CARGO CULTS Part 4 of 4

Comparing the Cargo Cults of the South Pacific with such modern phenomena as credit-card addiction, Oprah's new age philosophies and the Prosperity Gospel. All excerpts from clips used are in the public domain and available on YouTube, and are used for analysis and comparison purposes. No copyright is claimed for any part of this program.

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[PissySkyKat]

The most interesting thing I found about these videos is that this man makes mention of Americans all being "quite wealthy." Well, I'm "American" and fail to understand what sort of wealth he is referring to. It is as easy for a "wise", bearded, old holy man to pass illogical and erroneous judgments on others whom he does not know or understand as it is for a "primitive" man, or even Oprah. Yes, he has a message; but logic dictates that we not speak on a subject that we are ignorant of.

[dennissOiafricaOcom]

@PissySkyKat You are quite right to rebuke me for making generalizations. I apologize. Of course there are poor people in the USA.

What I was alluding to is that the National Average Per Capita Income using Atlas method for USA is $37 610 per year whereas that for sub-Saharan Africa is $500 per year. So 75 average Africans live on the same amount as 1 average American. This makes it odious when Bennie Hinn comes to an African country and claims he needs $4 000 000 just for expenses. God Bless

[sdrawkcabgnipytmi]

@dennissOiafricaOcom

I completely agree with you, but you should keep in mind the differences in cost of living. The same amount of money goes much further in most poor counties. In other words the disparity in wealth is slightly less when measured as purchasing power (this of course doesn't invalidate your point).

[dannukesem]

This has been a very interesting series. It's interesting that people can see this in others, yet not see it in themselves.

[ilovesolfege]

One thing about cargo cults in the south pacific, those people could SEE the aircraft with their eyes. Logically, it makes far more sense to build a runway and a bamboo model plane, hoping to attract a cargo plane full of cool stuff. I'll sit down and join those indiginous people before i believe in baby jesus!

Being a christian doesn't make sense.

[123must]

can I say nothing about this cute post?