Joel Osteen Closes Doors To Hurricane Victims
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2017
- Televangelist Joel Osteen has been accused of keeping his church closed for those seeking refuge after Hurricane Harvey. Ana Kasparian and Michael Shure, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. tytnetwork.com/join/
“In August 2017, just after Hurricane Harvey made landfall and inundated Houston with record rainfall and flooding, celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church, which is based in the region, drew criticism for not making itself available to people affected by the storm.
On 27 August, the church posted:
Dear Houstonians! Lakewood Church is inaccessible due to severe flooding! We want to help make sure you are safe. Please see the list below for safe shelters around our city, and please share this with those in need!
A day later, a post on Lakewood’s blog read, in part:
Over the last couple of days, as the enormity of this storm was being realized, we have been working to organize relief efforts for the Houston area with our friend Franklin Graham and the disaster relief organization that he oversees, Samaritan’s Purse. Samaritan’s Purse has been, since it’s inception, organized to respond to situations just like Hurricane Harvey, and we are grateful to be able to partner with them to provide assistance to the Houston area.
We know the need is great. That much is clear. We do not yet know all the ways we can help.
The church reportedly seats more than 16,000 people.
Osteen, whose own Houston home is worth a reported $10.5 million, has not made any comments regarding possible flooding near the church. A map of the area surrounding the church shows it is under a flood advisory, but not a warning. (Houston police told us that they have no pending calls from the area.)”
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it's sad when a major furniture store offers shelter and let refugees sleep on their new furniture was more Christ-like than the famous televangelist preacher,that is very telling..
amen to that
+Audrey Garey how many homeless people do you let stay in your home? zero. let's be honest nobody in America let's homeless people stay in their homes, job or business.
Actually I did offer shelter to some who lost their homes.
Crazy how these "Christians" never follow the teachings of Jesus christ, Jesus wouldn't even claim these people as "Christians"
DAVID ARAUJOLOPEZ 8325 2017 ok
This story's original thesis/thrust has already been debunked -- Ana was right and Michael was dead wrong
Deontha + He'd kill them all according to "his book"
He's not a real christian be real don't be that naive
I live in Houston. The area wasn't flooded. It's now open because social media dragged his ass
Rell Brooks they forgot this part - after he was caught lying about the damage, he said he would open his doors AFTER the other shelters were full. how lame is that?!
What a lying POS this alleged Christian is. He has over $50M to his name due to his snake charmer business. His mansion is worth $10M. He wouldn't even help.
Let me ask you something, If you aren't at your house and you send all your family away to be safe, how will you know if your house was safe to give shelter to people? common sense is to inspect the area and the house then you can invite all your family and friends right? I'm pretty sure any smart person will do that, no offense.
You saw me cold, hungry and thirsty and closed your door. Matthew: You will come before my throne and I will say unto you away from me you evil doer, I NEVER KNEW YOU!
Never trust anyone who smiles continuously.
and if you're not sure they even blink
Joel Olsteen teaches a version of Christianity that believes Jesus lives in a gated community.
I'm from Houston, a ton of people went to scope the church and there was ZERO flooding in the area. Not a single inch of water on the road
Nelo M I just was bout to comment this.People were on FB live walking on the street the church is on & walking through the parking garage.Not a inch of rain or any damage to the church.This guy charges a $15 fee to attend his church every Sunday.SMH
Joel Osteen is one of those guys who shows up in a suit to give out free food and water for 5 minutes then leave when they pack up the cameras.
That's what I call Christian values.
the probability of someone getting hurt because he turned people away is far greater than someone getting hurt by letting them in to this huge building.
Don't worry, he'll reopen the church back again on Sunday. Just to receive the tithes.
Take away their tax exempt status and see what happens.
Exactly
Prosperity gospel is not about helping the poor. It's about getting rich and not feeling guilty despite what Jesus supposedly said.
... that is literally what OP said man.
Let's call megachurches out for what they are. Corporations that do not require taxes.
what is less like Jesus than not helping people during a major natural crisis?
Rumor has it that Noah had 2 of every multi-millionaire species of preachers on his ark.
Shoutout to Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH) for having their mosques open from the get-go 24 hours a day as shelters to those in need.
" A doctor's door should never be closed, a priest's door should always be open." Victor Hugo
Both of which an FJWs love to profit on!
A preacher caught lying? Scandals of the century
rurutu M lol
From Houston here. he originally said the first floor was flooded, but there is video of a man who went around and there was no flooding, no traffic or water on the surrounding roads.
he spent a day blocking people from all social media that criticized him, once a bunch of people in town and local news started noticing he opened doors, and later said the sever flooding of the first floor receded (which makes no sense bc the inside was completely dry) and later said it was only the basement or parking garage (which is the actual truth of the matter) and now is housing people in his mega church.
