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

c/world · u/KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca · 309 points

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u/inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world · 1 points

Just a protein bar. My wife got home a day early from her week long hospital stay so the whole evening was a bit of scrambling.

u/DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 points

A egg tortilla burrito.

Is this a yahoo comments thing? Since I usually see chuds doing the whole what they ate today thing on yahoo news comments

Usually on news stories with zoomer era celebrities that they have no idea who they are

u/CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 points

Even before I saw that guy preach, I thought he was the creepiest-looking person ever. His sermons and lifestyle don't help.

u/CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 21 points

I've never seen a person who looked more like a demon in a skin suit than Kenneth Copeland.

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

u/Rhaedas@fedia.io · 2 points

Don't feel bad, it was a very subtle jab. The best part was it was at the end of a Fox News interview as they cut away, so it was what I liked to call a sarcasm grenade. Pull the pin, let it sit for a minute. Boom.

u/riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 points

Had to chew on this to figure it out.

Enemas inject things, so why would it make someone smaller?

Enemas are used to clear _stools_. Constipation relief.

Ahh. I get it now.

u/gdog05@lemmy.world · 23 points

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.

u/dylanmorgan@sh.itjust.works · 8 points

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.

u/ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 5 points

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."

u/ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works · 2 points

They're highly motivated. Because they believe in a wrathful god they know whatever is waiting for them on the other side is going to be unpleasant

u/Rhaedas@fedia.io · 39 points

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

u/some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 27 points

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

u/victorz@lemmy.world · 19 points

"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...

u/Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 16 points

"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.

u/WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 10 points

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

u/makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml · 5 points

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.

u/jhoff90@lemmy.world · 3 points

90 years of doing Satan's work, he can go back home where he belongs now.

u/InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 3 points

*The only one who could ever reach me*

*Was the son of a preacher man*

*The only boy who could ever teach me*

*Was the son of a preacher man*

*Yes, he was, he was*

*Ooh, yes, he was*

u/El_guapazo@lemmy.world · 2 points

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