This Day in Right-Wing Evangelism
Readers of Facing South may not know this, but today is a special day on the far-right evangelical circuit. It was on this day 25 years ago -- May 25, 1980 -- that the legendary Oral Roberts claims to have come face-to-face with Jesus in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
And not just any Jesus, mind you -- the Savior described by Roberts (in a fundraising letter, of course) was 900 feet tall. The following is one account of this "miracle," which was widely criticized by fundamentalist Christians who maintain that God speaks to humans today only through the Holy Scripture:
And not just any Jesus, mind you -- the Savior described by Roberts (in a fundraising letter, of course) was 900 feet tall. The following is one account of this "miracle," which was widely criticized by fundamentalist Christians who maintain that God speaks to humans today only through the Holy Scripture:
The letter which triggered the most resounding outburst of public ridicule and criticism [to that time] was a September 1980 description of Oral's vision of a 900-foot-tall Jesus. Roberts reported that late on the afternoon of May 25, he stood looking at the unfinished skeleton of the City of Faith, distraught over his financial difficulties, when "suddenly an unusual feeling swept over me":"I felt an overwhelming holy presence all around me. When I opened my eyes, there He stood ... some 900 feet tall, looking at me ... He stood a full 300 feet taller than the 600-foot-tall City of Faith. There I was face to face with Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God. I have only seen Jesus once before, but here I was face to face with the King of kings. He reached down, put his Hands under the City of Faith, lifted it, and said to me, 'See how easy it is for Me to lift it!'"
Oral recalled that his eyes filled with tears, and Jesus assured him that He would speak to the ministry's part ners and that the City of Faith would be finished.
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Are you aware of the total nitwit at Danieltown Baptist Church in Forest City, NC, whose sign outside his church reads "The Koran Needs to be flushed"?
Anon: North Carolina has seen more than its fair share of nitwits recently, what with the minister who kicked out his Democratic Party members, the latest antics of Charles "Freedom Fries" Taylor, and now this. Our friend Pam Spaulding at Pam's House Blend has been documenting the atrocities: http://www.pamspaulding.com/weblog/
1987: Oral had to raise $x-million by a certain date or be called home to Jesus, right? Seems it was about this time of year when the following joke went around --
"Hey, didja hear? Oral Roberts died!"
"Really?!?"
"Yeah, the check bounced...!"
It's a sign of how crazy this world is that he's considered one of the "normal" ones. Got that big university that used to have a decent basketball program and everything. Our country (heart) wingnuts.
These people are cult members and the entire Evangelical world is a product of brainwashing. Their "community of faith" is nothing more than cult indoctrination, including the neo-cons. Justice must be done to these criminals in the White House who lie to America and hide behind their profession of faith in Jesus Christ.
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