ORAL ROBERTS DIED

Oral Roberts died.

"From whatever side we see someone the fact remains that we all have sides to us. We are all complex, and seen from any angle we look different to everyone who looks at us. In the end the questions are did we live the dream given to us? How did we love, and how did we make people feel when we were in their lives?

As an African-Indian I had many problems with Oral Roberts and men like him, but recognize, I did, his strengths, and took to heart the things I learned from him. His life and works were teachers to a student of his life. It takes great courage to live a life of purpose before the entire world. It takes the same amount of courage, and force to live and work within the space of a smaller sphere of influence, and for that he was worthy of study. He represents what has been the bane of my existence as an Indian and a Black American but he was a man, like others, with gifts, or insights that assist the growth of anyone who lives in a constant state of learning.

There is a lot of hurt in the comments I have read online that tells a lot about how his ministry, and stance in the world affected them. There are a lot of believers who benefited directly from the side of the man that enhanced people’s lives. If anything Oral Roberts is guilty of being complex, focused, committed, and in the public eye under more scrutiny than most of us could bear. Oral Roberts is a man worthy of our praise and our contempt. He earned it." -Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories

Oral Roberts as an older man of God

Evangelist Oral Roberts dies in Calif. at age 91

Evangelist Oral Roberts dies in Calif. at age 91 and I read some angry, biting diatribes against him.  Some came out and said, "I am glad he is dead."  Others expressed themselves thus, "I'm sure he died in poverty...no...wait...that was the people who gave him their entire life savings so he could wear $500 suits and fly on private jets."

"Good riddance, Oral. May you be bilked of your savings in your own personal Hell."

"I've learned one thing from Oral (what a stupid name) Roberts. If you cannot become a rock star, start your own religion. Based on the fact that a sucker is born every minute, you are likely to become rich."

 "It's sad to see all of the haters spew like this.....as a kid from a broken disfunctional home I remember seeing Roberts say "god loves you" and "something good is going to happen to you" and it eased my yound pain filled heart,....he was a decent man with a mission and got smeared by God haters in the press,...do I think he was perfect? hell no,..no one is,...but he was a good man that helped a troubled kid by having a t.v. show telling people there was a God that loved him,....R.I.P. Mr Roberts and thank you for the good that you did in my life..."

"I used to get a real kick in the ass as a kid out of watching Oral Robert's Jim & Tammy Fay Baker and Jimmy Swaggert every Sunday morning, raising hell and then with a blink of the eye be crying and sobbing all over the place. Can't wait to see the looks on their faces come judgement day when the real waterworks show happens!"

"If you love Jesus, if you love God you will give me money and I will pray for you with a special prayer that I will say for you on TV, in front of the whole world. As long as the money train keeps running. And I am here today to say that Jesus wants you to send your money to me, so I can stay on TV so keep on sending me those dollars. So I can drive my Rolls Royce,live in a mansion, own my jet, go on vacation, eat steak and lobster while you eat top ramen. Wear $1000.00 suits, have affairs and all the while tell you how to live a life closer to God. So much for organised religion."

 And this one from a body called, Jack: "As a Satanist, I don't believe in the man's message he spread, nor do I believe in his God, and I damn sure don't agree with him ripping off those who believed in such BS. However, I'm not exactly fond of people making jokes about him dying. He may have been a scam artist, but its not as if he was Bundy or Dahmer either."

photo: Oral Roberts praying with Pastors Joel and Victoria Osteen