But they’d also deny in public that the term “mega-church” is self-aggrandizing. The claim would be that it’s God who’s mega, and if God chose humble little them as His primary servant on Earth, well shucks, that’s not THEIR doing.
Granted; they lie.
'Cos Jesus, He knows me. And He knows I’m right. I’ve been talking to Jesus All my life. Oh, yes, He knows me . And He knows I’m right.
And about his wife: “She doesn’t know about my girlfriend, or that man I met last night.”
That song was inspired by a mid-century evangelist, still living in the early 1990s, named Ernest Angley. He was married, and he got in the news in the 1970s when a couple from his Bible college that he had united in holy matrimony revealed to each other, several years into the marriage, that he had raped both of them. IIRC the statue of limitations had expired by the time this came to light, but as could be expected, they weren’t his only victims.
Not just the 90s. He only died 5 years ago; he died 3 months shy of his 100th birthday.
Only the good die young.
I’m not positive and I have no good words for Ernest Angley, but I think the sleeping with male and female students was done by another evagelist, Billy James Hargis–Billy James Hargis - Wikipedia
Press on.
That’s why I’ve been so confused. I thought it was Gammon. Gammon and spinach.
Ah the unverified quantum other state/twin strikes again.
I was just about to quote me that Genesis song. And now I must play that CD again!
[ okay, I have the CD, but I’ll play the MP3 version off my NAS, it’s 2026 after all ]
I put it on youtube after writing that post 
I don’t know if this is an example of “religious fucks”, but it is definitely weird:
So the guy, who holds the official position of “exorcist”, says some odd things about UFOs and demons… and that makes him unsuitable to be an exorcist? A fictional job which exists within a larger fiction? My head hurts.
I’m guessing that that’s not the reason he was removed. Or at least, not the whole reason.
And this is why I don’t believe a word that comes out of a Christian’s mouth. They’re all lying manipulative people, especially the evangelical nondenominational dispensationalist ones.
Why the fuck can’t they write “D.C.” when they mean Washington, D.C.? Because to the West Coast, “Washington” means Washington State.
That leaves you with an extremely small set of people you trust, at least in the US. Yes, most liars in the US are self-described Christians. Most truth-tellers in the US are, too.
Wacko believer has wacko believes. News at 11.
I’ve only met people who SAY they’re Christians in the US. I’ve yet to meet a Christian.
Probably a matter of style book, particularly in the body of the article. The guy is “The Archbishop of Washington”, pretty sure all dioceses are named for a city. Heck, both of the main(e) Portlands are dioceses.
And some of it is probably a story breaking out of geographic intent - it is a local story, where which Washington is meant is obvious. All the bishops/dioceses have their own exorcists.
Not being a Christian, I have virtually no idea how their realms work.
That’s what I would have thought, except that it’s an AP story. Even if it didn’t originate with them, they should have known better.
I’m a Christian and have no clue because that’s Catholicism. I no more have an idea of how that works than a random person in Boston knows how the legislature in Pakistan works just because he’s from Earth.
But don’t trust me, as explained earlier in this thread by a bigot, I’m a lying and manipulative person.