Posted on 07/14/2009 6:10:13 PM PDT by JoeProBono
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — Evangelist Tony Alamo preyed on his loyal followers' young daughters, once taking a girl as young as 8 as his bride and repeatedly sexually assaulting her, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday.
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dude, you ain’t a Muslim
I’ve heard him on late night radio.
Strange man.
I guess they have proof. Wonder what the little girl says.
Never heard of this guy.
If its true, hang him.
I don’t trust a federal prosecutor to tell the truth anymore than I expect a defense attorney to. That said this guy is probably a complete scum.
If convicted... put a wig on him and marry him to Bubba...
Oh, he’s been around for years. In 1991 a friend of mine gave me one of his tracts he found on the street. In the tract, Alamo claimed Pope John Paul II was a Nazi war criminal who produced Zyklon B to exterminate Jews.
I think this is it: http://www.alamoministries.com/content/english/Antichrist/Fugitive_Pope.html
“It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.” Luke 17:2
Oh, good grief.
I’ll take a look at the link.
Don’t even want to know. This is in God’s Hands.
Tony Alamo ping.
Susan was the evangelist, until she died of cancer.
Then, Tony took over and was supposed to resurrect her some time later. IIRC.
[I guess he never got around to it.]
Why don’t you ping your fellow anti Mormon cabal members to this thread. This should be fun making fun of ‘Christians’ : )
Don’t want to get into a mud slinger here, but I’d like to point out that “Christians” put out these stories and repudiate the bad guys. It has been my observation that Mormons, at least on the threads I’ve seen, don’t want to criticize or repudiate fellow Mormons who are outed as evildoers.
Fair criticism? If not, fine. It has been my observation, that’s all.
For an instant example, one I did not even anticipate, see the thread three or four entries after this one, describing the “Catholics for Kerry” guy getting indicted for pimping. He is being outed and criticized, not covered and excused.
Years ago there was a poster here who claimed the same thing.
He looks like Johnny Cash and the Mrs. looks like Tammy Wynette.
Fair criticism? If not, fine. It has been my observation, that’s all.
Then you would agree that all Christians support marrying 8 year old children? That is the equivalent observation.
You mean some Christians condemn this, obviously not all Christians, because they are doing it aren't they?
No, maybe I didn’t make myself clear.
I am saying that, when a “Christian” or “Catholic” gets into trouble (rape or molesting or whatever), Christian and Catholics post about it and comment against the twit. They don’t defend it.
Whereas when a “Mormon” gets into trouble like with the recent FLDS scandal we don’t see many, actually any that I can remember, self-described Mormons posting about it and condemning the behavior.
But I don’t know the spiritual lives of all FReepers, and perhaps some FReeper Mormons do condemn the bad “Mormons” but don’t identify themselves as Mormons.
You are missing the point. The FLDS are not Mormons any more than Baptists are Catholics. Why isn't the denomination of this Evangelist being proclaimed, so that all the members of that denomination can be condemned for their beliefs?
Not only are you unjustly lumping Mormons with the FLDS you are implying that that the Mormon beliefs are the same. I am simply doing the same when I now proclaim that Christians are pedophiles. Can you see the equivalence?
Those who know Tony Alamo know that he is a cult leader, not a born again evangelical Christian.
Was wacky even before he holed up in Arkansas. His followers would beg for ca$h at intersections and return it to the “ministry”, while living in poverty.
Last I heard, his deceased wife is still deceased, in spite of his prophecies to the contrary. She died April 8 1982 of cancer and was eventually buried in Tulsa OK.
He is really a very sad story of a Jewish convert to Christianity who lost his way with fame and pride.
I hear what you are saying about FLDS not being Mormons.
I would also say that “evangelists” who “marry” 8 year olds are not really Baptists. And “priests” who molest altar boys aren’t really Catholics.
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