He started this show by stating that hope is the greatest gift of all, and as a Christian I totally believe this-Jesus gives hope!
But as a Christian, some people could say that we have to take everything that has a Jesus sticker on it and believe it to be true. But the bible tells us there will be false teachers and many frauds out there.
What Derren does so brilliantly is to take a 'normal' guy and turn him into a faith healer to show 'the industry' of faith healing for what it really is-fraud, deception, a trick!
The background is not to have a go at religion or God, but at the scam that is faith healing-taking money from people seeking hope and wrapping it up in religion.
For me, it is Derren Brown who is the real 'faith-healer' as hopefully it will show false teachers for what they are. Fascinating show, well worth a watch;
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derren-brown-the-specials/4od#3182173
2 comments:
Found it a very interesting show myself. Fantastically well done, and great at revealing the scams. However, my fear is that he has tied all healing in with prosperity gospel scammers, which is not true. Genuine healing exists, and whether it is found in a 'healing ministry' or simply in the Church (capital C) is another debate entirely, but I would be concerned that in the good he is doing by exposing scammers, he is rubbishing genuine and verifiable stories of healing as well.
yeah I would share the concerns but at the same time he does well to define his 'faith healer'-which is why in the post I put the 'taking money from people seeking hope' line.
hope you're enjoying time off spurgeon!
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