Most people around here know he runs a corporation not a church, only a hand full of his followers are blind to the bullshit he says, he widely known as a crook and notbrespected by many. This current stunt by him also made him lose a lot more respect for several more people even some of his followers. He is making around 55-77 million a year. And u wouldn't be surprised if once he let people inside his church he had his camera crew to shoot the next Joel Osteen commercial showing how amazing he is. I hope he drowns.
elias arriaga - I didn't know that he was held in such low regard by locals. He is the only televangelist that actually says the right things in public for the most part and seemed like a decent Christian until now - except for his justifications for his wealth which are just twisted, but not unique in America's Christian world.
Just another hypocritical Christian Evangelical that doesn't practice what he preaches, just like many Republicans.
";-)
elias arriaga Exactly and the fact that they didn't show that video, cause you they saw it, is suspicious. TYT puts so much time into bashing Trump, you mean to tell me they're slacking on their aggressive reporting on Joel Olsteen 😮*I clutch my pearls* Yea Right! That's another issue though.
elias arriaga meanwhile TYT pontificates about how bad somebody else is while they contribute NOTHING but FAKE NEWS.
Joel Olsteen...showing the true power of Christ and the very heart of his gospel...Close the doors Joel...yeah brah...that's the spirit!
Oh my goodness Mr. Osteen what were you thinking. I live four blocks from the Joel Church. It was originally the Compaq Center which was the sports arena for the Houston Rockets. It's HUGE. As did the entire city, our neighborhood (It is called the Upper Kirby District) received an inordinate amount of rain which really began Friday evening and lasted several days. In our small neighborhood, the hardest rain, a deluge really, was somewhere around 10PM and lasted for almost an hour. During that one period only, the water rose dangerously high and almost flooded homes in the area. However the rain suddenly stopped for almost an hour giving the drainage system time to handle the runoff. We had a steady hard nonstop rain for the next four days and even the streets did not flood. Were it not for the news we would not have even known parts of the city flooded.
During Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 our entire neighborhood was completely flooded even though we are in a 500 year flood zone. As a result the city installed new storm drain pipes in the area (so large you could drive a car through them). It has never flooded in our area since that time. Most parking garages in the city flood in a severe rain storm. We are used to it. I am not going to call Mr. Osteen a liar, he seems to be a very nice man, but perhaps saying the church flooded is just a wee bit of an exaggeration. The flooding would have had to have occurred that Friday night (the 25th). Did he have services in the church that weekend? That would likely be your answer.
Close your doors to flood victims. Because that's what Jesus would do. ..
A religious hypocrite!? My world is shattered...
OK, turning away people because your place MIGHT flood? They're coming from places that ARE flooded! You open your doors, you let them in, and you, what's the word.... PRAY!!! that the church/shelter does NOT flood! WTF??
If he can open his doors now after criticism then he coulda opened his doors then
Why do these type of preachers need so much money ?
they only preach to make money they dont even believe in the words they say they are greedy as heck
Want to be rich? become a Televangelist!
Many other churches and even some mosques opened their doors without thinking of the "risks" to them. That is the true Christ-like way. Olsteen fell short.
He closed his doors to the very people who paid for this church and his lavash lifestyle.
If practically the entire city is flooded, I don't understand why he'd be so concerned about preserving his church's pristine condition. Who does he think will be attending with everyone gone or relocating?
Rich folks who are unaffected by the floods, who can continue to donate to his cult.
A Televangelist isn't doing something for free? Wow. Such a surprise ....
Why didnt he open his mansion to accommodate people there?
Oh come on. He didn't open the church because he won't make any money off of it
True.
The Bible speaks about false prophets trust in your savior not man !
U right bible says don't allow yo self to be mis lead.
@@TheRealZJE313 amen
He doesnt need to open up the church because he is wealthy; he should open simply because he has the space and there are thousands who are needy. And that doing so ties in to normal selfless human behaviour.
thanks for muslims open 4 mosque to helping all religion...
I'm sorry, are you seriously giving this con artist a pass?
Joel ain't got time to save lives, he's too busy making that $$$
Olsteen, is a wolf in sheep's clothing...you can't live the life he lives and reflect a genuine life and pure reflection of what he preaches.Lies up front, then pressured to open the doors....shameful.
If was that flooded then why did it dry up once he got called out for not helping? Now the church has air mattresses and flood victims but if the citizens stayed quiet the church would still be closed to those in need.
The guy drives a ferrari and lives in a mansion.
in a 150 million mansion
...and charges people $15 every Sunday service!!
