Ed, it always amazes me that people are really dumb enough to fall for money scams, like psychics and fortune tellers who guarantee you will receive X amount of dollars by paying them X amount of dollars. Or filling out a form with all your personal information. If anybody has the power to do this, they would not need you or your money; they could just exert the power for their own use. Also, the ministers on TV who claim if you send X amount of dollars, they will pray over the envelope and you will be free from all debt. What a laugh! If they had a direct line with God to get that money for you, why do they need you or your money for their ministry? And they quote the Bible to support their claims. Wise up! If you want to give money to any church and can afford it, do so, but there’s no guarantee you will ever be rich in return. God never said you had to give money to the church for answers to prayers or prosperity. Never. I have read the entire Bible and it does not say that.

Voice of Reason

Let’s not call the people who fall for such things “dumb.” Unfortunate, naive, victimized, hopelessly hopeful, but dumb is too harsh. —Ed. Note