Joel Osteen and the Happiness Gospel

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The old school prosperity preacher was more crass and easily shrugged off by the educated. Osteen seems better able to appeal to the well off.

The old school was about telling the poor that they could be better off materially if they believed.  Osteen is about telling those who already have that they need not worry about that eye of the needle the camel they are riding is headed towards.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

He's a con artist preying on the feeble minded, just like every other religious leader. It is nice that his tone and message are less psychologically crippling than those of most of his colleagues in the mental abuse field, but, at the end of the day, he's no less of a trickster.

Excessive hyperbole.

Granted, like politicians, religious leaders do have more than their share of con artists, but most religious leaders (and most politicians) are sincere about their beliefs.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I agree with Bushie too. What the Osteens believe flies in the face of what the Bible teaches about suffering in the book of Job and Psalms 22, the latter of which was quoted in part by Jesus during his crucifixion. Joel and Victoria would be well served to evaluate their unsound views.

Every time I see this I can't help but think about the Crucifixion.

Well, he does want every day to be a Good Day.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Massive FF, because he teaches people to succeed on Earth. Something a lot of evangelical Christian sects seem to be lacking.

If anything evangelicals tend towards success on Earth too much. It's what leads many of them into thinking the Prosperity Gospel is valid and denying that detrimental climate change is possible.