing Christians in support of a social-justice response to the pandemic. But the fiercer the opposition, the more we need to band together.

If you value our advocacy on behalf of public health -- and if you can afford it right now -- please help continue this work with a donation of $5, $35, or $50 today >>

As Bakker's broadcast continued, he said several things that were incredibly misleading. We want to set the record straight.

First, Bakker tried to defend his most recent silver-solution pitch by pointing out that "we've been selling Silver Sol for a decade." That doesn't make it okay: It was in 1999, eleven years before Bakker's sales began, that the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) announced silver isn't effective for preventing or treating any condition.

Next, Bakker tried to claim his show never said silver will cure coronavirus. You be the judge: In February, Bakker asked a guest what silver could mean for the new virus. The guest briefly noted that silver had not been tested on the new strain, but claimed (falsely) that it can cure other diseases and coronavirus strains in 12 hours: "Totally eliminate it. Kills it. Deactivates it." This can clearly lead some viewers to think, "Hey, if it works on all that other stuff, there's no reason it won't cure coronavirus too! Let's do it!"

Missouri's Republican Attorney General has also accused Bakker of peddling silver as a "cure," and two Trump administration agencies have ordered him to stop the sales. The fact that Bakker can't see why so many have interpreted his show as selling a fake "cure" is why we're worried about what else he might say about COVID-19 -- and why, with your support, we'll keep pushing DISH and Roku to drop his show.

Bakker's most outrageous claims came when he tried to refute our website's description of his past actions and statements. First he claimed, "I was not jailed for fraud." But as the Washington Post explains, starting in 1989 Bakker spent "nearly five years in prison on dozens of fraud and conspiracy charges stemming from his former ministry's fundraising projects."

Then Bakker said, "I've never said you had to support Donald Trump to prove you're saved." But on his January 7 episode -- and unlike the silver cure episode, this is still on his website -- he told viewers, "You know what? Trump is a test whether you're even saved."

It's an election year, which means more attacks from the religious right against our social-justice mission are a given. Bakker even hinted at frivolous legal action, telling his audience, "We have some great attorneys. Someday... I'm going to tell you the names of all the people that are coming against us."

We need to get ready now for whatever is coming next, and make sure we have the resources in place to respond. In the meantime, we can't let anything stop us from continuing to launch more successful campaigns against the extremism, hatred, and misinformation spread in Jesus' name.

Elsewhere in the broadcast, Bakker tried to laugh as he said our petition's 16,000 signatures are "not very many" -- but he also admitted that 16,000 was enough for "one of our big networks" to cancel the show and promise "they'll never put us back."

Faithful America's effective campaigns can continue to reclaim Christianity for Jesus' social-justice teachings, from right-wing televangelists -- but only with your support. 100% of our budget comes from grassroots donations. Please donate $5, $35, $50, or whatever you can today to keep this work going >>

Thanks for everything you do to love your neighbor, as we strive together during strange and anxious times to follow a savior who healed the sick and blessed the poor.



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See? Christianity became diseased when they rolled the pithy/Wise Sayings of this Remarkable-J.C. ... into a cacophony of Pure-Homo-Sap 'rcollections', Bowdlerizings and pure-made-up-Shit. Dunno if it's apochryphal--(Hey, we never hear the 'Gospel by Timothy'--elided from the er, St. James bible-2.0-Remedial)--that: one of our Founding Fathers ordered a bible: with ONLY words attributed to J.C Hisself. Clever-Lad that Jefferson--if it Was he..

Everyone just Needs a Dog & Pony Show ...ever to grok the core of Anything, I guess.