Every now and then a story comes along which exemplifies America’s plain-vanilla lunacy when it comes to religion.<\/p>\n
\nManhattan psychic released from jail after $700G ripoff<\/a><\/p>\n
A Manhattan psychic had a bit of good fortune on Monday — she was sprung from jail after a $700,000 ripoff.<\/p>\n
Pricilla Delmaro, 26, was sentenced to probation and released from Manhattan Supreme Court. She had pleaded guilty to grand larceny in November.<\/p>\n
She got hundreds of thousands in cash and jewelry from a man who believed she could \u201cremove a curse\u201d from him, according to court papers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Most of us can agree, I’m sure, that Ms. Delmaro belonged in jail; it takes an outright sociopath to rip-off a mentally ill man who believes he is cursed.<\/p>\n
But how different is what she did from the goings-on in churches all across the country?<\/p>\n
Does Ms. Delmaro claim to have access to special occult knowledge? She does — and so does the pastor of the little white church on the corner.<\/p>\n
Does Ms. Delmaro coerce money from her victim with promises of misfortune if he doesn’t fork it over? She does — and so does the pastor of the little white church on the corner.<\/p>\n
Can Ms. Delmaro offer a scintilla of objective justification for her claims? She cannot — and neither can the pastor of the little white church on the corner.<\/p>\n
As a matter of fact, the only quantitative difference between Ms. Delmaro and the average pastor that I can see is that the pastor has somehow succeeded in bamboozling people into believing he deserves a public subsidy (via tax credits) for the exact same scam that put Ms. Delmaro in jail. Nuts. It’s just … nuts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Every now and then a story comes along which exemplifies America’s plain-vanilla lunacy when it comes to religion. Manhattan psychic released from jail after $700G ripoff A Manhattan psychic had a bit of good fortune on Monday — she was … Continue reading