Oral Roberts, a pioneer in televangelism who founded a multimillion-dollar ministry and a university that bears his name, died Tuesday.
I guess we forgot to send enough cash.
Oral Roberts dead at 91
Tue, 2009-12-15 18:00
#1
Oral Roberts dead at 91
Tue, 2009-12-15 18:05
#2
Oh my. Another [url=http://rabble.ca/babble/canadian-politics/moggy-thatcher-dead-conservati... passing.
Let us prey.
Tue, 2009-12-15 19:53
#3
He also laid the foundation for the "prosperity gospel," the doctrine that has come to dominate televangelism. It holds that God rewards the faithful with material success.
That's particularly evil.
Of course, anyone who trusts a man who styles his real hair to look like a toupee get what they deserve.
Tue, 2009-12-15 20:16
#4
Frustrated Mess
I can't believe it! I prayed for that too! Just yesterday. Oh, Great Flying Spaghetti Monster, thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Tue, 2009-12-15 22:32
#5
I suggest a Moral Orel marathon in his memory.
Tue, 2009-12-15 22:35
#6
Moral Orel is so delightfully dark, it can actually suck all the light from your living room.
Tue, 2009-12-15 23:42
#7
Ah well, his son Anal is taking up the cause.
Tue, 2009-12-15 23:43
#8
I'm heeding my dentist and going with Oral B.
Wed, 2009-12-16 08:41
#9
Novocaine is often administered to alleviate Oral pain and suffering. Death works just as well though.
Wed, 2009-12-16 08:51
#10
Tiger Woods jokes are bad; Oral Roberts jokes are good?
Wed, 2009-12-16 09:07
#11
It depends on a few variables, according to ones point of view and preferred style of humour...dry wit, slapstick, satire, hyperbole etc....
Wed, 2009-12-16 09:35
#12
Maysie
I'm with Caissa on this one.
I might have to go lie down now.
Wed, 2009-12-16 09:44
#13
All right.
Serious question.
If we can't joke about Oral Roberts, then what's left to live for?
And who said we couldn't joke about Tiger Woods?
Ok, when I said "serious question", I was just kidding.
Now Maysie, I need some clarification. You said you're "with Caissa" and you "have to go lie down". Huh?
Wed, 2009-12-16 10:07
#14
Maysie
Caissa and I rarely agree on anything. It's challenging for me to admit when I agree with him, makes me feel woozy... or some such metaphor. It's a joke, Unionist... now it's not funny since I've explained it. If it was funny to begin with. 
Wed, 2009-12-16 10:12
#15
Lard Tunderin Jeezus
Someone needs to say it, might as well be me: Only the good die young.
I believe Dante said the sixth circle of hell was for heretics and religious hypocrites. Unfortunately, I don't believe in divine justice.
Wed, 2009-12-16 10:21
#16
Unionist wrote: Now Maysie, I need some clarification. You said you're "with Caissa" and you "have to go lie down". Huh?
I was a little slow on getting this one Unionist.
Wed, 2009-12-16 10:58
#17
Maysie
Unionist wrote: Now Maysie, I need some clarification. You said you're "with Caissa" and you "have to go lie down". Huh?
I was a little slow on getting this one Unionist.
Me too, apparently.
Wed, 2009-12-16 11:28
#18
I think the Tiger/Roberts dichotomy with me is that I'm just Tiger saturated elsewhere, at work, on facebook, etc., while Roberts might not be mentioned so much outside this venue.
T + (t x d) = C
Algebra for comics.
Wed, 2009-12-16 12:10
#19
Caissa and I rarely agree on anything. It's challenging for me to admit when I agree with him, makes me feel woozy... or some such metaphor. It's a joke, Unionist... now it's not funny since I've explained it. If it was funny to begin with.
Sorry, Maysie - I thought I'd venture a risqué joke. Next time I'll lard it with emoticons. 
Wed, 2009-12-16 12:22
#20
Maysie
A risqué joke in an Oral Roberts thread? Ok, now I need a shower. Alone!
Mon, 2009-12-21 18:30
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Mon, 2009-12-21 18:33
#22
"You sent us a man who we know and loved and who walked with God and never gave up the common touch," fellow evangelist Pat Robertson said during the ceremony's opening prayer. "I know you broke the mold with Oral."
Still sounds like a dental commercial - including the bit about putting the touch on commoners.
Mon, 2009-12-21 19:01
#23
Maybe it was over on EnMasse, but it might have been here, but we once had a Beatles thread going that I managed to drift into a discussion of Oral Roberts. They both had morning shows on the weekends when I was a kid, which was the connexion.
That reminds me, does anyone remember The World Tomorrow with Herbert W. Armstong? That show was on all the time in the 60s.
Tue, 2009-12-22 01:01
#24
bagkitty
al-Q: I don't remember Herbert W., but I do remember the son, Garner Ted Armstrong... I used to watch him in the 70s for amusment value and occasionally would submit the names and addresses of people I was less than pleased with to be on the mailing list for their house organ "The Plain Truth".
Tue, 2009-12-22 01:04
#25
Sven
Tiger Woods jokes are bad; Oral Roberts jokes are good?
Who said Tiger Woods jokes are bad?