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Quatermass
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PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

slowmutant wrote:
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I think this says everything that needs to be said Shocked


Good God, where did you find that hideous cretin?


Are you saying that it would take you actual effort to find cretinous televangelists? Laughing
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PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One of the best of the worst is Jack Van Impe and his wife Rexella. I was forced to go to one of their "crusades" at the McCormick Center in Chicago when I was a kid. He has been predicting Christ's imminent return for 40 years. "He's coming back now . . . I mean, now . . . OK then, how about . . . now . . . ?

Sad thing is that they are still on television and people are still sending them money.

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PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

skafather84 wrote:
watch marjoe.


Marjoe?
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PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 11:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I love televangelists. They are so full of BS that it just amazes me. It always reassures me of my tendency to be non-religious.


Televangelists are charlatans, liars, thieves, manipulators, and villains. They do not represent the Christian religion. They do not represent what faith is supposed to be. They are all spooks and geeks of the worst order.


Tell me about it... I am an avid churchgoer, and I can state for the record that mainstream churches are nothing like televangelists...

If you watch a televangelist and say that the entire Christian faith must be ****ed up based on that observation, it would be like watching Fox News and saying that all of America must be ****ed up like that...
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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 2:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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slowmutant wrote:
bobert wrote:
I love televangelists. They are so full of BS that it just amazes me. It always reassures me of my tendency to be non-religious.


Televangelists are charlatans, liars, thieves, manipulators, and villains. They do not represent the Christian religion. They do not represent what faith is supposed to be. They are all spooks and geeks of the worst order.


Tell me about it... I am an avid churchgoer, and I can state for the record that mainstream churches are nothing like televangelists...

If you watch a televangelist and say that the entire Christian faith must be ****ed up based on that observation, it would be like watching Fox News and saying that all of America must be ****ed up like that...


Unfortunately, quite a few people are guilty on one or both counts.

Televangelists are Cthulhus.
Cthulhus pic here
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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 3:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ToadOfSteel wrote:

Tell me about it... I am an avid churchgoer, and I can state for the record that mainstream churches are nothing like televangelists...

If you watch a televangelist and say that the entire Christian faith must be ****ed up based on that observation, it would be like watching Fox News and saying that all of America must be ****ed up like that...


America isn't ****ed up like that? Shocked
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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 10:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

For the record, what is a Cthulthu?

What species? What evolutionary history? Prove it! Wink
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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 6:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Televangelists disturb me Reply with quote

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Almost nothing makes me cringe more than Televangelists. Don't these guys make you feel sick to your stomach? They claim that they believe in god and that they have seen visions of God. Also, they claim that they can heal you if you make donations of money to them. I've been seeing this "Peter Popoff" guy late at night on infomercials and he really makes me sick to my stomach. I just read on Wikipedia that he earns $500, 000 dollars a year from donations, and he drives a 2006 Porsche convertible worth $90,000.

Check out this link at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Popoff


Actually, I watch these guys when I am in dire need of a good laugh
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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 10:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quatermass wrote:
ToadOfSteel wrote:

Tell me about it... I am an avid churchgoer, and I can state for the record that mainstream churches are nothing like televangelists...

If you watch a televangelist and say that the entire Christian faith must be ****ed up based on that observation, it would be like watching Fox News and saying that all of America must be ****ed up like that...


America isn't ****ed up like that? Shocked


No, America is far more seriously messed up in more ways than you can imagine, and it is getting worse everyday, with every news report, with every legal action, with every bit of legislation it gets worse and it will keep getting worse until only the Left can tolerate it.
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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Quatermass wrote:
ToadOfSteel wrote:

Tell me about it... I am an avid churchgoer, and I can state for the record that mainstream churches are nothing like televangelists...

If you watch a televangelist and say that the entire Christian faith must be ****ed up based on that observation, it would be like watching Fox News and saying that all of America must be ****ed up like that...


America isn't ****ed up like that? Shocked


No, America is far more seriously messed up in more ways than you can imagine, and it is getting worse everyday, with every news report, with every legal action, with every bit of legislation it gets worse and it will keep getting worse until only the Left can tolerate it.


I would have thought it would have been the Right that could tolerate this stuff....
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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 11:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quatermass wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Quatermass wrote:
ToadOfSteel wrote:

Tell me about it... I am an avid churchgoer, and I can state for the record that mainstream churches are nothing like televangelists...

If you watch a televangelist and say that the entire Christian faith must be ****ed up based on that observation, it would be like watching Fox News and saying that all of America must be ****ed up like that...


America isn't ****ed up like that? Shocked


No, America is far more seriously messed up in more ways than you can imagine, and it is getting worse everyday, with every news report, with every legal action, with every bit of legislation it gets worse and it will keep getting worse until only the Left can tolerate it.


I would have thought it would have been the Right that could tolerate this stuff....


Australian media probably paints an ultra-conservadox religious State ready to flood the world with intellectual darkness or some other item of damnation. America is far from that, at least what I've seen of it.
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 11:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Quatermass wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Quatermass wrote:

America isn't ****ed up like that? Shocked


No, America is far more seriously messed up in more ways than you can imagine, and it is getting worse everyday, with every news report, with every legal action, with every bit of legislation it gets worse and it will keep getting worse until only the Left can tolerate it.


I would have thought it would have been the Right that could tolerate this stuff....


Australian media probably paints an ultra-conservadox religious State ready to flood the world with intellectual darkness or some other item of damnation. America is far from that, at least what I've seen of it.


I dunno, Iamnotaparakeet is exaggerating to the point of a strawman, but Canadian Media also paints America as pretty right wing. And almost every Canadian I've met who's spent a fair amount of time down there.

And the American shows that do claim that the Left is taking over everything generally have pretty wierd ideas about Canada, like we're being oppressed by free medicare and cheaper medical drugs. Cause yeah, knowing that I will be treated immediately in the case of an emergency, and not have to wait for my insurance to clear, really keeps me up at night. So I have difficulty taking these shows seriously.
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 11:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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..with every legal action .. it gets worse and it will keep getting worse until only the Left can tolerate it.


??

Every arrest of a criminal makes things worse?
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Quatermass wrote:
I would have thought it would have been the Right that could tolerate this stuff....


Australian media probably paints an ultra-conservadox religious State ready to flood the world with intellectual darkness or some other item of damnation. America is far from that, at least what I've seen of it.


No, just as a mish-mash of left and right-wing attitudes where members of the same party will hurl overt insults at each other (Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama, I am looking at you) while nutjobs such as Fred Phelps run loose, and freedoms of individuals takes precedence over proper altruism, and religion is venerated more than science.
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 6:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Quatermass wrote:
I would have thought it would have been the Right that could tolerate this stuff....


Australian media probably paints an ultra-conservadox religious State ready to flood the world with intellectual darkness or some other item of damnation. America is far from that, at least what I've seen of it.


No, just as a mish-mash of left and right-wing attitudes where members of the same party will hurl overt insults at each other (Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama, I am looking at you) while nutjobs such as Fred Phelps run loose, and freedoms of individuals takes precedence over proper altruism, and religion is venerated more than science.


I have not a clue who Fred Phelps is. Liberty isn't what is held above altruism, money is. And science pseudonumos is venerated more than religion, particularly over Christianity.
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