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"If the blind lead the blind, then
they all fall into the ditch." { Matthew 15:14 } |
| There's nothing "religious" or "right" about unsuspecting Christians being mislead by hypocritical "wolves in sheep's clothing" ! | |
of "Religious" Organizations: [ More "secular" leaders of the Right ] The "Reverends" Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart, David Korresh and Jim Jones were not the first charismatic charlatans to lead gullible religious people astray. And they won't be the last. Jones and Korresh took most of their followers with them to the grave. Not so the followers of Bakker and Swaggart, many of whom may now be following the likes of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, if not Bakker and Swaggart themselves! [ Our apologies to blind people, who don't deserve to be associated in any way with people who have eyes to see and choose not to see – which is what Jesus was talking about when he warned against "the blind leading the blind".-- It is so cruel and benighted when people look down on those who are sightless through no fault of their own. Some so-called Christians have even been known to blame such people for their sightlessness! How sad. Such ignorance is a far more tragic affliction than the inability to see! ] |
| Before we get into the more famous of the church's "blind mice", we would like to call your attention to some lesser rodents of the "Religious Right". But if you can't wait, you may go immediately to blind leader Pat Robertson or to blind leader Jerry Falwell. |
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Despite being the 5th highest paid college president in the country, George Roche III has not been well known outside of the Conservative Christian community. But for years he has been a hero of theirs because, as the president of the tiny ultra-Conservative Hillsdale College he has refused during the last half of his 28 year tenure, to accept federal assistance for the college or its students so as to defy the federal government's guidelines on affirmative action and equal outlays for women's sports. In October of 1999, Roche was outed, however, when his son's wife, who has been the editor of the school's monthly journal of conservative thought, committed suicide after announcing that President Roche had been sleeping with her for the past 19 years, all but the first two years of her marriage to his son, George Roche IV. (from Time magazine, 11/29/99, p.6) "I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash over you. I want you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good... Our goal is a Christian nation. We have a biblical duty, we are called by God to conquer this country. We don't want equal time. We don't want pluralism." (The News Sentinel, Ft. Wayne, IN., 8/16/93) After a homosexual prostitute in Denver claimed to have had drug-fueled trysts with him, the Rev. Ted Haggard was forced out as leader of the largest megachurch in the country, which he founded (14,000 members). He also resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals, a position that put him in direct regular contact with the Bush's White House. Haggard was a leading preacher against homosexuality, Conservative Christian Television Evangelist Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker were relinquished of their pastoral positions after Bakker was Indicted on 23 federal charges of fraud, tax evasion, and racketeering, for which he went to federal prison. He was also known for bizarre sexual practices including alleged "group sex" activities with several male staffers and a female staffer. After committing adultery with Jessica Hahn, he used charitable donations to pay her hush money. Fellow televangelists say he's gay. The 74 year old president of the Christian Action League, a North Carolina ultraconservative Christian political organization based in Raleigh, was charged with six counts with renting a hotel room and paying for sexual acts, according to State Bureau of Investigation, after paying for hooker with checks and then reporting the checks stolen (which led police back to Privette). Former state legislator Coy C. Privette is a Cabarrus County commissioner and retired Baptist minister. [ http://www.wsoctv.com/news/13713988/detail.html ] And then there's preacher George Crosley, who was convicted in 1996 of trying to hire a hit man to kill an annoying critic of his ultra-Conservative radio ministry, (featured in a TV documentary on such crimes.) Conservative pastor Terry Smith of Canyon Creek Baptist Church in Texas, was issued a Notice to Appear in court for stealing condoms from the local Skaggs Alpha Beta store in Plano, Texas. Two co-workers at the church, Mary Miller and Debbie Coleman, said Smith made unwanted sexual advances to them,possibly explaining his need for condoms. After Susan Smith murdered her two children, by driving her car into a lake with the two toddler strapped into their car seats in Union, South Carolina, she sent the police on a wild goose chase for supposed black carjackers and then House Speaker Newt Gingrich referred to our "sick (liberal) society"and gave this prescription for the remedy: "the only way you get change is to vote Republican." We have since learned all about Newt Gingrich's record of adultery, and three marriages (so far), and the many unethical practices for which he was fined by the U.S. House of representatives. But coming back to the causes of Susan Smith's criminality, it was eventually revealed that Smith was molested as a teen-ager by her step-father, Bev Russell, a noted state Republican leader, and that their sexual encounters continued even after Russell became county chairman of the Christian Coalition. "Woe to you . . . hypocrites! On the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of wickedness" Matthew 23:27:28 Matthew Glavin, President of the Conservative Legal Foundation (which attempted to destroy Clinton by first bringing up his sexual conduct), was arrested in Atlanta, GA in 2000 when he masturbated in front of an undercover male police officer, and tried to fondle him. He’s also plead no contest to a similar charge in 1996.
