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February 22, 2005
Another crazed maverick dies
"You ever meet Christians? You wish you could shove a pipe in their mouth. Anything to shut them up." I just learned that my favorite eccentric televangelist has died: LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gene Scott, the shaggy-haired, cigar-smoking televangelist whose eccentric religious broadcasts were beamed around the world, has died, a family spokesman said. He was 75.I always enjoyed watching Gene Scott, and I'm sorry to see him go. He wasn't popular with other televangelists, though -- mainly because they hated his refusal to condemn people for their lifestyles. The following remark pretty well sums up his philosophy: "I don't ask you to change when you come here," he instructs the congregation. "I take you as you are, as God takes me as I am."Doubtless some of his critics would go so far as to maintain that Scott wasn't a "real" Christian. (Where do they get the idea that the guy they claim to be following left them in charge of the label bearing his name?) posted by Eric on 02.22.05 at 11:14 AM
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Drudge this morning links to this report that Gene Scott died yesterday. I find it kind of interesting that Drudge chose to link the story. Scott has always been an interesting figure though. I've never known quite what to make of him except that he... [Read More] Tracked on February 22, 2005 01:34 PM
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This guy was the man. I watched him quite a bit... he took the bible back to it's original languages and earliest translations - hebrew, greek, syriac and ethiopic - and told you what it actually said (apparently the KJV is way off). As he saw it, salvation isn't about do this, don't do that, about following a bunch of rules (I agree, in terms of salvation, but a functioning society is a different matter). By faith alone is man saved. Hey, maybe the other televangelists really hated him because he refused to sell God through an 800 number. Joćo · February 22, 2005 07:04 PM Reminds me of Robert Farrar Capon, my favorite Christian writer. Steven Malcolm Anderson (Cato theElder) the Lesbian-worshipping man's-man-admiring myth-based egoist · February 23, 2005 12:01 AM I have watched him on and off over the years. He certainly had an unusual style, but aside from salvation by faith, hardly a novel or maverick idea in Christianity, I just used to like the linguistic acrobatics and the cigars and the curmudgeonism. I never really could tell what his point was...which is maybe just as well! EssEm · February 23, 2005 11:49 AM I forgot to mention... the big ass american flag behind him was a nice touch. Joćo · February 23, 2005 12:48 PM |
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Sounds like my kind of man! Sounds like he had style! Why didn't I hear of him before?