Peter Popoff

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Peter Popoff (born July 2, 1946 in East Berlin , Germany ) is a former television preacher who was active in the USA in the 1980s and who claimed to be in direct contact with God as a " prophet " and through his spirit to be able to heal .

A large part of his income came from donations, which he received mainly from elderly and sick people seeking help. During his appearances in large halls he amazed people by apparently randomly knowing people from the audience through God by name and even knowing their diseases. He won over the audience by assuring those called of God's blessing and allegedly relieving them of their ailments. Popoff managed to make $ 4.3 million a month tax-free at his prime, according to James Randi .

Popoff's career as a faith healer ended abruptly when James Randi showed him the use of a radio receiver that was not visible to the public. Through this Popoff received all information about the people he called up, which he then declared as God's input. In 1987 his organization went bankrupt. Then he established a business with supposed miracle water, which in turn targeted the same target group, old and sick people.

The methods of Popoff and other TV preachers were in 1992 by Steve Martin in the film Leap of Faith ( Leap of Faith ) satirizes . In the 1989 film Fletch - The Jack of all trades , Popoff and his methods were also satirized.

literature

  • 3 Steps to Answered Prayer . Faith Messenger Publications (1981) ISBN 0-938544-10-1
  • Calamities, Catastrophes, and Chaos . Faith Messenger Publications (1980) ISBN 0-938544-01-2
  • Dreams: God's Language for Life More Abundantly . Publisher: People United For Christ (1989).
  • Forecasts for 1987 . (1984).
  • God Has Promised You Divine Wealth
  • God's Abundant Blessings
  • Prosperity Thinking
  • Releasing the Power of the Holy Spirit in Your Life
  • Guaranteed Answered Prayer
  • Demons At Your Doorstep . Faith Messenger Pubns (May 1982) ISBN 0-938544-13-6
  • Six Things Satan Uses to Rob You of Gods Abundant Blessings . Faith Messenger Pubns (April 1982) ISBN 0-938544-11-X

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ skepticzonepodcast: Address by Randis at the Australian Skeptics Convention 2000. (Minute: 50:57). November 21, 2011, accessed November 13, 2018 .
  2. ↑ James Randi, The Faith Healers , Prometheus Books (1989), ISBN 0-87975-535-0 , p. 141.
personal data
SURNAME Popoff, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American television preacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH East Berlin , Germany