'Lord told us to'

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A Colorado-based pastor for an online church accused of pocketing $1.3 million through a cryptocurrency fraud scheme told followers in a video statement that the Lord told him to do it.

Eli Regalado and his wife marketed their cryptocurrency, INDXcoin, to Christian communities in Denver, saying God told him people would become wealthy if they invested, the Colorado Division of Securities said in a statement Thursday.

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Funny how God is always telling these people to do stuff they wanted to do anyway. Pretty sure the Lord said pretty clearly: Thou Shalt not Steal.

What are your thoughts on this?

Hm. Those people were also dumb. Instead of listening to that nonsensical wealth talk they could have read their Bible.  He said you can't serve God and Mammon.
I went to a church here a few times. Small group. They rented a building. That guy had had a church in Australia and his wife didn't even have to work. They got money enough from that church. They had a car. They played tennis. Welcome to Holland. He thought it would work like that here too. Nope. Here you don't get paid or very little if you're lucky. That's why most just quit. Churches have no pastor. Just a few elders who preach once in a blue moon. So they had no money for their luxurous lifestyle and he found a Nigerian prince. Unbelievable. Some of those people in that church had a load of money and they paid that guy thousands or 10 thousands. Yes he was a pastor in Nigeria and he was coming over to give them some absurd amount. I Googled 1 minute. Sent him an email. Hey look it's a scammer. Nooooo it was a very good pastor and he just had not been able to come 4 times but this time he would surely come. So dumb. The church doesn't exist anymore.

Humans will act like humans. Whether a pastor, a teacher, or a politician.

Why are we surprised when they do?