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Initech

(100,039 posts)
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 05:05 PM Jul 2018

Jim Bakker: A Packet Of My Coffee Will Get You A New Car When The End Times Come

End Times prepper pastor Jim Bakker dedicated his entire television program today to pitching his new line of survival coffee, telling his audience that things will get so desperate when the Last Days arrive that those who are prepared will be able to get a new car in exchange for one packet of this coffee.

Citing the passage in the Bible in which Joseph was put in charge of Pharaoh’s palace in order to prepare for a coming famine, Bakker reiterated his claim that God made Donald Trump president in order to give Christians an opportunity to prepare for the End Times … by buying Bakker’s survival products.

“God has spoken to us to prepare for what’s coming,” he said. “I believe Donald Trump was given by God to give us a respite and give us a time of prosperity. Do you think the evil Antichrist spirit is sitting back? They’re fighting tooth and toenail. Their fighting the president, they want to kill him and, believe me, if they get one open shot, someone will kill our president.”

When the End Times arrive, Bakker said, a bucket of coffee is going to be worth its weight in gold.

“What do you think that is worth if the sun don’t shine?” he asked. “What will it be worth if the power goes out and there’s no truck’s running [due to an] EMP bomb or whatever they’re talking about for these Last Day events? This two gallon bucket of packs of coffee, you could trade them for whatsoever you want. You could probably get a new car for one packet of coffee.”
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/jim-bakker-a-packet-of-my-coffee-will-get-you-a-new-car-when-the-end-times-come/


You get a car! You get a car! And you get a car! Everybody gets a car! Everybody gets a car!
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Jim Bakker: A Packet Of My Coffee Will Get You A New Car When The End Times Come (Original Post) Initech Jul 2018 OP
Pardon me for a moment Sherman A1 Jul 2018 #1
"The best part of waking up, is Jim Bakker in your cup" Miles Archer Jul 2018 #2
put this grifting asshole back in prison spanone Jul 2018 #3
How many coffee bags will safeinOhio Jul 2018 #4
His type. Blue_true Jul 2018 #17
They've got me all confused. I thought the point of the "End Times" was for them to go to heaven Vinca Jul 2018 #5
They don't care. Blue_true Jul 2018 #19
Good to the last drop! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #6
My scenario: Generic Other Jul 2018 #7
This man is a grifter Gothmog Jul 2018 #8
I think the mark of the beast is $$$ Generic Other Jul 2018 #10
Yes, but if civilization falls, there will be no gasoline to run that new car. haele Jul 2018 #9
They are planning to hitch us to the cars Generic Other Jul 2018 #13
They think they are special. Blue_true Jul 2018 #23
Why would someone who is going to be... 3catwoman3 Jul 2018 #11
They have to suffer trials and tribulations first Generic Other Jul 2018 #15
Can't whoever just take those 144,000 now, and leave... 3catwoman3 Jul 2018 #32
They were predestined Generic Other Jul 2018 #43
Arrive there in style? Who knows, it may be a first come, first serve deal. nt Blue_true Jul 2018 #24
Grifty McGrifterson probably makes a fortune on these food tubs The Genealogist Jul 2018 #12
Oh, I hoop in my new car and go pick up some ice cream, it's only end times, what can go wrong? nt Blue_true Jul 2018 #14
He'd better have something to power those cars! Initech Jul 2018 #18
You're right. The people that think they can somehow survive in total chaos just make me roar Blue_true Jul 2018 #25
I love poking holes in doomsday prepper arguments! Initech Jul 2018 #28
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2018 #16
Give the devil his due. tavernier Jul 2018 #20
There is at least one fool born everyday. nt Blue_true Jul 2018 #26
I'm sure PT Barnum had the Trumplodytes in mind when he said that. Initech Jul 2018 #46
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2018 #21
Anybody stupid enough to fall for this con-artist deserves to get smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #22
Look at him. In an expensive suit, paying for his own tv show. Blue_true Jul 2018 #29
Chock Full Of Nuts Donkees Jul 2018 #27
There will be end times! Freddie Jul 2018 #30
Another stunt to rip people off. sakabatou Jul 2018 #31
I'll stick with my bourbon. GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #33
What do we need cars for after the rapture? milestogo Jul 2018 #34
Oh you haven't seen Mad Max? There's plenty of off roading in the apocalypse! Initech Jul 2018 #35
"a fool and his money are soon parted" Takket Jul 2018 #36
He's like a bible thumpin' Angel from 'The Rockford Files' . peekaloo Jul 2018 #37
If it's the end times CanonRay Jul 2018 #38
If an EMP takes out all the trucks, how the hell are cars going to run? NickB79 Jul 2018 #39
..and the gasoline is coming from.....? brooklynite Jul 2018 #40
Someone needs to explain to Bakker that no one wants to see Trump dead dflprincess Jul 2018 #41
McConnell, Pence, Gorsuch, and Loesch can take the perp walk with him. Initech Jul 2018 #42
I thought they were all getting raptured away Bettie Jul 2018 #44
Ah yes - the preppers Algernon Moncrieff Jul 2018 #45

