Selling Salvation?


	Selling Salvation?

cpltaiji

5-12-2007 12:01 AM

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5-12-2007 4:50 PM

AcesLucky

They show him a lot on BET too. It saddens me that BET would run this charlatan on their air waves. They are betraying their own people, for a buck.

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