Alan Levinovitz
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Oh, yeah.
He's this just slimiest prosperity gospel guy you could imagine.
Huge megachurch.
He's super rich.
He's bringing in all this money.
We're all mocking him, blah, blah, blah.
One of my friends who was from rural Kentucky was like, yeah, I get it, man.
I know you guys are mocking this guy, but my parents were abusive.
They didn't pay attention to my education.
And in high school, Joel Osteen made me believe that I could go to college.
He made me believe that with enough faith, I watched him every day, he said to us.
And so I know why you guys are mocking him.
And I know he's a slime ball, but without him, I wouldn't be here.
And that really hit me hard too.
They may be gurus and maybe slime balls, but also sadly, they're also helping people.
It's like, I don't know what to do with this stuff.
It's very complicated.
Yeah, how do I square it?
I change my mind in public.
I try as much as possible to admit when I'm wrong when I'm wrong.