“Brenda
Epperson, who once starred in the daytime drama The Young and The
Restless, claims God spared
her home from the path of California wildfires because God
wants to use her story to bring ‘revival’ to California.
“In
a video posted to her Facebook page Epperson reports that she prayed Psalm 91
over her home, and the fire miraculously stopped right at the border of her
property: ‘I just kept praying Psalms 91 over our home: ‘Whoever dwells in
the shelter of the Most High will find rest in his mighty shadow. I will say of
the Lord he is my refuge and my God in whom I trust. Surely, he will save you
from the fowler’s snare and the deadly pestilence. A thousand may fall at your
side, ten thousand at your right hand but it will not come near you.’
Commenting
on her good fortune, Epperson continues, noting that horses were also saved
because ‘God stopped that fire’: ‘We could only evacuate the horses that
could fit in our trailer which was three horses. And then all of our neighbors
had borders so all of their horses, 25, 30, horses went in that pen. And so
there were 35 horses there and the fire stopped. God stopped that fire, Wendy,
right at our property line. Every horse was okay. They had water, they didn’t
even have ash on them.’
“Epperson told
CBN that the fires ravaging California are actually a good
thing because they will lead to revival: ‘The good that’s going to
come out of it is I believe that revival; that God is going to wake us all up.
I know my life is changed and I just want to share the love of God even more
with everybody. I just want to say that God’s love is there for each one of us
if we would just simply say, yes’
“In
other words, if all those people who lost lives and property to the California
wildfires would have simply prayed like Epperson they all would have been
saved. However, by that logic, the victims of the fire really had it coming,
because they didn’t say the right prayers.
“Bottom
line: Brenda Epperson, a callous and ignorant Hollywood actress, claims that
her special prayer saved her property from the California wildfires, and that
God is using the devastating fire to bring ‘revival’ to California.”
Illogical Epperson has grandiose delusions. Of course, we can also assume there are no "scientific studies" done about the efficacy of intercessory prayers and no religious organization would ever want a scientific confirmation because of the high risk for logical refutation.
ReplyDeleteEpperson has no grandiose delusions or deep belief in the power of any divinity. She, like so many popular entertainers past their prime and limited fame, simply go the Jesus-Tent-Show route. Her Christian TV bump will get her a few gigs on the Christian speaker tour. It's all about the money and her greed or, as she sees it, her continued income flow.
ReplyDeleteMagical thinkers want to buy into her "special" status, her "saved by Jesus" status and personal wealth as a sign of God's blessings. They will buy their tickets to the tent show and send their donations to the spokespeople and networks. Her incantations would be laughable if uttered by Shakespeare's three ugly old witches who "bubble and broil trouble and toil" their devilish spells. She has the Fox News female blond appeal and the mega-church patter worshipped by Christian media networks. The fact that the damned were damned makes the non-burned viewers feel as though they too are on the winning side, the TV Reality Show Christians who worship an all powerful God who needs constant praise and your money.
Epperson is Mammon personified - if Mammon were real, female and making live performances in a town near you this coming year. Check out her blog for dates and locations.