GOD NEEDS MONEY!

HELLO GENTLE READERS,

It's true! I saw it on TV. I'm not sure why. Perhaps the debt on the Egyptian Plagues has come due. That must have been an expensive operation to pull off, being ten of them and all.

I really don't mind T-Vangelistas asking for money. Many of them do good work and provide a spiritual venue for shut-ins and such. But, puh-lease, don't tell me God said to send my money to you. I have a lot more respect for the homeless stumblebum who asks for a few dollars so he can buy a beer. At least he's being honest. Have we forgotten when Oral Roberts locked himself up in a "Prayer-Tower" until viewers ponied up a certain amount of dough? Or the PTL scandal? Yet this same emotional appeal is still being made. God needs your money! He said so. I try to help individual people with my extra money and I sleep well at night.

But, if I'm wrong, then I suggest that God knock on Exxon's door. Heaven knows they have the bucks and really could use a little God in their life.

Hmmmm. I might be willing to contribute to a new Plague Campaign aimed at the oil industry.

Tom Vickers