Faith Healers Benny Hinn and Katherine Kuhlman

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07/24/19 • 55 min

Karen and Bonnie go through the lives and miracle healing powers of Kathrine Kuhlman and Benny Hill, no, Hinn. Are people really getting cured of cancer and broken backs and whatnot and various sundries? Why are all the people falling backwards when they get healed? And how in the world are these wheeler healers getting their own television shows when we don't have one?

Karen starts out with one of the best-known faith healers, Katherine Kuhlman. You might have never heard of her, but she birthed a whole litter of these guys. She was elegant and magnetic and also talked in a creepy voice.

She had her share of scandals, but we must say, being a divorced woman evangelist in the 60s with your own show isn't bad.

Bonnie gets in to someone who followed Kuhlman, idolized her, studied her--Benny Hinn. You've seen him on television. He's the one people roll their eyes at when he makes a swath of people fall out on stage.

Hinn got caught with televangelist Paula White a few years ago while in Italy. They

denied it. Then they didn't. Then they downplayed it. We don't care. At least the Kardashians admit their vice.

Hinn's nephew, Costi Hinn, has come out with a book. It's mainly for Christians, but it says all the things most people know. This is about money and power.

Mentioned on podcast: Josiah Hesse's Vice article about Jim Bakker.

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She had her share of scandals, but we must say, being a divorced woman evangelist in the 60s with your own show isn't bad.

Hinn got caught with televangelist Paula White a few years ago while in Italy. They

denied it. Then they didn't. Then they downplayed it. We don't care. At least the Kardashians admit their vice.

Hinn's nephew, Costi Hinn, has come out with a book. It's mainly for Christians, but it says all the things most people know. This is about money and power.

Mentioned on podcast: Josiah Hesse's Vice article about Jim Bakker.

Do you have 3 minutes? Please rate us and even review us on iTunes. It's how we get in front of more people. Thanks.

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The Cult that Poisoned an Oregon Town

Bonnie and Karen talk about the sex cult called the Rajneesh this week. If you haven’t watched the Netflix documentary Wild Wild Country, Bonnie goes over it while trying to capture the insanity.

Bagwan Shree Rajneesh, the guru, gathers up well-educated Western followers in Pune, India.

They then all move, with his Rolls Royces, to Antelope, Oregon. That’s when they take over the small town and things go to hell.

This story has orgies, robes, beavers in blenders and on women, bombs, poison, salad bars. It seems like a fictitious story, but it’s very real. Karen tells her own story of being a missionary in India and visiting the Rajneesh ashram with hopes that her presence and under-her-breath prayers will slay the devil and they’ll all repent.

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It's a Team! With Power!

That's right, it's time for your favorite group of pumped guys who've been traveling from church to church for over 40 years doing feats of strength, The Power Team!

Bonnie missed the huge event at church where they came and blew. us. tweens. away.

The ripping of phone books, the lifting of heavy weights, the bending of fry pans. And then a testimony of how they serve Christ? These were our super heroes. They're still around 40 years later with dozens of break-off groups.

Vice does it again with a great article covering some of the scandals and mishaps. Patheos does another great one.

This is an episode we've wanted to do for a long time. We feel sorry for people who didn't grow up in the church and get to partake in this beefcake parade.

See pics on our website.