In about a week and a half, the message of the Gospel comes shining through, and overcomes the doom and gloom.Why is that many tv preachers such as John Hagee, Rod Parsley,etc continuously preaching doom and gloom? Negativity? I understand about the battle between good and evil,but it seems so many of these men focus on it all the time. Do they actually preach the Gospel of Jesus? Do their congregations actually believe they have a chance of salvation or that they are doomed? Pretty sad to me.
Any thoughts?
Not a problem buddy! I do ont understand how Christians are going to unite if they are expressing feelings of resentment, constant ‘overgeneralizing’ and pointing-fingers? Truly sad.
I’m a bit of a doom and gloom artist myself. Possibly it owes something to the fact I was once Protestant. Since becoming Catholic I’ve rarely heard Catholics comment on all the trouble we’ve been getting, whereas my Protestant experience is that they’re much more aware of “last days” stuff. Then again, I suspect this has a lot to do with the fact Protestantism in this country is heavily influenced by American developments. If there’s a buzz word in American protestantism, it’s only a matter of time before it becomes a buzz word here.
well not knowing whose these people are, because in my limited spare time I confine myself to watching and listening only to Catholic media outlets, reading solid CAtholic spiritual writing, and visiting only Catholic sites, (not having the leisure to spend perusing anti-Catholic sources as so many here seem to have), my first guess is that if their outlets are commercial TV stations that message is what draws viewers and makes money for the network.Why is that many tv preachers such as John Hagee, Rod Parsley,etc continuously preaching doom and gloom? Negativity? I understand about the battle between good and evil,but it seems so many of these men focus on it all the time. Do they actually preach the Gospel of Jesus? Do their congregations actually believe they have a chance of salvation or that they are doomed? Pretty sad to me.
Any thoughts?
I agree some are out there to make a quick buck…
And the first I think of is Mike marrockI agree some are out there to make a quick buck…
Oh yeah! Truly sad
I’ve wondered this same thing? The other side of this question is why are so many people drawn to these messages? From the attendee’s point of view I can think of the thrill of being in on some so called inside information and depending on who is preaching how their are part of the few that will avoid the doom and gloom. From the TV preachers POV all I can think of(besides they may actually believe the rhetoric) is that they somehow benefit from the powerfull emotion of Fear - haven’t fleshed out a larger answer, but somehow Fear benefits the tv production. The other folks on TV are on the opposite side of the spectrum…the “How To?” Preachers. how to make money, be successfull, be happy, lose weight etc etc…Why is that many tv preachers such as John Hagee, Rod Parsley,etc continuously preaching doom and gloom? Negativity? I understand about the battle between good and evil,but it seems so many of these men focus on it all the time. Do they actually preach the Gospel of Jesus? Do their congregations actually believe they have a chance of salvation or that they are doomed? Pretty sad to me.
Any thoughts?
Hagee and Parsley play both cards. Hagee not quite as much as the rest of the Prosperity folks, but he is one of them. Hagee writes many books that just rehash his prophecy stuff. I do not know why people keep buying. I do not know the statistics, but he writes as much/more about “end times prophecy” as anyone