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From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
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Subject: Re: Autodialing Falwell - a different perspective
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Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 19:54:12 EST
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> In article <1225@mtuxo.UUCP> kwmc@mtuxo.UUCP (k.cochran) writes:
> >I cannot find words to express how senseless I think this auto-dialing
> >prank is.  A man who supposedly supports the American Civil Liberties Union
> >is performing illegal acts to suppress Jerry Falwell's right to freedom of
> >speech.
> 
> Since when is this autodialing campaign "suppress[ing] Jerry Falwell's right
> to freedom of speech"?  Perhaps I would have more sympathy for your viewpoint,
> except that the primary goals of these evangelistic churches are (in order of
> attention given by the church and therefore, one must assume, in order of
> importance to the church):
> 

If the autodialing campaign is OK, it shouldn't matter who it is being
done to.  If it's wrong, it shouldn't matter who it's being done to.  This
sounds like "it's OK 'cause I don't like Falwell." 

> BTW, can anyone out there point me to the Playboy article (expose') some years
> ago (like 4-6 years) that uncovered a lot of neat stuff about evangelists?
> I remember things like Oral Roberts having 3 people on full-time salary doing
> nothing but airbrushing his publicity photos to remove all the expensive rings
> off his fingers, Billy Graham appealing to the public that his ministry was
> going broke while he and his family purchased 6 loaded Cadillacs and 3 condos
> in the Keys, etc.  Thanks in advance for any pointers,
> -- 

If Oral Roberts had 3 people on salary to airbrush rings off his publicity
photos instead of TAKING THE RINGS OFF FOR PHOTOGRAPHS, the guy would be so
stupid he wouldn't have accumulated that much money.  If you remember the
article correctly, I would be real skeptical of its validity.

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