[CS-FSLUG] Do you believe in miracles?

[Frank Bax]

	http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/main_miracles.html

I had a couple of problems with this story - here's one item for each side.

The website says "Benny Hinn insists that every penny is spent on God's 
work.", and the show challenged that statement.  The TV show I watched 
Wednesday evening, Benny said something to the effect that he personally 
doesn't get any of the money from TV, crusades. etc.  If ministry revenues 
are indeed $100's of millions of dollars per year, then it is not unlikely 
the ministry has enough revenue generating investments whose revenues 
exceed Hinn's salary, making Benny's statement misleading, but not a lie as 
the story reports.

The TV show reported that Hinn paid thousands per night for hotels in Milan 
and London.  Hinn claims hotels often give him rooms for free or 
discounted.  The website includes copy of London hotel bill, and no "room 
charges" are listed.  Those hotels near Buckingham Palace certainly are 
expensive.  I stayed in one for a weekend a couple of years ago.  I paid 
the super-discount employee rate, but buffet breakfast was about $100.

The TV show spent some time on miraculous healings, but the sebsite doesn't 
deal with that topic, except in follow-up section at the bottom.

Frank