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Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Colorado pastor accused of pocketing $1.3M in crypto scheme says 'Lord told us to'

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Colorado pastor accused of pocketing $1.3M in crypto scheme says 'Lord told us to'

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Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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More than 300 people bought INDXcoin, a cryptocurrency created by the pastor and marketed through his online church, which was deemed "illiquid and practically worthless."
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  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOP
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    The pastor might be lying, but that would be a sin, right?

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      It’s ok. Jesus died for all the sins. Now please excuse me. I have women to rape, men to kill, and kittens to kick. Ciao!

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        You forgot minorities to look down on and poor to ignore!

        • Rascabin@lemmy.ml
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          Oh true. Living in a gold castle looking decked out like Mr. T and praying for the poor.

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      None of them care.

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    It’s God’s crypto. Duh. God’s got a side-hustle in crypto. /s

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    This reads like it’s an Onion article!

    “Out of the $1.3 [million], half a million dollars went to the IRS, and a few hundred thousand dollars went to a home remodel the Lord told us to do," he said in the video.

    … “We took God at his word and sold a cryptocurrency with no clear exit,” Regalado in his video address Friday. “What we’re believing for still is that God is going to do a miracle. God is going to work a miracle in the financial sector.”

    It’s actually hilarious that people fell for this.

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    What does the Lord say about strapping them to the outside of the next rocket going to space?

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    https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-pastor-and-wife-sued-over

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