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There are a few that aren't politically driven (or try to keep politics out of their sermons) like Swaggert, Angely (right here in Akron), the Hour of Power guy, and Billy Graham.

Falwell pretty much really started it in the 70's with "the Moral Majority" and his boycotts of whatever HE (Falwell) deemed wrong. I remember this being the main reason my 2 favorite shows in the 70's (SOAP and WKRP) were cancelled. But, today Falwell isn't that much of a factor anymore, the battle with Flynt really did destroy Falwell.

Robertson just took it a notch higher and once he had eliminated his major competitor, who was more politically silent and taught acceptance of others and actually had a bigger audience, Jim Baker (IMHO a very good televangelist, in what he taught), Robertson was able to truly make waves and not have anyone stop him. And I truly believe Robertson's mission is to make Revelations a reality in his lifetime.

Yes, Robertson is a very scary individual in what he says and what he teaches. The scariest part is that the GOP sells out to the man for his votes. You have a President now that actually uses him as an advisor.

Politics makes strange bedfellows, who would have ever believed in the 70's that Rev. Moon and Robertson would not only support the same president but that president would use both as advisors? Or that both would be very powerful "news sources" to their followers?

If Baker hadn't fucked up and had he continues to keep swaying people away from Robertson, things may be totally different today in the realm of politics and religion.

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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"