A convicted pedophile who turned up in MySpace's 2007 purge of sex offenders faces new charges of bank fraud for allegedly running counterfeit checks through a bank account he established for his online church, TruthOfGodMinistries.org.It's not clear whether Courtright got any donations from his ersatz missionary work, but the indictment, filed in September in federal court in St. Louis, charges that he used the same computers on which he made child porn to produce $3,100 in counterfeit donation checks payable to his church. In February of last year, he allegedly deposited the checks and cashed them out through ATM and Visa Checkcard transactions before they were rejected.
When Regions Bank asked him about the apparent fraud, he wrote a letter as Pastor Carl assuring the bank that he'd cooperate in the investigation, and was looking forward to a continued business relationship. "Last year alone, our operating budget was $987,436.00," he boasted. More
Guess who is the founder? Pastor Carl A. Courtright a.k.a Carl Courtright III
Ouch! So don't simply believe in everything you see on the Internet! Some may argue and say he's repentant now but I wouldn't be so sure.
Another nice example of how God & religion has been abused by people for their own benefits.
By the way, we always think that Christianity has lots of cults & sects. What about others? Saw an Islam cult today from The Star newspaper.
This cult uses a tactic like "direct sales" method, which is quite creative! Heheh! Similar method has also been used by Christians in the dark ages.Among the teachings of this cult is that the more members they pull in, the more solat (prayers) they can “settle”. Members would not need to pray or fast as they were considered “pure” for following in the footsteps of Prophet Muhammad. However, new members are required to pay RM2,000 each to the preacher to help them settle the prayers they need replaced. A follower who only wanted to be identified as Norah said members who did not bring in more members were labelled as “great sinners. The preacher asked me how many sins I had, and I said ‘a lot’. After calculating, he said the amount I had to pay was RM28,800. However, I was given a discount. So I only had to pay RM2,000,” she said.
Norah said the cult had ambitions of setting up a true Islamic government known as the Mahad Al-Zaiton in Indonesia by 2015. More
The question for intellect Christians out there would be: why would we see cults in other religions as well?
Give you a clue to where the question is heading: As Jesus said, "Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand?"
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