Comments on: Oral Roberts dead at 91 – but don’t lament ’cause he’ll be back to rule the world! http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/17/oral-roberts-dead-at-91-%e2%80%93-but-don%e2%80%99t-lament-%e2%80%99cause-he%e2%80%99ll-be-back-to-rule-the-world/ The voice of atheism since 1881 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:36:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Stuart W http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/17/oral-roberts-dead-at-91-%e2%80%93-but-don%e2%80%99t-lament-%e2%80%99cause-he%e2%80%99ll-be-back-to-rule-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-25712 Stuart W Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:08:26 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10475#comment-25712 <i> ... this world right here that’s been persecuting me. </i> If being filthy rich and given countless hours of nationwide airtime can't stop the persecution complex of a fundie, nothing will. I wonder how many followers questioned how Roberts knew that this Jesus was 900 foot unless he stood next to a very large measuring stick. … this world right here that’s been persecuting me.

If being filthy rich and given countless hours of nationwide airtime can’t stop the persecution complex of a fundie, nothing will.

I wonder how many followers questioned how Roberts knew that this Jesus was 900 foot unless he stood next to a very large measuring stick.

]]> By: Tim Danaher http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/17/oral-roberts-dead-at-91-%e2%80%93-but-don%e2%80%99t-lament-%e2%80%99cause-he%e2%80%99ll-be-back-to-rule-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-25708 Tim Danaher Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:29:33 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10475#comment-25708 Wot, no 'Oral Roberts' anagram from our Barrie?! Wot, no ‘Oral Roberts’ anagram from our Barrie?!

]]> By: Normand http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/17/oral-roberts-dead-at-91-%e2%80%93-but-don%e2%80%99t-lament-%e2%80%99cause-he%e2%80%99ll-be-back-to-rule-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-25704 Normand Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:45:13 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10475#comment-25704 Well, from what I read he was in his bedroom at the time so I figure that he must have a hell of a high ceiling!!! Alleluia!! Well, from what I read he was in his bedroom at the time so I figure that he must have a hell of a high ceiling!!! Alleluia!!

]]> By: mikespeir http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/17/oral-roberts-dead-at-91-%e2%80%93-but-don%e2%80%99t-lament-%e2%80%99cause-he%e2%80%99ll-be-back-to-rule-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-25692 mikespeir Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:41:23 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10475#comment-25692 I suspect that the headline here is misleading. There's a common Christian teaching that believers will reign with Christ one day: 2Ti 2:12 If we endure, we will also reign with Him.... So, I don't think ol' Oral was making a Jesus-like prediction about coming back to personally rule the world. Does anybody remember how he got the last of his $8 million? It was dog-track owner Jerry Collins who threw in the final $1.3 million, apparently just to humiliate Roberts (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-1312800.html). I love what Collins said afterward: "To be sure, he doesn't have to commit hari-kari now." And I want to know how, exactly, Roberts knew Jesus was 900 feet tall. I suspect that the headline here is misleading. There’s a common Christian teaching that believers will reign with Christ one day:

2Ti 2:12 If we endure, we will also reign with Him….

So, I don’t think ol’ Oral was making a Jesus-like prediction about coming back to personally rule the world.

Does anybody remember how he got the last of his $8 million? It was dog-track owner Jerry Collins who threw in the final $1.3 million, apparently just to humiliate Roberts (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-1312800.html). I love what Collins said afterward: “To be sure, he doesn’t have to commit hari-kari now.”

And I want to know how, exactly, Roberts knew Jesus was 900 feet tall.

]]> By: Rozi http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/17/oral-roberts-dead-at-91-%e2%80%93-but-don%e2%80%99t-lament-%e2%80%99cause-he%e2%80%99ll-be-back-to-rule-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-25691 Rozi Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:32:13 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10475#comment-25691 RE: Kurbster Well, I'm not taking any chances, I'm boarding up my windows and buying a machete and a pump action shot gun just in case! As far as I'm concerned with zombies, there's no such thing as 'over-kill'. Good thing I've been reading World War Z and the Zombie Survival Guide, knew they'd come in handy one day! RE: Kurbster

Well, I’m not taking any chances, I’m boarding up my windows and buying a machete and a pump action shot gun just in case! As far as I’m concerned with zombies, there’s no such thing as ‘over-kill’.
Good thing I’ve been reading World War Z and the Zombie Survival Guide, knew they’d come in handy one day!

]]> By: Kurbster http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/17/oral-roberts-dead-at-91-%e2%80%93-but-don%e2%80%99t-lament-%e2%80%99cause-he%e2%80%99ll-be-back-to-rule-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-25690 Kurbster Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:48:45 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10475#comment-25690 all my hours of playing Left 4 Dead has trained me for this very moment..... but instead of a million zombies, there will only be 1 using a walker all my hours of playing Left 4 Dead has trained me for this very moment…..

but instead of a million zombies, there will only be 1 using a walker

]]> By: Angela_K http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/17/oral-roberts-dead-at-91-%e2%80%93-but-don%e2%80%99t-lament-%e2%80%99cause-he%e2%80%99ll-be-back-to-rule-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-25689 Angela_K Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:33:06 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10475#comment-25689 Stonyground, you know the saying "There is one sucker born again every minute" I agree, a lot of the human race really are that stupid. Stonyground, you know the saying “There is one sucker born again every minute” I agree, a lot of the human race really are that stupid.

]]> By: Stonyground http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/17/oral-roberts-dead-at-91-%e2%80%93-but-don%e2%80%99t-lament-%e2%80%99cause-he%e2%80%99ll-be-back-to-rule-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-25688 Stonyground Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:26:09 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10475#comment-25688 I still have difficulty in imagining just how stupid you need to be to send money to this guy. If you have a charitable impulse is it not obvious that you should make sure that your donations at least have a chance of doing some good in the world? But to give money to a man who is so obviously a charletan and plainly just keeps all the money and spends it on himself, how can anyone be that stupid? I still have difficulty in imagining just how stupid you need to be to send money to this guy. If you have a charitable impulse is it not obvious that you should make sure that your donations at least have a chance of doing some good in the world? But to give money to a man who is so obviously a charletan and plainly just keeps all the money and spends it on himself, how can anyone be that stupid?

]]> By: Petursey http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/17/oral-roberts-dead-at-91-%e2%80%93-but-don%e2%80%99t-lament-%e2%80%99cause-he%e2%80%99ll-be-back-to-rule-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-25687 Petursey Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:35:42 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10475#comment-25687 Shame he lasted so long and screwed/fleeced/stole/misappropriated so many "sheeple" ! Shame he lasted so long and screwed/fleeced/stole/misappropriated so many “sheeple” !

]]> By: Injun Trouble http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/17/oral-roberts-dead-at-91-%e2%80%93-but-don%e2%80%99t-lament-%e2%80%99cause-he%e2%80%99ll-be-back-to-rule-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-25686 Injun Trouble Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:38:12 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10475#comment-25686 The name 'Oral' seems rather fitting, since the man sucked. The name ‘Oral’ seems rather fitting, since the man sucked.

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