How would you respond if your own son or daughter told you one day that they wanted to be a televangelist?

I'd tell them there's more to life than sex and money.

Yeah. I've seen the questions.

If my son said he wanted to be a televangelist I would consider myself a failure as a parent, because somewhere along the line I hadn't explained Christianity to him. But I would respond by telling him that a person cannot simply declare themselves to be an evangelist of any kind.

I would continue to love them with all of the love a father holds for his children. I would support him/her with all my means and hope that he/she would become the best televangelist they desire to be.

The same applies if they said they were gay or wished to be a stock broker or a waitress or a garbage collector. They are my children and I will always love them and support them with the only exception being that whatever they are is not hurting others or themselves, directly or indirectly.

Same if they choose to be atheist, agnostic, Christian, Buddhist, Jain, Hindu, Taoist, etc.

Love is what we are to be, always.

Blessings

I'd suggest that the kid take his reputation more seriously. There are more honorable greed professions than televangelist: stock speculator, insurance company executive, corporate lobbyist, Fox news pundit, ...

Tevelangelist is much worse then gay or atheist.

I pray this day never comes, but hey watcha gonna do you gotta love the little tuckers.

I'd ask them to remember all the money we'd spent raising them and to cut me in on the profits.

I would find out whether he or she wanted to do it on his or her own power or whether that's the path God has for him or her.

Beat him.

I would prefer my children contribute to society.

I would support their decision. I have no desire to force my beliefs or any others on my child.

They shoot horses, don't they? (Good movie, too.)