In the Pardoner’s Tale, us readers are met with the narrator known as the pardoner”. We are quick to find that he openly admits to preaching so that he may make lots of money. Every sermon that he preaches is about greed: He preaches about greed then he brings out a bag of “relics” (which he tells the pilgrims in the prologue are fake), then he has his congregation touch them claiming that they have “healing powers”. They believe the pardoner make their offerings to him which he pockets). According to the Pardoner, he would rather take the last penny from a poor lady and her starving family, than give up his money. Unfortunately, almost 100 year later preachers still do this today. Today they are known as “Televangelists”. Televangelists are
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Benny Hinn was a part of the investigation mentioned earlier. He was put on “donor watch”, meaning that he may or may not have used donor monies for financial gain. Unlike Creflo and Joel, he has a video proof of this corruption. In 2004 there was a television show called “Do you Believe in Miracles”, demonstrated his misuse of funds, lies, and how his staff would choose audience members to show how Hinn healed them. Deceit was shown in The Pardoner Tale, “tak of my wordes kepe;If that this boon be wasshe in any welle, If cow, or calf, or sheep, or oxe swelle That any worm hath ete, or worm y-stonge (24-27)”. He would never show a quadriplegic, the brain damaged, or anyone with obvious physical damage. The Pardoner had a bag of goodies that he would claim that would heal people, “Y-crammed ful of cloutes and of bones; Reliks been they, as wenen they echoon. Than have I in latoun a sholder-boon Which that was of an holy Iewes shepe. (Prologue 20-23).” With that being said present day Pardoners no longer use relics, they use their hands so that it will look as if we have mysterious powers that can repair people, or in Mr. Hinn’s case selectively repair …show more content…
He is the most known televangelist, who has sermons that broadcast on Sirius XM 24 hours a day. Selected by Barbara Walters as one of her “10 most fascinating people of 2006”, John Osteen a saint compared to the other two ministers. The only things that he has done: claiming that Mormons are considered Christians (despite not knowing anything about Mormons), believing in prosperity theology, and may or may not have kept his doors closed to Hurricane Harvey victims. Osteen did not use donation funds to his advantage or claim that he has power to heal people. Out of everything that I have listed the only thing that would be considered a partner like would be leaving his doors closed Hurricane Harvey victims because that would be considered greed, “I preche no-thing but for coveityse; Of this matere it oughte y-nogh suffyse(105-106)." With that being said greed sometimes could be the matter of life or death especially in Osteen‘s case. The victims of Hurricane Harvey could have died if Osteen did not open his doors, if their basement was really flooded they should have said something
Benny Hinn was a part of the investigation mentioned earlier. He was put on “donor watch”, meaning that he may or may not have used donor monies for financial gain. Unlike Creflo and Joel, he has a video proof of this corruption. In 2004 there was a television show called “Do you Believe in Miracles”, demonstrated his misuse of funds, lies, and how his staff would choose audience members to show how Hinn healed them. Deceit was shown in The Pardoner Tale, “tak of my wordes kepe;If that this boon be wasshe in any welle, If cow, or calf, or sheep, or oxe swelle That any worm hath ete, or worm y-stonge (24-27)”. He would never show a quadriplegic, the brain damaged, or anyone with obvious physical damage. The Pardoner had a bag of goodies that he would claim that would heal people, “Y-crammed ful of cloutes and of bones; Reliks been they, as wenen they echoon. Than have I in latoun a sholder-boon Which that was of an holy Iewes shepe. (Prologue 20-23).” With that being said present day Pardoners no longer use relics, they use their hands so that it will look as if we have mysterious powers that can repair people, or in Mr. Hinn’s case selectively repair …show more content…
He is the most known televangelist, who has sermons that broadcast on Sirius XM 24 hours a day. Selected by Barbara Walters as one of her “10 most fascinating people of 2006”, John Osteen a saint compared to the other two ministers. The only things that he has done: claiming that Mormons are considered Christians (despite not knowing anything about Mormons), believing in prosperity theology, and may or may not have kept his doors closed to Hurricane Harvey victims. Osteen did not use donation funds to his advantage or claim that he has power to heal people. Out of everything that I have listed the only thing that would be considered a partner like would be leaving his doors closed Hurricane Harvey victims because that would be considered greed, “I preche no-thing but for coveityse; Of this matere it oughte y-nogh suffyse(105-106)." With that being said greed sometimes could be the matter of life or death especially in Osteen‘s case. The victims of Hurricane Harvey could have died if Osteen did not open his doors, if their basement was really flooded they should have said something