All the true Christian preachers and scholars will tell you, Joel Osteen is not a Christian and he does not preach the Christian Gospel. He's a motivational speaker. This is no surprise to those who know the truth.
All the *true* Scotsmen will tell you, no real Scotsman would do X...
He ended up opening the door to those hurricane victims. But only after the criticism he got for not at first.
sleezy and cheesy he was on 60 minutes and they asked him the obvious questions the look he got in his eyes was scary he's a scary guy
Other churches , with no prep time, opened their doors quickly while Mr. Osteen waited until he was slammed for not doing it.
I Am Sekou: That was a lie, idiot. Neighbors had video, no flooding. Other area churches opened up immediately. He's just another greed monster in fake Jesus clothing. Gospel of prosperity = blame the victim & bilk all the suckers.
She's wrong ....Joel Osteen Did Not open his doors in 2005 .. he said n did the same thing with H.Harvey ...he doesn't open his church doors until he's forced /criticized to ..everyone I remembers Katrina ok
He's a minister. OF COURSE HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE POOR, he knows who they are and doesn't like them. Hypocrisy.
I went on google earth , this massive building has many levels, which flooding would never reach
Audree Armey are you from Houston? Have you ever visited the GRB? If not have a seat about my city and our structures...
I grew up there and the issue is about the Lakewood Church, formerly the Summit, formerly The Compaq Center. Not the GRB. Even if there was some flooding in the church, there are levels and parking below what used to be the basketball court where the water would go. Even looking at this flood, the church sits pretty high on 59 and it would probably not take on much water in the main area. I admit I am speculating since I was no there, but I am basing this on having lived in the area and been in that place a handful of times for games back in the day.
Damn, she just got owned haha
It's true that they finally let the doors open. But the fact remains that they closed it in the first place, which is unacceptable.
And when his website published a list of shelters, they "mysteriously" ignored all the mosques that opened for the victims. Hmmmm
Do your research.. there's a Guy who went down to the church with video camera and showd there was NO flooding. the place was dry as a bone. The Entrace to the church is 2nd level, and the 1st level surrounding the church was Dry..
There are videos proving that the freeway was not flooded in that area that employees of the church are in it and have not been flooded out
Heh reminds me of Gabriel's backstory from Walking Dead, close your doors while your congregation dies outside wanting in.
What being christian dont he understand. They had to shame him in public, before he did the right thing.
joel olsteen charges for his sermons why would the wolf in sheeps clothes care about the sheeps of Houston
are they suggesting a mega-church preacher acted immoral? what a bombshell
Squirrel They only act out when Jeebus isn't looking...he's too busy watching alterboys shower.
Seriously.
What's so crazy is people are still giving money to Joel and his FAKE church.
I have been living right across from Lakewood there was little to no flooding dude is just a con artist we all know him and his kinda is
Not suprised, I though Joel Osteen was an ordained man of the cloth?So much for where he stands on helping the least of his brethren."What you do to the least of my brothers, you also doeth unto me, saith the Lord."
Defending Olsteen for not opening his shelter is gross. Straight up. That was low.
If this hurricane had hit a liberal state, Pat Robertson would be saying it was God's wrath.
As with Huricane Katrina, those with money left town well before the storm hit Louisianna. What was left was the poor, elderly, and mostly people of color. They were locked into a horror show, where thieves and rapists attacked those living in the big sports stadium. Police never intervened or arrested a single person. Hope Texas gets better treatment.
No more government subsidies to religious organizations
He announced the previous Sunday that his church would not be opened, but advised the congregation of a list of churches /mosques that would be. He has an uptight, snooty wife, Google Victoria Osteen behaving self entitled on an airline a few years back. She probably had everything to do with the delay in deciding to bring in flood victims. That is too beneath her.
my house here in Houston got 4 inches of water all over the house! Which is lucky cause some people's houses were completely submerged!
JeffreysWorld 😮 stay safe, dude.
Also, with all that money he could've reserved another facility located out of the targeted area to house refugees but his church never even considered something like that because it wasn't in their 70 million dollar annual budget, obviously.
Even local mosques opened up for people without any prompting.
In case it wasn't clear already that this guy is a scam.
"Wolf in sheep's clothing".
That song plays in my head every time I listen to Republican hypocrisy and BS.
If the church had really been flooded, it would've veen simple enough for Joel Osteen to have posted pictures of such flooding. But he didn't.
He did not let them in because they were going to stink the place and he is in it for the money living in a mansion while his disciples live in mobile parks.
Cisco E. what a disgraceful asshole
Cisco E. I agree he was quick to receive donations but never wanting to open his doors.
