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									<p>Disgustingly wealthy professional snake oil salesman Joel Osteen has faced over 48 hours of backlash after posting the following <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JoelOsteen/posts/10159507326925227" target="_blank">Facebook message</a> on Saturday regarding victims of Hurricane Harvey:</p>
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<p>So what&#8217;s the problem? Well, Osteen owns a megachurch in Houston that is not flooded, and he&#8217;s even canceled services due to the storm. So that means his ministry is in possession of a dry 16,800-seat arena that could be used as a refugee shelter to assist residents fleeing floodwaters.  Anyone remotely familiar with the tenets of Christianity should know that providing shelter to those in need is pretty high on the list of things that used to be important to Christian leaders&#8230; until they discovered television and got rich.</p>
<p>After facing two days of online shaming, it&#8217;s been <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/prosperity-gospel-preacher-joel-osteen-to-open-megachurch-to-hurricane-harvey-refugees-after-public-shaming/" target="_blank">reported</a> that Osteen has purchased air mattresses and is preparing Lakewood Church to open its doors to those seeking shelter.  Congratulations, Joel.  You needed the internet to tell you how to be a Christian again.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lakewood Church apparently bought countless air mattresses and are prepping to open their doors. Took a while but good news.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JoelOsteen?src=hash">#JoelOsteen</a> <a href="https://t.co/MYXf1HqAbF">pic.twitter.com/MYXf1HqAbF</a></p>
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<p>Anyone who thinks Osteen is doing this out of the kindness of his heart and not to try to save his public image is fooling themselves.  Then again, anyone who buys into what Osteen is selling is a fool to begin with.</p>
<p>Here are some of my favorite tweets about this debacle. Enjoy!</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joel Osteen won&#39;t open his church that holds 16,000 to hurricane victims because it only provides shelter from taxes.  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HoustonStrong?src=hash">#HoustonStrong</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Alan Spencer (@MrAlanSpencer) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAlanSpencer/status/902287854440562688">August 28, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">If only there were some way for <a href="https://twitter.com/JoelOsteen">@JoelOsteen</a> to do more for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneHarvey?src=hash">#HurricaneHarvey</a> victims than just praying for them <a href="https://t.co/AexgzAiACs">pic.twitter.com/AexgzAiACs</a></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Footage found of <a href="https://twitter.com/JoelOsteen">@JoelOsteen</a> an hour ago, alone in his Texas mega church whilst the ppl suffer. $$$<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FakeChristian?src=hash">#FakeChristian</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HarveyFlood?src=hash">#HarveyFlood</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texas?src=hash">#Texas</a> <a href="https://t.co/n1zoWoiwwT">pic.twitter.com/n1zoWoiwwT</a></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Also: shout-out to Muslims, Atheists, and everyone else in Houston who didn&#39;t need social media to shame them into helping others.</p>
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