In Reply to: you'r joking? posted by lydia on November 19, 2004 at 13:43:01:
No, this is no joke at all, sad to say, but a popular doctrine amongst wealthy and affluent American Christians. If you're poor and struggling, and God is not able to bless you with abundance, then it's because you have a "poverty demon" that needs to be cast out so God can then begin to bless you.
As I said, this doctrine is most popular among self-satisfied, materially-affluent American Christians, who of course could not possibly have "poverty demons" themselves.