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    Jim Bakker all over again

    I have a serious problem with the self professed "Godly Bible Thumpers" who seem to think they have an inside track and inbred immunity from actions that would shame us lesser "connected".

    This school already has shadows cast over it's reputation and the longer they tolerate this kind of behavior by sonny boy the more damaging it will be. Jr needs to find a new flock to fleece.

    That said, I'm sure Jr's idle in the big house is proud of his boy.
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    The irony of the post and the complainers mentioned in the article is that the name of the university says it all — Liberty. Instead of b!tching, moaning and filing lawsuits, they are FREE to go somewhere else. That’s the meaning of liberty.

    Odd, too, is that the anonymous lawsuit complains about all the danger this poor mystery person claims the student body who chose to stay were forced to endure, it apparently does not allege any contracted the disease.
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    Disease?
    Aren’t we talking about the unzipped pants video?

    And Liberty was chosen because they already had the “L” on everything.. Lynchburg Bible College..

    Just my opinion.. I could be wrong.



    And.. the local Lynchburg residents hope that his suspension is permanent.. WSLS, channel 10 in Roanoke is a good local news source if interested..

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    Seems the board had enough of Jr's antics and showed him the door.

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    YES, YOU CAN BUY A CHUNK OF HEAVEN...... Praise the lord and pass the offering plate....

    People will fall for anything.

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    I sometimes walk around with my pants unzipped. Usually on accident. I doubt anyone cares. I guess if I'm pimpin for God on a yacht I'm held to a higher standard.

    He should be burned at the stake simply for glorifying the Trailer Park Boys.

    I'm glad there weren't cell phones around when I used to drink.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CactusCurt View Post
    I'm glad there weren't cell phones around when I used to drink.
    That is so true.. Learned at an early age to never put improper silliness (or anger) in writing, or voice mail.

    I can dismiss a lot of inappropriate behavior.. a lot..
    But have a higher standard for people who claim to be working for The Lord..

    The louder one “talks the talk”.. the straighter I expect them to “walk the walk”..

    Just my opinion, I could be wrong

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sandman View Post

    The louder one “talks the talk”.. the straighter I expect them to “walk the walk”..

    Just my opinion, I could be wrong
    Well said and if you are wrong---then so am I
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    I don’t know why anyone would profess to expect exemplary behavior from preachers, priests, shamans and others who claim to “talk to God” after their collective disreputable history over time. I expect nothing from these clowns, and am not disappointed when they deliver what I expect.
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    I fail to see any nexus whatsoever to what Bakker did and this guy. If Liberty wants to fire him so be it, but to compare this apparent trist to the wicked stealing of millions of dollars in the name of God from innocent and probably ignorant people for years and years and years is quite a stretch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wacojoe View Post
    I don’t know why anyone would profess to expect exemplary behavior from preachers, priests, shamans and others who claim to “talk to God” after their collective disreputable history over time. I expect nothing from these clowns, and am not disappointed when they deliver what I expect.
    A little reading reveals that Jr wasn't a "real" preacher---just a poser. He was a lawyer before daddy set him up to ride the gravy train
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    Quote Originally Posted by Honda View Post
    I fail to see any nexus whatsoever to what Bakker did and this guy. .
    I agree on that point...

    Jerry Jr. Has a big voice here in the Commonwealth.. he runs one of the largest private universities in the State and is uber influential particularly around Lynchburg.

    My niece married a minister of an independent church.. attending weddings and other family events, I have noticed that their humor is a little different than the rest of the family. The episode is way beyond my nieces family’s bad taste limits but contains some of the. Type of statement that I hear around them..

    Two issues come to mind.. first.. it’s just “black water” and is only a prop.. what is “black water” (no RV reference I hope) and was just a prop.. how many of us would have a prop drink for a picture?? My opinion, there was (maybe too much) alcohol involved.. (alcohol would explain the picture being posed for and posted)..

    Second.. “And I had on a pair of jeans that I hadn’t worn in a long time, so I couldn’t get mine zipped, either. And so I just put my belly out like hers.".. come on.. ow many of us would pull on a pair of jeans and find that we couldn’t zip them up (I know, it can happen but I’m not finished) and then leave them on and walk around all day with our collective zippers down (intentionally).. every official on the field is throwing a BS flag.. in real life, guys take the tight jeans off and put on pants that fit..

    The entire thing stinks.. And yes, when you are head of the largest Christian University in the nation, you are held to a higher standard..

    Just my opinion, I could be wrong..

    And I did notice that he is a lawyer.. I just let that one go
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sandman View Post
    And I did notice that he is a lawyer.. I just let that one go
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    This has slid down the pole to a new form of debauchery. Falwell has now resigned after saying no and then yes and then maybe. Not because he did anything wrong---no sir---he went for another gold ring---it was his wife that is to blame. Jerry's only culpability was in the fact that he was spending too much time working for the University---yes sir---that is his story and he is sticking with it---until it changes again.

    His wife apparently has a different spin. It seems the young pool boy who was doing the Mrs. while old Jerry filmed it---maybe it was training videos for the University

    The Mrs told the pool boy he needed lessons from a more experienced tutor and she would be most supportive of his educational endeavors. I wonder if this was a degree program

    Do you think he stayed "up" all night to study

    I'm can't say that I empathize with them--maybe a touch of sympathy---the bump when they hit bottom is going to be nasty.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
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    This stuff is utterly disgusting. I thought I had seen it all when a sitting President got a BJ in the Oval Office from a young intern and then the Congress woman who was doing one of her female staff assistants. Lot's of perversion out there.
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