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KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours ago

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90

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Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90

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KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours ago
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Jimmy Swaggart, the televangelist whose multimillion-dollar ministry was crippled by his encounters with prostitutes, has died. He was 90.
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  • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
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    What else did everyone else have for dinner today?

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  • dylanmorgan@sh.itjust.works
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    Took far too long. He got ~70 years more than he should have.

  • WanderWisley@lemmy.world
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    Jimmy: “boy heaven sure is hot!” “And why am I in a hot tub of lava next to hitler and Regan?”

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    OK now do Joel Osteen next.

    • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org
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      And Kenneth Copeland. With fire.

      • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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        I’ve never seen a person who looked more like a demon in a skin suit than Kenneth Copeland.

        https://youtube.com/shorts/8xIGtqujBkY

        • VoidJuiceConcentrate@midwest.social
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          fucker looks like the Edgar suit from Men in Black.

        • lennybird@lemmy.world
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          If I was religious I would definitely think he was the devil quoting scripture.

      • VoidJuiceConcentrate@midwest.social
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        fuck dude that guy’s held together with staples and wd-40

        • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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          Even before I saw that guy preach, I thought he was the creepiest-looking person ever. His sermons and lifestyle don’t help.

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    “They say you should only speak good of the dead. He’s dead. Good.”

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    The scumbag lived far longer than he should have.

    • blargh513@sh.itjust.works
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      Thats what burns my ass. Why do these pieces of shit never die young?!

      • Regna@lemmy.world
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        Hate and scorn sustains them.

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      Apparently, ~91yrs too long, in fact.

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    “if you gave Jerry Falwell Jimmy Swaggart an enema you could bury him in a matchbox.” - Christopher Hitchens (would have said RIP)

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      A classic. 🥰

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    Finally, some good news.

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    Prostitution shouldn’t be a scandal. But also, all televangelists deserve to die.

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      It’s the hypocrisy. SW should be legal/decriminalized, but this motherfucker would have preached against fornication while getting a BJ under the pulpit if he thought he’d get away with it.

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      Hypocrisy was the real scandal. Not so much the prostitution. I’m certain there was a ton of anti-sex work judgement to go along with that. But otherwise I fully agree.

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    Hell gained another demon today

    • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.world
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      No we don’t want them

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        The earth was force-fed another pile of garbage today

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    “Encounters” is such a funny way to phrase it. Like he was traveling through the woods on a quest and had to roll on the random table upon which a pack of wolves was also an option.

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      C’mon epic battle… Epic battle please… DAMNIT! Sex workers AGAIN!

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        Swaggart “Can I roll to convince the sex workers to leave me alone?”

        GM “Sure.”

        Swaggart rolls a nat 20

        Swaggart “Oh no, it looks like I rolled a nat 1. Looks like I have to sleep with the sex workers, again.”

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    “Oh well 😀”

    Imagine being so shitty that people consider it good news when they hear of your death. I should hope to at least aim for a neutral reaction, or better…

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    Contributors built Jimmy Swaggart Ministries into a business that made an estimated $142 million in 1986…

    … Swaggart said publicly that his earnings were hurt in 1987 by the sex scandal.

    Mawww.

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    Jimmy converted to Islam at the last second. He wanted to be surrounded by 72 virgin prostitutes.

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