I always get the feeling that these charlatans are excellent bullshit artists that don’t believe in god at all and are actually looking at these followers with the same disdain as atheists do .They are probably sociopaths .

America was established to be a free and open market for both the commerce of goods and of ideas, so long as they aren't deemed 'subversive' of course! In such a market, robber barons, moguls and magnates of the business world stand next to the grand hucksters, fraudsters and con men of the cloth. In a very real sense, the Osteens, Bakkers and Copelands, and so many more, are the 'winners' in this free market system, because they've massively succeeded in selling whatever bullshit their followers are buying. "A fool and his money are soon parted." Thomas Tusser

Peter Popoff was caught scamming people years ago. He was caught red-handed using an earwig so his wife could give him information of the crowd. This didn't deter him from selling his "miracle water" to the gullible and elderly on TV.

In otherwords, they're going to scam as long as they can get away with it.

That's what religion is all about. They scare people with mythology, and then demand tithes and donations if they want to avoid the mythological Hell and enjoy the mythological Heaven. It's a scam based on mythology.

I agree! This guy profits off of STUPID people who fall for his begging for money to support his "habit"

Religion is poison and it's pimps are evil, greedy tax-free assholes.

The con man is being followed by the fools .

It's a little bit of both. Does Ken pay taxes?

More fool the idiots who give him their money!

I wasn't familiar with this guy so I looked at one of his videos.

Son of a gun, he couldn't even read his notes. It's Covid-19, not Covd (these is no Covd). I consider this man an insult to reason and a disgrace of humanity. Notice how he has an endearing style with his like- minded followers. Hitler was good at that. He could be in a big auditorium and yet sounded like he was talking to you personally.

The only reason he has so much money is that the religious idiots gave it to him. So who’s the idiot??

There are some gene pool problems with his followers.

I think it’s both, the stupidity of both.

Copeland, Graham Jr., Crefloe Dollar, Joel Osteen, Jim Bakker, just to name a few, not to mention that insane woman Trump has in the White House. All money grubbing charlatans taking advantage of the gullible, the frightened, and the desperate.

One of the Founders of the prosperity religion, they feed off the old desire of being wealthy. I remember him in the 80's. So, many fools had made Hagan and him rich.

Face it, you don't need to be a genius to become a millionaire if you can convince the gullible seeking salivation that by sending you ten percent of what they have you'll see they get it. Never mind there's no way you can prove you can do it, they just have to believe you can...

It is so unrealistic to expect a great man like him to practice what he preaches.

***The pursuit of religion is the pursuit of the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing. H.L. Mintkin

Addicts love copeland .... he is their drug when their stash runs low ...copeland is verbal vodka to drunks out of booze he belongs in jail forever and they should have kept Jim Bakkker in prison forever

From my experience with religion and religious people, it's both. Stupid people buy into religion and religion stupifies the smart ones. It's about making stupid people fell smart and intelligent people feel guilty about being above the average.

I think that there is a good chance that religion makes people stupid in the sense that it restrains them from learning how to think for themselves. Case in point is my former acquaintance who had to stop a conversation we were having when I voiced the word "evolution." He said he could not discuss it, as it was against his religion. He had not seemed stupid, and maybe it is not fair to claim that this meant he was, but....

I like that he says it’s not going to be so bad. If this turns out better than it could have been then he’s going to claim his prayers worked. We do have the benefit of seeing how other countries handled it and we have done some pretty good things. Shutting down and keeping people at home. Who knows. He’s going to take credit no matter what! If it gets worse then Satan screwed us again.

"I just watched a video of televangelist Kenneth Copeland defending his lavish lifestyle, and why he needs a private jet, and why he couldn't possibly fly commercial."

And my brain asks "Why would you do that to yourself?", to which my mind answers "Ah, he's an EMT, first responder?" One with Extra Masochistic Tendencies?

To your question...evangelical grade stupid or maga grade stupid. Often the same.