Describing this "cultural civil war," Weyrich once said, "It may not be with bullets, and it may not be with rockets and missiles, but it is a war, nonetheless. It is a war of ideology, it's a war of ideas, it's a war about our way of life. And it has to be fought with the same intensity, I think, and dedication as you would fight a shooting war." "Televangelists Jan and Paul Crouch of the Costa Mesa-based Trinity Broadcasting Network have purchased a Newport Beach house for close to $5 million, Orange County Realtors say. The home was described as 'a palatial estate with ocean and city views.' The Crouches had been living in a smaller house in the same neighborhood. The house they bought has six bedrooms, nine bathrooms, a billiard room, a climate-controlled wine cellar, a sweeping staircase and a crystal chandelier. The three-story, nearly 9,500-square-foot house, which has an elevator, also has a six-car garage, a tennis court and a pool with a fountain. The house is on slightly more than an acre. Jan Crouch had been wanting a bigger yard for her dogs, sources said." "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon." [Luke 16:13] Crystal Cathedral's Rev. Robert H. Schuller is in a category by himself, but it's not a category Jesus would identify with. See Schuller's Nazi connections. In a sea full of Conservative preachers, the Rev. Ronald D. Cruise, Sr. is a very tiny fish. But we think he deserves special recognition because he is such a great example of Conservative Christian hypocrisy. This is what the good Rev. thinks of anybody who tries to make the world a better place for those less fortunate than themselves: "If you knew anything at all about Christ or God, . . . , you would know that I nor anyone can make this world a better place. Christ did not come to do so, nor does God wish it. His plan is to destroy it and all things in it for the overrunning of sin and desecration. That has been His plan from the beginning but, He has alloted a timespan beyond the time concept of man to bring all things to their fullness and allow all who will submit and accept Him to come "out of the World" now that we do not suffer His wrath and eternal separation into Hell." ( So that's why the Bible Belt was so hospitable to the ownership of slaves, and then to terrorism, Jim Crow and segregation and discrimination!) "His Holiness", Rev. Ron, issued the following challenges to a friend of mine on a bulletin board, "Find one place where I singled out any one person and said something hateful about them. Not saying that I am perfect and in the heat of discussion, I have been known to get a little heated myself. But, to my knowledge I have generally managed to keep an even keel in the rough waters." And "where is there any "hate" toward any one person or groups of people? I stated where the failures are. " At that very moment, Rev. Ron was calling Rayosun "Ray-o-sonofsatan", and addressing the following to me (because he can't stand a Christian clergyman admitting that there are any number of internal contradictions in the Bible http://www.LiberalsLikeChrist.Org/Inerrancy ): To Rayosun : "You are among the most dispicable(sic) line of those that I have encountered who attempt to attack and denigrade (sic) the Word of God. A "bottom feeder" you are and trying to feed the same "draught" you feed on to others." And then again on 7/10/02 : "But, oh Sunofsatan, YOU do not believe the Bible is correct! So, by what verse do you judge me? And, what about yourself evil one?" If this "Rev." has ever read the following teaching of Jesus, it appears not to have made much of a dent on his character : "You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, 'You shall not murder'; and 'whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.' But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment; and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council; and if you say, 'You fool,' you will be liable to the hell of fire." It's not the personal stuff that bothers me most about Rev. Ron, however. The real reason this preacher and his "significant other" deserve a special place on our "Blind Leaders" page is because they have brought hypocrisy to a whole new level. It seems that while they have been spending countless hours threatening homosexuals with hell fire, unless and until they turn away from their sinful life style, they themselves have been openly living in sin. If you count Dolly's adultery for marrying Ron after divorcing her true husband, and Ron's adultery for living with a woman not his true wife, they are publicly living in at least double adultery. But Dollie, who often joins Rev. Ron in proclaiming the sinfulness of homosexuality online, defends her adultery as follows: And RevRonC1 proclaims that Mike and his gay partner have no business reminding heterosexuals about Jesus' teaching on divorce and remarriage : (see Mark 10 below:) "Very well said my love (addressing his own wife's comments), but you have to remember that mikeymg doesn't have a "marriage" as defined by God who "invented" and "defined" marriage. So therefore, there is nothing that mikey should be putting his attention and energy into in that arena. But, you are correct, if their lives and marriages are that great, what are they doing spending so much time in here away from their loved ones???? Plus digging into our lives??? At least wherever we go, we go together. But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you. But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate." Then in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery." Because "Liberals Like Christ" have reservations about the bible, and deny that every verse of Scripture is equally inspired, they don't feel compelled to follow all Scripture literally themselves and they don't preach that others do so. But for conservatives, who insist that every verse of the Bible is equally inspired a n d innerant, to try to excuse and defend divorce and remarriage, which Jesus condemned in no uncertain terms, is the epitome of hypocrisy !!!!! Such Conservatives want to be as liberal as can be in secret, when it suits them , while condemning others for being liberal openly and honestly !!!! "Conservatives" can be so strict when it comes to applying Scripture to others, and so "Liberal" when it comes to applying it to themselves ! Rev. Ron claims that his Harvestime Ministries is dedicated to "promoting the Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the World", but for Ron and Dolly, that doesn't mean that Mark 10:1-12 (above) needs to be obeyed in their own bedroom! ( I welcome any well-documented examples such as these. Just send them to me at Ray@LiberalsLikeChrist.Org . If that doesn't work on your computer, just use that handle in your e-mail program.) |
