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19. Side note on Liberty - Jerry and his school was kept afloat by Rev. Moon.
Sun May 12, 2019, 04:15 PM
May 2019

I'm sure a lot of people know the story but Moon was a BIG donor to the right going back to Nixon.
Falwell was the perfect white "Godly" face to get on the new cable news system (CNN) but his school was bleeding money. They needed to make him "successful" to add importance to his message (like the bulk buy of books by Coulter and others early on). Jerry had every deed to every home from every widow at Thomas Road Baptist in fact his young volunteers used to go door to door trying to get people to offer money or their home to support the church. He also grifted jewelry off them. I know of the door to door and jewelry directly. He was still buried in debt.

Liberty will officially say that a broker administered the financing but the fact that it came from Rev. Moon and the ridiculously low rate defies that.

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What a bunch of nonsense. That propaganda is destructive and shameful. dameatball May 2019 #1
Yes it is, indeed! MineralMan May 2019 #2
This is just another right wing contrarian message. gordianot May 2019 #3
onward Christian snowflakes n/t KayF May 2019 #4
"Be ready" to be prosecuted? sprinkleeninow May 2019 #5
Oh and those Sheepskins you get today, Wellstone ruled May 2019 #6
"Our Dominionist Vice President" mitch96 May 2019 #7
Except that it is our little denomination against everyone else. MineralMan May 2019 #9
Don't forget -- it's Mike Pence's favorite day today Blue Owl May 2019 #8
LOL! It would be funny if it weren't so scary. MineralMan May 2019 #10
Well they've already been swindled into a debt to Liberty U underpants May 2019 #11
I have a nephew who got a degree from Liberty University. MineralMan May 2019 #12
In Broken Arrow, OK, a suburb of Tulsa TlalocW May 2019 #15
Liberty isn't that aggressive underpants May 2019 #16
I run into them all the time underpants May 2019 #18
If he only knew how to be a Christian. CaptYossarian May 2019 #13
Mother is teaching him. MineralMan May 2019 #14
I saw her once in the movie "Carrie". CaptYossarian May 2019 #24
I'm a Christian. Adsos Letter May 2019 #17
That's a bizarre story. MineralMan May 2019 #21
I was left pretty much speechless and humiliated by it. Adsos Letter May 2019 #22
Side note on Liberty - Jerry and his school was kept afloat by Rev. Moon. underpants May 2019 #19
Very interesting! MineralMan May 2019 #20
Sounds kinda familiar Major Nikon May 2019 #23
What about the right wing atheists? guillaumeb May 2019 #25
How would I know that? MineralMan May 2019 #27
"Don says Vlad wants me to tell you to be very afraid and buy more Russian guns" struggle4progress May 2019 #26
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