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
17. His type.
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 06:05 PM
Jul 2018

Likely think young women will be falling over each other to get loaded up with his old dog seed. Afterall, he talks to God, he's special. WHO believes such shit??????

Vinca

(50,237 posts)
5. They've got me all confused. I thought the point of the "End Times" was for them to go to heaven
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 05:16 PM
Jul 2018

and the rest of us evil beings to remain on the earth consuming all the coffee and driving all the cars.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
19. They don't care.
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 06:07 PM
Jul 2018

Their heads are so far up their asses that it would take a mule team a million years to pull their heads out.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
7. My scenario:
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 05:17 PM
Jul 2018

"Look Ma, this coffee is gold." Bubba scratches his belly. "I traded some for a car."
"Did you get any gas?"
"No, that road kill possum you cooked last night didn't bother my gut none."
"You aint too bright, are ya boy?"
"By the way, I can't get this 666 off my head."

on edit: never google "People with 666 tattooed on their heads." They are Bakker's base. And kinda scary.

haele

(12,640 posts)
9. Yes, but if civilization falls, there will be no gasoline to run that new car.
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 05:30 PM
Jul 2018

Gasoline goes bad after a couple months without some serious stabilizers, and even then, that only extends the lifetime of gas in a regular tank a few more months.
If you're lucky and are the only person with access to a deserted service station, you'll be able to go maybe as long as a year on that old gas sitting at service station tanks before your brand new engine is totally trashed with contaminated gas, even if you're still able to rig up a pump to get it in your tank and only be driving occasionally. Diesel and propane last somewhat longer - about a year, but not much longer

Nor would there be any electricity - unless you have a crapload of liberal solar cells or wind turbines to provide it.

So once you trade that bucket of coffee for a new off the showroom floor 'Vette or camper van, you're probably going to have to hitch up your family to move that brand new car to where you want it to go.
Unless you're lucky enough to have a real draft animal to pull it.
Personally, in a post-apocalyptic survival situation, I'd be looking for a 1970's conversion van or small trailer, gut the hell out of it, raise the axels and fix up the wheels to prevent blow-outs, put up some solar panels and a converter for a quality marine battery - and get a pair of Clydesdales or beefy cow and bull pair to pull it around as a tinker's wagon/carter with an on-board fix-it shop for what's left my neighborhood.
Still included. Alcohol will be a better trading commodity than a can of coffee would. Most people, even "rural folks", have never cracked open any sort of survival book, and don't have clue one on what to do when the lights and the TV don't come on anymore.

Religious whakka-nut-jobs looking to kill off every single human being they can't exploit anymore until they are the last ones starving in a ditch. Whatever these idiots are smoking, I don't want any.

Haele

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
13. They are planning to hitch us to the cars
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 05:57 PM
Jul 2018

They watch a lot of zombie apocalypse shows. And those dang prepper shows. 3.7 million preppers.

But hold your human horses, here!

When Mr. Trump won, “sales started a downward decline,” Mr. Allbee said. “In short summary, what we understand is when the left is in power, the right panics.”


