Pastor Shane Vaughn: “It’s ‘A Sin’ to Believe in Climate Change”
From the “He said what” category where the claim results in jaws dropping in utter disbelief, the following gem has popped up this past week from Pastor Shane Vaughn. To be honest, this did not shock me, nor did it anger or upset me. My actual response was laughter. The claim is so utterly bizarre that you do have to seriously wonder if this is just a satire piece from Saturday Night Live.
First Question: Who is this guy?
Shane Vaughan is a small-town Mississippi preacher who practises the fine art of promoting utterly absurd and completely ridiculous stuff on YouTube. His stance on many things gains attention, but also lots of clicks and so this is a very nice revenue stream of income.
Before being a pastor he had a rather different career. In 2009 he was arrested in Louisiana and charged with insurance and bank fraud, hence ended up in jail for three years.
Least you wonder, he was also a preacher at the time of his arrest.
Viral YouTube clips are simply his latest way to earn income. In this case it is wholly and completely legal, so he will happily say weird stuff just for the clicks.
