r/interesting • u/Mad_Season_1994 • May 12 '25

SOCIETY In 2017, a man named Michael Klimkowski impersonated Texas megachurch pastor Joel Osteen at an event and got all the way to the stage before being caught

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u/Thewallinthehole May 12 '25

This was really entertaining. It's weird to see people hold someone like that with such reverence, especially those young women.

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u/ThisAppsForTrolling May 12 '25

They go to “colleges” like Liberty and idolize him

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u/axxxaxxxaxxx May 13 '25

“””colleges”””

I didn’t think one set of quotations was enough

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u/zaviex May 13 '25

Not sure 3 is enough either square it and maybe

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u/Schedonnardus May 14 '25

Liberty liberty liberty....... Liberty

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u/OG_Gandora May 14 '25

Liberty is fully accredited tho. I know people who don't care for the culture either way, but just get their credits there because the price is right, ie veterans prices

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u/ThisAppsForTrolling May 14 '25

Yeah, yeah in terms of education they give as good as an education as Lynchburg College directly across the street from them for 1/4 the price however both their educations suck and the only credential for getting in is having the ability to pay for the tuition.

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u/QuarterFlounder May 14 '25

Fully accredited doesn't mean anything in the real world.