Beating a Dead Horse

Guys...I cannot stand these televangelists. The Mrs. and I watched one in morbid fascination last night. He talked about "sowing an uncommon seed." this was, as they often are, a pledge drive. So a bumbling, shouting Southern man is screaming at you telling you what good health, financial prosperity, and spirituality you could have if you donated $10,000. He talked about how he was receiving wire transfers in his personal ministry for amounts over one million dollars. God is only being mentioned in passing. He would say things like, "There are 30 people out there right now who have been searching for fertile soil to sow their gift of $10,000." He talks about how the Holy Spirit speaks to him about who should give him money. I don't know about any of you...but this is VERY hard for me to see. Knowing what I know about religion...its very difficult to see people's faith used to accumulate wealth. I suppose people could say the same things about many churches...I just can't adequately convey the outright, blatant nature of this man's demand for his congregation's money. It made me very uneasy....that's all.