Only after the news backlash did he decide to open the doors. He said the roads were all flooded, excuse me....everyone was already in boats, they could get there. What that place takes in just in one week could feed one heck of a lot of folks.
He claimed the church was flooded until people posted pictures showing that it wasn't..
The pictures are form one of the high ground entrance that are about a story above street level. The floor of the church and 3 of its main entrances are below ground. All of this during one of if not the worst flooding event in Houston's history. I stay 5 mins from the church and used to attend. Do the math.
Take some photos. Give them to TYT. They'll correct it.
Manifest Destiney, right?
Jesus would be proud bigly!
A church is always supposed 2 offer sanctuary.....
I agree. I even suggested to someone to send money donations to churches, monasteries, synagogues, & mosques b/c that is where most people run to first when looking for safety and food when there are disasters. This is the norm.
There was no flooding, nor was he collecting goods. Stop covering for him.
There are other ways he can help, the church building is not really a necessity. He can help people by elevating their houses in their communities in the near future. He can pay their hotel fare where they evacuate. He can buy them cars. He can get out and feed the hungry real food. He can use his mansion to let people take baths. So who needs the church building?
Don't worry Joel will have all the facts on DVD just please send $19.99 plus S&H
I never liked Joel this makes me hate him even more
Shameful he calls himself a Christian
Who lives in the delusion that religious people would somehow be better mammalians than non-believers?
I don´t. Quite the opposite.....actually.
Mats Jönsson Lots of xtians particularly the megachurch kind.
Mats Jönsson - There was a study in the UK which showed which group of people gave most to charity each year. Muslims came first. Want to know who came last? Atheists.
Hmmm.
ibkillah, source?
Of course if you don't count giving to church's but to actual charities atheist are on top
"Why heavens no! We just got these pews reupholstered!" -Joel Olsteen
Jesus loves you....but Joel only takes CASH!!!
Maybe your cash but he is not my Pastor if her were I would tithe there. I do however know of many things that are not reported that his ministry does. Thank you Lakewood.
He closed the doors to people in urgent need. He lied about it.
McDrunkerson he's a POS
Honestly...nothings wrong with being a Christian, it is your right. It is mankind that has twisted the message and Joel Osteen could have helped them, im sure one of his private jets could house a couple
Osteen is the type that Jesus railed against- he worships money.
That said, saying the place that used to be home to the NBA Rockets can house 16k+ people is a HUGE stretch. It can, however, *seat* that many. Big difference.
Can’t wait for the day when he stands before the maker and answer for his sms and crimes call yourself a man of God
Religious pimps : gimme gimme gimme
Followers: Okay, but have my back too
Religious pimps: Ask the lord for salvation
As a pastor, he should of opened the doors imedietly.
Manelic Valtierrez - he wouldn't be as rich as he is if he was helping people.
How very christian of him.
REVOKE HIS CHURCH'S TAX EXEMPT STATUS...END OF STORY.
Churches own hotel chains and other big business and get out taxes there too. Plain old WRONG!
A true, loving Christian. Now isn't he?
New American Standard BibleI
Isaiah 58-7
I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless,
Matthew 25-43
I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.'
He has missed those parts when reading bible .
Ken Ham should bring his tax payer funded Ark to Houston to save everyone.
I understand I you don't want to put these people in certain parts of the building, but he didn't try to help these people in this situation. Joel Osteen is a sellout!
Mary - "Do you have any room?"
Osteen Inn - "Sorry, no. Our barn is also closed"
Check again Darth . . . the barn is, and has been, open.
Christianity at its finest
Why does the government give tax breaks to churches anyway.
I was raised in Houston (now live in Galveston) and have been in that stadium many times, for Barnum and Bailey Circus as a child and concerts when it was The Summit and later the home of the Houston Rockets. That place would be PERFECT as a shelter! I'm glad he finally opened the doors. I am guessing the reason for the confusion and different accounts of flooding/no flooding is that because the facility is so large, people are viewing from different angles and different streets and aspects of the parking garage. It's a LARGE facility.
The Barnum and Bailey Circus is still there when that con man Osteen is preaching the Prosperity Gospel.
He is like the priest from the walking dead who let everyone get eaten by zombies.
We went that area to scout and see if it was flooded and what I saw was in my opinion safe.
There are videos of the church and there is no flooding. The church is above the freeway. And people are driving on the freeway
Mayfieldparkadvocate Exactly! Those RUclipsrs exposed his lying ass!
Why are y'all surprised? This is who he's been for YEARS!!!! Sunday service would've been wide open though....for "donations" that is.
Sidebar: The Summit cannot house 16,800. It can seat that many, but it should be able to accommodate at least 7500 people for sleeping arrangements between air mattresses, cots, couches and pews.