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/business/prepper-survivalism-north-korea.html

So, I guess we are breaking poor Bakker's heart just by not being in power. All those buckets of coffee and no customers? That's pretty funny. Next week: he'll be offering a time share in a bunker along with the coffee.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
23. They think they are special.
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 06:16 PM
Jul 2018

They aren't. To use a MineralMan image coupled with my commentary. If the Sun explodes, once we get the warning that it has, ALL OF US (you too xians), should use the remaining 3 seconds of our existence to double over and kiss our asses goodbye.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
15. They have to suffer trials and tribulations first
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 06:03 PM
Jul 2018

In other words the moon bleeds, famine and drought, a white heifer in Jerusalem, testing of faith with the 666 rule...if you stay pure you rapture. It is a test because the Bible says 144,000 will be saved. That is a relatively small number thus the competition to prove oneself more holy than thou. And all those ones who believe in proserity doctrines believe their wealth has bought them one of the coveted spots as the elect. They don't want to blow it all over the temptation to drink coffee.

3catwoman3

(23,949 posts)
32. Can't whoever just take those 144,000 now, and leave...
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 06:55 PM
Jul 2018

...the rest of us alone? I would be happy to be "left behind."

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
43. They were predestined
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 10:36 PM
Jul 2018

This is why they have "grace" and a "get out of jail free card." It is hard to imagine what doctrine one must bend to make a place for Trump. Now, I enjoy an underdog story with lots of twists where a sinner is redeemed, but bookmakers in Vegas are saying the odds are pretty good that he rots in hell instead.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
12. Grifty McGrifterson probably makes a fortune on these food tubs
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 05:47 PM
Jul 2018

I'm guessing you can make your own for a fraction of the cost. But his kookachoo followers probably fall all over themselves to get their hands on one.

Initech

(100,039 posts)
18. He'd better have something to power those cars!
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 06:05 PM
Jul 2018

Because in the apocalypse, our gas will be contaminated and electricity won't be operational! So how are those cars going to work exactly, Jim?

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
25. You're right. The people that think they can somehow survive in total chaos just make me roar
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 06:20 PM
Jul 2018

laughing.

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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
22. Anybody stupid enough to fall for this con-artist deserves to get
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 06:15 PM
Jul 2018

screwed over. I can't believe that anybody really buys into this insanity.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
29. Look at him. In an expensive suit, paying for his own tv show.
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 06:28 PM
Jul 2018

There are a lot of fools out there buying into his shit. He doesn't care how badly he rips them off when they do.

Freddie

(9,256 posts)
30. There will be end times!
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 06:42 PM
Jul 2018

If I can't get coffee ☕️ in the AM.
This stuff better not be that burned Starbucks swill.

NickB79

(19,224 posts)
39. If an EMP takes out all the trucks, how the hell are cars going to run?
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 11:17 PM
Jul 2018

If the shit really were about to hit the fan, stock up on some ammo. A few bullets and a dead Bakker follower later, and you'll have all the coffee he had.

Also, does it strike anyone how un-Christian this obsession with worldly possessions right up to Armageddon is?

dflprincess

(28,072 posts)
41. Someone needs to explain to Bakker that no one wants to see Trump dead
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 11:33 PM
Jul 2018

Last edited Tue Jul 3, 2018, 12:00 PM - Edit history (1)

(from above "Their (sic) fighting the president, they want to kill him and, believe me, if they get one open shot, someone will kill our president.&quot

when it would be ever so much more satisfying to see him wearing an orange jump suit (that clashes with his complexion), in chains, being led from a courtroom. I get misty eyed just dreaming of that.



Algernon Moncrieff

(5,781 posts)
45. Ah yes - the preppers
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 10:40 PM
Jul 2018

Buy gold. Buy dried food. We like our neighbors, but we know we will be forced to kill them to defend this Spam and these MREs when the time comes.

These people are secretly dying for the economy to collapse so they can tell everyone "I told you so!" Ditto their cousins, the survivalists.

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