# Oral Roberts dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406 "2009-12-15T21:36:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/1 "2009-12-15T21:36:16Z")
Story here. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091215/ap\_on\_re\_us/us\_obit\_oral\_roberts](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091215/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_oral_roberts) ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/2 "2009-12-15T21:46:16Z")
God finally came through on Oral’s request to be “taken home” when he failed in his fund raising efforts, many years ago. ---
**Author:** ![bettyporkta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@bettyporkta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bettyporkta)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/3 "2009-12-15T21:49:20Z")
mmmmmm, wonder why he was really called oral…! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/4 "2009-12-15T21:52:18Z")
Off-topic, but a serious question: what kind of name is _Oral_? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/5 "2009-12-15T21:54:37Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Off-topic, but a serious question: what kind of name is _Oral_? It is the Swiss variation of AURELIUS. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/6 "2009-12-15T21:55:50Z")
God rest his soul, but He took his own sweet time, didn’t He? It had to be said… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/7 "2009-12-15T21:56:43Z")
Being an atheist, I can not take comfort in that he will be meeting his maker, who would promptly kick his butt downstairs! He was the worst type of con-artist, and for what I am sure he put many families through as relatives sent him cash to keep him from being called home, it seems unfair that he did not get punishment in this life, and that there is no next life to balance the karma levels. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/8 "2009-12-15T21:56:53Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Off-topic, but a serious question: what kind of name is _Oral_? Also: what does he have to do with the Cafe Society? ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/9 "2009-12-15T21:57:40Z")
Did that 600-foot Jesus finally whack 'im for not raising enough money? (Who would have thought Jesus was running a protection racket?) ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/10 "2009-12-15T21:58:23Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Off-topic, but a serious question: what kind of name is _Oral_? Better than Anal I suppose… ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/11 "2009-12-15T21:58:31Z")
Hmmm, today is looking like it might not be such a bad day after all… ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/12 "2009-12-15T21:58:48Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Also: what does he have to do with the Cafe Society? Mmmm–the Pit, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/13 "2009-12-15T21:58:55Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Also: what does he have to do with the Cafe Society? Considering he was big into faith healing, some may think of him as an entertainer… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/14 "2009-12-15T22:20:41Z")
Moved Cafe Society --\> MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/15 "2009-12-15T22:30:47Z")
And DC just passed same-sex marriage. It’s Strom Thurmond all over again! ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/16 "2009-12-15T22:38:37Z")
I felt completely ashamed of myself for laughing so hard at the [FARK.com](http://FARK.com) headline: “Jesus Prepares to Receive Oral.” ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/17 "2009-12-15T22:39:20Z")
> [@bettyporkta](#): > > mmmmmm, wonder why he was really called oral…! 😃 “To the modern religion There is this moral Bryant’s an eater And Roberts is Oral.” - Davis Grubb ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/18 "2009-12-15T22:40:13Z")
I think Dave Barry said it best in his yearly retrospective on 1987: > [@Dave Barry](#): > > Oral Roberts tells his followers that unless they send him $4.5 million by the end of the month, God will turn him into a hypocritical money-grubbing slime bag ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/19 "2009-12-15T22:41:29Z")
Another blood-sucking leech leaves the planet. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406/20 "2009-12-15T22:44:00Z")
I note with interest that here we have an MPSIMS thread about a recent celebrity death, most of the comments appear to be negative, and there is no mod-smacking in evidence. Yet when Ted Kennedy died, there was mod smacking for negativity. Ted Kennedy was a liberal. Oral Roberts was a religious conservative. Hmmmmmm. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406.md?page=2)