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Related: About this forumJoel Osteen Wrote About a Guiding Force. Twitter Responded With Its Name
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Joel Osteen Wrote About a Guiding “Force.” Twitter Responded With Its Name
July 19, 2017 by Hemant Mehta
You can’t just tweet the equivalent of a green screen and expect everyone will answer your question the way you intended.
Pastor Joel Osteen learned that the hard way this morning when he mentioned a “force” that’s “behind you protecting you, guiding you, favoring you.”
Twitter knew exactly what he was talking about.
Gotta love gravity
— Jerek Deter (@sean_hanlon) July 19, 2017
Hail Satan?
— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) July 19, 2017
This force, why isn't it ending hunger, poverty and conflict?
— Atheist Ape (@LeighM276) July 19, 2017
Facts…
— Osama (@O_Osas) July 19, 2017
APPARENTLY THE ADVANTAGE IS THAT YOU ARE A JEDI pic.twitter.com/y6SDu3qnAN
— NOT A PASTOR (@NotPastor) July 19, 2017
Is it coffee? https://t.co/6mTmzR8z5I
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) July 19, 2017
It's coffee. ☕ https://t.co/7pTtygTFF2
— The Church Of Satan (@ChurchofSatan) July 19, 2017
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Joel Osteen Wrote About a Guiding Force. Twitter Responded With Its Name (Original Post)
NeoGreen
Jul 2017
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NCjack
(10,297 posts)1. I just can't escape that it is gravity. nt
samnsara
(18,482 posts)2. tequila!
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)3. He must have friends in the police force
Skittles
(163,510 posts)4. in his case, it is greed
japple
(10,459 posts)5. Thumbs up!!! You nailed it Skittles.
eom
Skittles
(163,510 posts)8. I honestly thought that's what would be in ALL the responses
that man one slick, sick con man
rurallib
(63,630 posts)7. For the WIN!
Red Pest
(288 posts)6. May the force (farce) be with you!
Does the Pastor have lots of midichlorians? The followers of the Dark Side always come in pairs. Is he the master or the apprentice?
progressoid
(51,274 posts)9. Is it covfefe?
TNNurse
(7,310 posts)10. So this "minister"
does not feel comfortable saying "God"? Interesting, I would think that would come easy to him. Maybe he has been talking about something else all along.
RussBLib
(9,862 posts)11. and so everyone else has that force 'favoring' them too
and when those forces conflict, use your fucking brain to work it out!