Joel Osteen's church theft opens can of worms: Jaws drop as folks do the math

Was this ever reported on SI?

http://www.examiner.com/article/joel-osteen-s-church-theft-opens-can-of-worms-jaws-drop-as-folks-do-the-math

If you combine the stolen money with what Osteen’s church rakes in from "other electronic means” and from the folks who give "online,” this amount must be astronomical. The "electronic" and "online" donations were an undisclosed amount of money that wasn’t included in the money stolen. Putting all this together you are more than likely talking about a substantial amount of money, much more than the estimate of $32 million each year.

With Osteen’s best selling books, his TV work and the tours around the world, Osteen and his church are more than likely reaping rewards that are unimaginable.

If you think about it, this heist got the sum of money that you’d expect to hear was raked in from a casino heist! It seems that the reported theft of the money in Osteen’s church last week opened a new can of worms. It’s the church's astronomical donations that should really be the headlines here. What happened to the days of the poor boxes filled with change?

A large amount of money is not wrong, it would be what they are doing with it. It seems they should be reaching out to the poor, lost and those in need with these resources. I am sure they could be in part. Also it would cost a good amount of money to run the utilities etc on their very large church. I am not endorsing or commending Joel Osteen in anyway.