Apologetics Index » Oral Roberts http://www.apologeticsindex.org Apologetics Research Resources on religious movements, cults, sects, world religions and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:24:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Prosperity Gospel: Christianity's 'cargo cult'http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1046-prosperity-gospel-christianitys-cargo-cult http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1046-prosperity-gospel-christianitys-cargo-cult#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:16:15 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=1046 Oral Roberts taught that money and material things donated to his organization were the seeds of prosperity and material blessings from God, and that God promises to multiply in miraculous ways whatever is given--and give many times more back to the donor.

It was a simple, quasi-spiritual get-rich-quick scheme that appealed mainly to poor, disadvantaged, and desperate people, John MacArthur explains.

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