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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is inoffensive really the best measure of someone's job performance.

It's great that he's a nice guy and has a positive approach.  He's also a rank hypocrite traveling around in his private jet and not serving the needy during a hurricane in Houston.  However, he's not the only hypocrite, so maybe inoffensive is the best measure?[/quote]

OP here.  This whole controversy surrounding the hurricane seemed SO manufactured.  [b]The church was flooded. [/b] How could they let people into a flooded building?  This is what I am talking about- every controversy just seems like an excuse to hate on him.[/quote]

Except it wasn't flooded, which is why they suddenly unlocked the doors after social media shaming.[/quote]

Except it was.  And anyone who has lived or spent time in Houston or gone to his church knows it.  First of all, Houston floods CONSTANTLY.  It's a major issue in Houston that, if you live in another city, you may not even realize how a city (or parts of a city) could flood as often as Houston does. Obviously it disproportionally affects certain areas rather than others, but with every single major storm there is an element of flooding.  EVERY SINGLE storm.

This was a hurricane, and there was video footage of the completely flooded parking garage.  That may not seem like a big deal, but anyone who has been to the church knows that that's the way to get into the building. The building is built on top of the parking garage (so far as I can make out, from my many visits), and you cannot park anywhere else to get in.  It's located in the middle of downtown, on a major street/highway with no street parking whatsoever.  You could imagine a church being built off the side of 495 to get an idea of the setup.  Yes, there are city streets nearby, but the only way I have EVER been able to access the church is through that parking garage, and I go whenever I visit Houston, maybe a few times every year.

You really couldn't expect to provide widespread help to a community, and to the number of people who would flock to Lakewood, when there is no parking and it's located on a highway.  And the only entrance people ever use is flooded several meters under water. Obviously it's a huge danger and risk, because a lot of people are going to try to enter that way.  [/quote]

I live in Houston, not far from Lakewood.  There was NO flooding near the church.  They absolutely could and should have opened their doors like many other churches did.  And if hardly compare 59 to 495.

The Osteens fly on private jets, live in a ginormous mansion due to the “charitable” donations of people who car hardly afford their own bills.  My all accounts, Victoria Osteen, by all reports, is not a kind person.[/quote]

I live in Houston, and there was lots of flooding in that part of town at the time. Stop lying because you dont like them[/quote]

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