Is the Rev. Pat Robertsonreally a "man of God" ? Or is he rather "a man of Gold" ? ( Robertson on his TV program, The 700 Club, 1/14/1991 ) "I know this is painful for the ladies to hear, but if you get married, you have accepted the headship of a man, your husband. Christ is the head of the household and the husband is the head of the wife, and that's the way it is, period." ( Robertson newsletter, 9/11/1992 ) . "[The] feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians." When Pat Robertson (son of a U.S. Senator, lawyer, big business man, TV evangelist and Conservative leader) decided to run for the presidency (as a Republican) in 1988, he "made integrity and moral values the core issues of his presidential campaign. In the speech for his declaration of candidacy, he said, 'We must bring back the old-fashioned concept of moral restraint and abstinence before marriage.' " (p.174) Now, when asked if it was true, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, that his own marriage had occurred on Aug. 27, 1954, just 2 1/2 months before his son was born, Robertson claimed that he was married six months earlier. In an 10/08/87 interview with the Washington Post, he said, "I did give an honest answer" explaining that he and his wife have always considered March 22 (his own birthday) the day they were married because "our son was conceived on that day." The couples' legal marriage on August 27, 1954, "to us, wasn't any big deal." The candidate told the Washington Post on 10/8/97 that it would be an error to suggest that 'there had been a pattern of deceptions' in his writings and speeches. He said he may have occasionally – and inadvertently - said something 'imprecise,' and that he may have used a 'malapropism' on occasion. But he added emphatically 'I have not lied about my marriage or anything.' " (p. 172-3) "But the questions kept coming. An angrier Robertson said, ' I think it is outrageous to pry into a man's past and try to do damage to a man's wife and children under the guise of journalism.' " (p. 174)
 An episcopal priest and college professor, who also earned a law degree wrote me this note about the so-called "Rev. Doctor Robinson": "When he ran for president years ago, he told people he had a law degree from Oxford. Being a lawyer myself, I found that quite impressive. But I had to wonder, why would a man with this kind of education say such stupid things on such a regular basis. So, I did a little investigation. The truth is, Robertson attended a non-credit summer course at Oxford. He didn't get a degree there. Indeed, I seem to remember that he never completed a degree anywhere. As someone who's been through the brutal process of law school and admission to the Florida Bar, I have little respect for anyone who would tell such a pathetic lie as Pat told, one which was so easily discovered." However disturbing the dishonesty about his "private life" – because of the hypocrisy of such a man posing as a miracle-working evangelist and as a missionary – it pales in comparison to what "Rev." Pat Robertson has been doing on the world and national scenes. Feow people who see this preacher on TV have any knowledge of Pat Robertson, the diamond and gold miner of Zaire and close friend of its' murderous dictator-president.
"Until recently (President Mobutu) was one of the world's
longest-reigning dictators . . . coming to power in 1960,
when civil war broke out after the then-Republic of the Congo
gained independence from Belgium. In Cold War days
it was important turf, and the United States and Russia were
locked in a bitter conflict, backing opposite sides.
With assistance from the CIA, Mobutu emerged victorious in
1965. . . During the Reagan years, Mobutu let the CIA
use Ziare to launch a secret war against communists in
neighboring Angola. The U.S. gave him more than $1 billion
in aid and helped him get millions in World Bank loans. They
ignored his corruption because he was furthering U.S. policy."
(pp. 177-78)
See this site about Pat Robertson and/or the Christian Coalition This is all about Robertson's role in the Central America liberation struggles of the 1980's . Check out this spoof on Pat Robertson : warning to American Christians not to be misled by Jesus! – Pat Robertson, in a speech given to the April, 1980 "Washington for Jesus" rally, quoted from Robert Boston, The Most Dangerous Man in America, p. 29.
" If Christian people work together, they can succeed during this decade in winning back control of the institutions that have been taken from them over the past 70 years. Expect confrontations that will be not only unpleasant but at times physically bloody.... This decade will not be for the faint of heart, but the resolute. Institutions will be plunged into wrenching change. We will be living through one of the most tumultuous periods of human history. When it is over, I am convinced God's people will emerge victorious." – Pat Robertson's Perspective Oct-Nov 1992. |
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Ralph Reed,
former head of the Christian Coallition, hired as a consultant to Enron and President Bush, close ally of criminal lobbyist Jack Abramoff, leader of the Republican Party in Georgia, rejected as candidate for Lt. Governor of Georgia.
"It's like guerrilla warfare. If you reveal your location, all it does is allow your opponent to improve his artillery bearings. It's better to move quietly, with stealth, under cover of night. You've got two choices: You can wear cammies and shimmy along on your belly, or you can put on a red coat and stand up for everyone to see. It comes down to whether you want to be the British army in the Revolutionary War or the Viet Cong. History tells us which tactic was more effective. – Ralph Reed, Los Angeles Times, March 22, 1992, admitting that he wants to deceive us regarding his true aims. |
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