Swaggart lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (60 miles NW of where I live in New Orleans). In the 70s an $85K house was upper class for that area at the least. My parents house was 16K and was over 2500 square feet when they bought it in 1973 in a nice middle class neighborhood. In his defense ;) he lived in the state capital of Louisiana, the home of the best politicians money could buy. He was just stoopping to the level of the rest of the people in the area.
When he was found in the no-tell motel in New Orleans, it was by an investigator hired by Reverend Gormann, another local teleganvalist. What Jimmy claims happened was he was ministering to the ladies of the evening, trying to get them to leave thier profession. When he had the one he was visiting saved, he was ambushed by the investigator and the story made front page news here. Thankfully at the time his version story came out, I was wearing boots. Russel > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 10:52 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Jerry Falwell's fancy life style? > > > Is it true that he lives in a very expensive house? What > justifications can > he give to taking money from some rather poor people and lavishing it on > his home and other things? > > Another guy did this. That guy was Jimmy Swaggart. I listen to > his program > (as a non believer in him being a man of God) back in the 70s. I was > amazed at his speaking skills in trying to cajole money out of > people. He > extolled > the poor to give because their money was needed for the works of God. > > Around the time I read an article, maybe in the New York Times, about the > $85,000 > homes, big salaries and Cadillacs that he and his son had from his > organization. His > wife also got a salary and a Cadillac. Back then an $85,000 house was > considered to > be a good middle class home in most surburbs near major cities. The > Swaggarts live > in a part of the deep south in which an $85,000 home now might be > considered a > very good middle class home in 2001. I am sure that back then $20,000 > would have > gotten a very good home there. > > Anyway I was glad when it was revealed that this man of God whom I heard > dennounce > all forms of pre married sex as being sinful had been caught in > the room with a > professional evening lady. It was not stated that he had sex with > her. Just with himself. To > me he was worse than any couple shacking up. I would hate to shake hands > with him. > > The real bad thing is that Swaggart has made a big come back. At > least in the > south. Two people who watch him were very dismissive of his > previous "sin" > when I > expressed surprise that he was on TV preaching and hawking the best > commentaries > on some books of the Bible. I thought that the prices were rather high. > > It is to be expected that Falwell would be abusing the > contributions given > to his > organization. Even though he is not doing what Swaggart did or may still > be doing I still do > not want to shake hands with him. > > > > At 11:06 AM 10/30/2001 -0500, Larry Lyons wrote: > >As I mentioned earlier, anyone who has ever driven by Falwell's house in > >Lynchburg sees immediately that the man is a stranger to the > idea that men > >of god should live in poverty etc. 2 million plus in a region where the > >average house is worth about 50,000 or so. > > > >larry > > > >-- > >Larry C. Lyons > >ColdFusion/Web Developer > >EBStor.com > >8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > >Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > >tel: (703) 393-7930 > >fax: (703) 393-2659 > >Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > http://www.pacel.com > >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > >-- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:02 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Picking on the Great Jerry Falwell > > > > > > > > > Right on, Larry! > > > Actually Falwell and his ilk are the Cardinals of the Church > > > of the Holy > > > Dollar. > > > How anybody could use the words "unselfishly" and "serving" > > > in the same > > > sentence as Falwell is beyond my ken. > > > (Unless they've been brainwashed.) > > > -Ben > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 5:44 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Picking on the Great Jerry Falwell > > > > > > > > > Like Osama Bin-Laden, or how about the leaders of the various neonazi > > > churches. Men of god, right. > > > > > > larry > > > > > > -- > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > > EBStor.com > > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > > http://www.pacel.com > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > > -- > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Thomas Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 12:16 AM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: Picking on the Great Jerry Falwell > > > > > > > > > > > > Do whatever you want to. Just leave our great men of God alone. > > > > > > > > At 11:35 PM 10/29/2001 -0500, Todd wrote: > > > > > > You guys are being unfair in picking on one of the > > > > greatest Americans > > > > > > living. He is a guy of high moral standings, a man who > > > > has unselfishly > > > > > > dedicated his life to serving God and to serving mankind. > > > > He is one of > > > > >the > > > > > > few honest men in the nation. > > > > > > > > > >ok .. I'll bite, because I am bored while waiting on a show > > > > to start ... > > > > > > > > > >ok .. I'm done. heh > > > > > > > > > >Todd > > > > >----- > > > > >He that will not reason is a bigot, He that cannot > > > > >reason is a fool, He that dares not reason is a slave. > > > > > > > > > >--William Drummond > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
