[W/PHOTO] Paul Crouch Flips Off TBN Cameras in Jerusalem!

By Gustavo Arellano Mon., Oct. 1 2012 at 1:53 PM

Today, the Los Angeles Times ran an interesting piece about how Costa Mesa-based Trinity Broadcasting Network was establishing a bigger presence in Israel, in preparation for the End Times and to turn Jews on to Jesus. And it was the validation I needed to publish a picture of TBN head Paul Crouch that a source of mine forwarded to me, of what they say is an undoctored photo Paul flipping off TBN cameras in Jerusalem last month.

See, I couldn't believe the picture at first, figuring it was too good to be true.

Like, why was Crouch wearing a cleric's collar in the leaked photo? Why did he have a pinkie ring? Why are his jowls so low?

But then I saw the picture of Crouch in the Times piece and he's wearing the EXACT SAME clerical collar. And we passed it by our production department, who stopped playing Ping Pong for a second to opine it's the real Don Steele.

Ladies and germs, behold Crouch saluting Jesus!

Fake, or not? Talk to us, TBN folks!

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tuxedos

Fake. If you watch the show he has bad arthritis in his fingers and can no longer extend them that far. Finger: fake. Everything else is legit.

HexStar

hes wearing a cool waffen SS pinkie ring

aorian_starr

It is clearly a photo-shopped photo. It is clear that the offending fingers are not the older man's in the photo! The fingers and thumb in the photo appear to be from a younger man, and a man with a different skin tone as well. If you resolution on your monitor is good enough you can even see the splice line where the offensive finger where over laid on the man's hand.

I don't know much about this fella, but the photo has been doctored. Regardless what type of person he is, Saint or Fiend, such attempts to defame someone is wrong!

BillxT

@aorian_starr

The tone difference I believe you to be talking about apparently extends across the entire screen (low contrast off of the hand image, so arguable), If it's photo-shopped, they did an amazing job of matching the raster lines, very difficult to pull off.

These guys are con-artists (if they're sincere they're conning themselves).

aorian_starr

@BillxT

On second look, it does look like it is a photo of a bad monitor and the shading I looked at before looks like it is due to poor display quality on the screen being photographed. If this man did actually make that jesture, it is very telling about the man's heart. No matter what is going on or why the gesture is being made, it is something one who professes to follow Yeshua Hammashiach should do!