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Originally Posted by aron
Of ministry, however I will say two things. First - Jesus is the minister of the heavenly tabernacles, not Paul or Lee or Nee. There is only one heavenly minister and we are all pale imitations. So the confidence game of today's self-styled apostles is a joke. It isn't a ministry it is a fleece-the-sheep game. And we seem to love to play. Lee wasn't the first, nor the last, nor the most successful in this regard. Ministry was an opportunity for him and Living Stream Ministry, Christians on Campus, Lord's Move to Europe, Emanna, Defense and Confirmation Project, Bibles for America, Rhema.org, and other tentacles of human endeavor to make themselves manifested.
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Definition of
confidence game, according to Google: "a swindle in which the victim is persuaded to trust the swindler in some way."
This is from the wikipedia article on
confidence trick:
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Originally Posted by wikipedia
"A confidence trick (synonyms include confidence scheme, scam and stratagem) is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their confidence, used in the classical sense of trust. Confidence tricks exploit characteristics of the human psyche such as dishonesty, honesty, vanity, compassion, credulity, irresponsibility, naïveté and greed...
...A short con or small con is a fast swindle which takes just minutes. It typically aims to rob the victim of everything in his or her wallet.
A long con or big con (also, chiefly British English: long game) is a scam that unfolds over several days or weeks and involves a team of swindlers, as well as props, sets, extras, costumes, and scripted lines. It aims to rob the victim of thousands of dollars, often by getting him or her to empty out banking accounts and borrow from family members."
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Well, the Lord's Recovery is a lot more complicated than merely some big scam. I mean, it is, right? But then, why does this definition of "long con" sound so remarkably familiar to me? Hmm.
Anyone ever seen the Jim Carrey movie,
The Truman Show? Anyone else get goosebumps watching it? I know I did.
Life is short, folks. You don't have time for the Lord's Recovery.