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<span class="entry-meta-date updated">August 28, 2017</span>
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<p>Houston televangelist Joel Osteen has already come under fire for refusing to open his megachurch&#8217;s doors to provide shelter to those displaced by Hurricane Harvey due to dubious accounts of &#8220;flooding,&#8221; but now it seems as though the country&#8217;s fifth richest pastor has found a way to take advantage of the natural disaster.</p>
<p>Osteen <a href="https://www.lakewoodchurch.com/Pages/Hurricane-Relief.aspx?sourcecode=17DRLW" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted a message</a> on the website of his Lakewood Church about ways for visitors to provide &#8220;hurricane disaster relief.&#8221; And while that sounds well and good on the surface, the details are sinister.</p>
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<p>Opening with messages of love and support, Osteen avoids overt mention of financial contributions, framing it as an opportunity to volunteer (a small button linking to a volunteer sign up page is featured at the bottom of the page). But right next to the post is a large donation form simply titled &#8220;GIVE NOW,&#8221; that lists suggested contributions of $50, $100 or $200. Nowhere does Osteen detail how the funds will be used, even admitting that &#8220;We do not yet know all the ways we can help.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lakewood really out here asking for donations!!! How about Joel Osteen donates his millions <a href="https://t.co/sXZjiWMPY7">pic.twitter.com/sXZjiWMPY7</a></p>
<p>&mdash; bacon burgr (@thebeastjulissa) <a href="https://twitter.com/thebeastjulissa/status/902329069416656896">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>If the vaguery wasn&#8217;t troubling enough &#8212; especially considering Osteen&#8217;s <a href="http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/joel-osteen-lakewood-collection-32m/2014/03/18/id/560167/">dicey fundraising</a> in the past, not to mention his net worth of <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Lakewood-Church-pastor-Joel-Osteen-By-the-numbers-6418086.php">more than $56 million</a> and the fact that his church is in the <a href="http://www.chron.com/life/houston-belief/article/Lakewood-to-buy-former-Compaq-Center-for-7-5M-1715379.php">taxpayer-funded</a> former home of the NBA&#8217;s Houston Rockets &#8212; the post mentions that Lakewood Church is partnering with an organization called &#8220;Samaritan&#8217;s Purse&#8221; to provide relief.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joel Osteen is soliciting donations for Harvey. His personal charity has an F-rating and refuses to disclose to BBB.</p>
<p>DONATE ELSEWHERE! <a href="https://t.co/XjJ1zm2X5s">pic.twitter.com/XjJ1zm2X5s</a></p>
<p>&mdash; James (@JaySaysStuff) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaySaysStuff/status/902319768895664133">August 28, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Samaritan&#8217;s Purse is run by Franklin Graham, the son of controversial evangelist Billy Graham and a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090312005525/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2006/10/22/graham.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted Islamophobe</a>, and has been the subject of plenty of scrutiny:</p>
<p>Samaritan&#8217;s Purse has been under the microscope as Graham draws full salary from the organization, even though he also receives a full salary as the president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Graham takes in a haul of millions as a result that is reportedly higher than most non-profit CEO salaries.</p>
<p>There was also a 2011 lawsuit regarding volunteers in a hostage situation in Sudan, and a scandal in El Salvador when the organization &#8220;<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/05/world/us-aids-conversion-minded-quake-relief-in-el-salvador.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blurred the line between church and state</a>&#8221; after an earthquake, as it forced potential recipients of publicly funded aid to sit through prayer services before receiving anything.</p>
<p>It all just begs the question, why is Osteen so reluctant to open his doors to those in need, but he&#8217;s more than willing to line his pockets and those of his televangelist friends? Well, he is a devotee of the &#8220;<a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/04/otl-osteen-201004">prosperity gospel</a>.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Religion is the ultimate hustle&#8230; To Joel Osteen, if flood victims aren&#39;t coughing up &quot;donations&quot;, they&#39;re not stepping foot in his church.</p>
<p>&mdash; モノリシック (@monolithic87) <a href="https://twitter.com/monolithic87/status/902323603831652352">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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