I thought about posting this in Angel's Republican Hypocrisy thread but I don't know the Osteens' political affiliation, or if they even have one. But after reading this article, I thought religious hypocrites deserved their own thread. We've seen this hypocrisy in Swaggart and in Jim Baker & Co. to mention just a couple.

I had heard about Victoria Osteen's recent assault on a flight attendant but until I read this article I didn't know that Bob Schuller of Crystal Cathedral/positive-thinking fame had also departed from his alleged Christian ways to commit assault, too.

Although incidents like this show the hypocrisy of some religious figures, I also think it stems from a sense of entitlement that some people develop when they are wealthy or famous, and this article mentions that, too. Apparently some people seem to think that being rich makes them better than others and causes them to expect to be treated as a spoiled celebrity rather than having to act like mature adults.

The following paragraphs are excerpts from the complete article which can be seen here: Flight Rage Incident Reveals the Dark Side of Osteen's 'Prosperity Gospel' | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet

Hehe, I liked the last sentence above.

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Walter Mondale: "George Bush doesn't have the manhood to apologize." George Bush: "Well, on the manhood thing, I'll put mine up against his any time."

So, I guess you're saying religious people are supposed to be perfect but it's okay for non-religious people to be imperfect?

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

No.

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Walter Mondale: "George Bush doesn't have the manhood to apologize." George Bush: "Well, on the manhood thing, I'll put mine up against his any time."

Pretty much conforms to the reality that religion has negligible and inconsistent effect on morals and behavior, and that Dawkins may be correct in that religion does not deserve the automatic exalted deference society tends to give it.

Obviously Mrs. Osteen feels her religious and financial status gives her permission to behave unacceptably. It's unfortunate that viewpoint gets supported societally for more than it should.

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Unfortunately, the Founders did not address the possibility of this nation becoming populated with obnoxious twits.

They shoulda kicked the bitch off the plane in flight. She could have been been raptured and all would have been well.