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To: epicure who wrote (62512)	4/29/2008 8:39:25 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 544342

>>It was nuts. But if Oral did some good, I don't think you could write that good off. I've no idea what Oral's done. I don't follow him or his family. If they stole from the church, or did anything criminal, that goes a big way in eliminating the things in the plus column- but religious figures being crazy? I don't think you can take that too much to heart. Imagine what a nut the Romans probably thought Jesus was (NOT that I'm comparing anyone to the Big Guy)- but nuttiness and religion go together like white on rice.<< Syb - True. One man's nut is another man's prophet. I wasn't judging Oral Roberts as a man. I only mentioned the ten million or God calls me home thing because I think it's so remarkable. Blackmailing one's own flock, and doing so by saying that God told you to do so. I can't say for certain that God didn't tell him that, but I find it doubtful. Note that at this point I could just as easily say that I asked God at the time whether he had said that to Oral Roberts, and God had told me that he hadn't, and that Oral Roberts was nothing but an old con artist. But since I didn't think to ask God at the time, it wouldn't be truthful to make that claim. By the way, that last sentence of yours is demeaning to brown rice. - Allen