Hang on mate, you’re doing it all wrong. If you really want to make a truckload of cash you’re supposed to start your own religion, which should line your pockets well enough to buy your own jet and then some.

Creflo Dollar, he of the wonderfully apt surname, has taken to asking his congregation for donations so that he may travel the globe and spread the word of God. Except travelling commercial is so Old Testament, which is why he wants to globe-hop in a Gulfstream G650 airplane worth $65 million.

Creflo’s previous mode of transport, a vile 1984 aeroplane, recently experienced some engine trouble and had to make an emergency landing. This from the Daily Beast:

Dollar claims the private jet allows him to “safely and swiftly share the Good News of the Gospel worldwide” in a way that commercial aircrafts no doubt just couldn’t…

[He said] “We are believing for 200,000 people to give contributions of 300 US dollars or more to turn this dream into a reality—and allow us to retire the aircraft that served us well for many years.”

Now the video up top has since been removed from Dollar’s website and attempts to reach him and his PR team have proven unsuccessful. Perhaps someone reasoned that even the most faithful of followers might take issue with their dollars funding the purchase of such a luxury item. Oh, hang on. Let me hand over to the Daily Beast once more lest I be accused of saying something like this myself:

In 1986, [Dollar] founded a non-denominational church, World Changers Church International. There, he preaches “prosperity theology”—a gigantic scam that convinces the vulnerable and the stupid that by giving ten percent of their income to the church, they will eventually increase their own material wealth…

Besides the aging (sic) private jet, Dollar and his wife, Taffi Dollar, have two Rolls Royce’s and multiple multi-million-dollar homes (they sold one New York City apartment for $3.75 million in 2012.)

I shall refrain from further comment, I don’t want to be struck down by an errant bolt of lightning.

One must remember that you don’t need to be a religious leader to live in the lap of luxury, and our friends at Get Jet are living proof of that. How about a private plane to Jozi for you and seven mates, sitting on board your own Pilatus PC-12, for the miserly sum of R19, 995? That’s your April 5 deal, although there is a huge range of options available.

You know with prices like that the only people you will be taking for a ride will be on the plane with you.

[source:dailybeast]