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Oral Roberts U. Leader Takes Leave in Scandal

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Posted on Oct 17, 2007
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The entryway to Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla., features the campus’ signature sculpture of two hands joined in prayer.

Responding to accusations about extracurricular use of university funds, among other charges, Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts, the 58-year-old son of school founder and namesake Oral Roberts, has stepped down from his post for the moment.  “I pray and believe that in God’s timing, and when the Board feels that it is appropriate, I will be back at my post as president,” Richard Roberts said in a statement released Wednesday.


AP via Yahoo News:

On Wednesday, Roberts, 58, said he would continue in his role as chairman and chief executive of Oral Roberts Ministries.

“I don’t know how long this leave of absence will last, but I fully trust the members of the Board of Regents,” Roberts said in a statement released by the university.

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By rage, October 19, 2007 at 3:31 pm #
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#108042 by RAE

“...."There’s something very disabled about some people’s mental processes that enable them to fervently believe what simply and obviously AIN’T SO. I pity them."…

Well said RAE..

But, I should also say that you’re a far better woman than I, because I’m just no longer able to pity them. Frankly, they just PISS ME OFF!!!” by cyrena on 10/18 at 8:18 pm

LOL!

These afflictive, irksome knuckleheads do get on your nerves.

You would think that America would have cured that affliction by this the 21st century. Still, we have these true believers. Fanaticism, not faith. The sad truth is these fanatic idiots would be ensnared and led astray by some other human predator, even if Roberts of the church of the god of rapture-ready supply-side economic hegemony never existed in this parallel of the universe. Ask any predatory lender, con artist, military recruiting officer, corporate marketing executive, or career politician, all laying in wait for the suckers who think they can get everything their hearts desire for nothing. In the infamous words of the late great P.T.Barnum, a sucker is born every minute.

Faith is cool. The idiocy of the mass fanatical suckerdom is not cool, no matter where you find it.

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By thomas billis, October 18, 2007 at 10:51 pm #
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Oral Roberts is what is wrong with America. As Oral Roberts’ estranged brother Anal Roberts said he did not think naming the kids after sexual body parts and acts helped in their mental development and may be one reason Oral Roberts had those delusions.Oral’s younger sister Pussy Roberts agrees with her bother Anal.

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By cyrena, October 18, 2007 at 8:18 pm #

#108042 by RAE

...."There’s something very disabled about some people’s mental processes that enable them to fervently believe what simply and obviously AIN’T SO. I pity them."…

Well said RAE..

But, I should also say that you’re a far better woman than I, because I’m just no longer able to pity them. Frankly, they just PISS ME OFF!!!

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By QuyTran, October 18, 2007 at 10:26 am #

There’s no place under the sun for a such hypocrite !

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By RAE, October 18, 2007 at 9:50 am #

“Believers” are masters at DENIAL. Time after time after time, their “leaders” are caught with either their hands in the cookie jar or their pants down or both, but does this CONCRETE EVIDENCE that they - the believing sheep - are being taken for SUCKERS ever sink in? Never!

There’s something very disabled about some people’s mental processes that enable them to fervently believe what simply and obviously AIN’T SO. I pity them.

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By dp, October 18, 2007 at 8:05 am #
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I’m curious...it’s been reported that Mrs. Roberts issued cell phones to select students for her “chatting” needs, and I’ve heard that Sean Hannity was a graduate of Oral Robert’s University.  Was he one of the select “chatters?” Just wondering.

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By samuel burke, October 18, 2007 at 7:43 am #
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it is discouraging to see how aberrant and far from the message of the gospel of jesus christ messiah has gone....these greedy self serving christian fundamentalists are disgracing the name of christ to the rest of america.

richard roberts is so arrogant that in the light of this revelation he still doesnt fully resign, why? because they condone these shenanigans, and simply call it a mistep or a fall. but to truly justify for the misdeed he ought to relinquish his goods and show his true repentance.

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By rage, October 18, 2007 at 4:26 am #
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Contemporary evangelicals are nowhere near Christ-like. These pharisees know nothing about the Jesus. Nowhere in recorded history is Jesus reported to have built or advocated that others build gazillion-dollar ministries to Christianize the world. None of this has anything to do with the Lord’s commandment that His Followers LOVE one another. Jesus never once took a luxury vacation. Jesus never boasted a fifty thousand shekel wardrobe. Jesus slept on the ground, and paid His freight from place to place WORKING with His hands. He lived amongst sinners, poor people, widows, orphans, traders, tax collectors, whores, and the otherwise disenfranchised and socially ignored. Jesus brought hope to the hopeless and power to the powerless, welcoming all, particularly those without money. Jesus maintained that if salvation was a commodity that could be sold, only the wealthy would receive redemption. So, He made salvation available to ALL for nothing more than FAITH!

How evangelicals arrived at the price of a seed offering of faith in a ministry from Jesus humble message of nothing but faith is the real mystery of Babylon. Jesus never founded schools of indoctrination nor owned acres of real estate, radio stations, nor television, all dedicated to spreading the unified propaganda of the dogmatic canon of His Cult. Yet, Jesus managed to get His message to all the world. 

The twice married, luxury loving, money wasting Richard Roberts would have likely been a shoe salesman under any other circumstances. The guy’s preaching is lame at best. He’s gotten over like a fat rat just for being Oral Roberts’ son. He’s long overdue this drubbing. I hope the IRS is close at hand. I know in all Richie’s looting of his daddy’s offering plates, he’s failed to render unto Caesar in the remittance of personal income taxes.

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By dsmith, October 18, 2007 at 3:42 am #
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Coming Soon!

A movie about intrigue, fast cars, expensive homes and pampered children who get the company jet to fly them to the islands for their graduation party.

Did mom make those calls to underage students in the middle of the night? You’ll see it all in the new XXX movie entitled...ORAL ROBERTS!

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By Frank, October 18, 2007 at 2:10 am #

Another one bites the dust. I take great pleasure in the public exposure, disgrace and downfall of ‘pious’ hypocrites like Jim Bakker, Ted Haggard, Larry Craig, and now Roberts.

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By R.M., October 17, 2007 at 11:07 pm #
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I hope they nail him (sic) for that local political involvement and revoke the tax exempt status.  Let him render unto Caesar like the rest of us.  He’ld end up financially as well as morally bankrupt.

Time for that dog track owner to fly down there in his private plane and rescue him like he did for his daddy..Oracle Roberts, whom [G]od was supposed to call home if 4 millions bucks didn’t turn up magically.

[H]e called the Pope instead. We only had to kiss the Pope’s ring.

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