Paul Begley Is A Dishonest Fear-monger.
I'm talking facts.
I have watched Paul's Youtube channel go from 6,000 subscribers to now over 20,000. It must be said that Paul gives a good performance - from his catch phrase "Are you serious" to dire warnings that "something Biblical" is happening, this man has all of the drama of an episode of Desperate Housewives and none of the depth of character.
Some of Paul's questionable tactics:
- Paul will make videos about any major current event. Construing the events of the time in question to have some Biblical significance is his standard stock-in-trade. For example in his latest video Paul states that the 900 dead pigs in China are related to Mark chapter 5. Of course his take on what is essentially a single similar incident (pigs drowning in verse 13) would make a PR consultant for a major cigarette company blush. Making videos about current events assists with his YouTube views and thus his partnership earnings.
- Paul rarely links directly to any article he reads from. Paul will often cite an article on, say, the BBC website and put the main home page link but he will almost never directly link to the article. The reason is that the last thing Paul wants would be people actually reading the full story themselves. Knowledge as usual has to be suppressed in the name of saving the unclean.. or something like that.
- Paul censors his channel. Paul seems to take issue with people pointing out verifiable truths to him (or indeed, the other people who leave comments) on his channel. I was blocked simply for calling out his lies with regards to the so-called Obamacare RFID chip. My comments were removed, even though they simply pointed out his error and the facts of the issue. I have heard from other posters that he is a repeat offender in this regard. Please bear this in mind if you interact with Paul. He has such an egg-shell like ego.(Incidentally Paul has never admitted his mistake here and as far as I know he continues to peddle this line of flim-flam, debunked here.)
- Portraying himself as someone who needs to be deferred to. Pauls seems to have this notion that heads of state should be consulting him when it comes to important decisions, as illustrated by his letter to Kim Jong Il. I'm sure that, as a man of the people, Kim Jong Il took everything on board that Paul Begley had to say. Needless to say, this video speaks volumes about just how humble Paul really is.
Paul's Cottage Industry.
Paul will often push his wares during his videos in such a seamless manner that it would make any infomercial director jealous. You can purchase his fine assortment of coffee cups and other detritus here. His books are a 'must read' he tells us. Of course you don't need to do something as crass a purchase a material item to support his ministry, you can just.. make a donation. None of that icky materialism to worry about.
Paul's cottage industry of Coffee cups and (most likely) vanity published books are no doubt providing financial assistance for the poor and homeless. I assume that's where the money is going.. but as yet in all of his videos I have never seen or heard of him doing charitable or selfless acts.
I assume that Pastor Paul is familiar with Acts 20:35 and Proverbs 19:17 ?
Of course he is, after all, 'something Biblical' is happening.
