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re: Never met a Jimmy Swaggart follower...until last night
Posted on 8/31/17 at 9:03 am to LadyTigress
Posted on 8/31/17 at 9:03 am to LadyTigress
There were many families that were under strain, or even torn apart, by one or more family member joining his church and then telling their relatives they were all going to hell.
Catholics were particularly targeted by Swaggart followers. Quite a few Catholics switched to his church and would just rail on their old Catholic friends. I remember having heated discussions with some Swag converts as we rode the bus together on the way to Catholic High.
Catholics were particularly targeted by Swaggart followers. Quite a few Catholics switched to his church and would just rail on their old Catholic friends. I remember having heated discussions with some Swag converts as we rode the bus together on the way to Catholic High.
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Posted on 8/31/17 at 9:06 am to LadyTigress
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FWIW, he was playing Drake in the car, so he's not completely out of touch.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 9:11 am to LadyTigress
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Yeah...that's what I am most surprised about. Like why come here all the way from Cali, after everything had hit the fan?? Very odd.
I was probably 10 or 12 years old when I saw the guy in line at Picadilly on Essen. I must have recognized him from the news reports. This was around the time the details of his extra curricular activities had come out. The hookers had been interviewed on TV, etc.
I wasn't really sure who he was, so I asked my mom if that was someone famous.
She said "That's Jimmy Swaggart...don't touch anything he touches." It was a joke, but I am pretty sure it was just loud enough for him to hear it.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 9:16 am to Jimbeaux
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Back in the 80's, before Swag's Great Failure, when they were first building the Swag empire, it was very common to run into his followers. They were very brash back in those days - really in your face. They would preach outside of Tigerland bars at night and were daily speakers at Free Speech Alley on LSU's campus.
His empire was massive. He had syndication deals all over the world.
I imagine there were a lot of people associated with that place all over town in those days.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 9:19 am to LadyTigress
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never in my life have I met a JS follower
I don't think I've ever met one. I didn't really move to Baton Rouge until the late 1990s though.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 9:23 am to LadyTigress
Did the Uber driver know anyone that knew Barry Seal?
Posted on 8/31/17 at 9:28 am to LadyTigress
I've got a story about how one of their daughters went from being a hard drinking hard screwing conservative to this weird crunchy granola type who only eats fruit and supports BLM and antifa.
On second thought, that was the story.
My penis drove her to become a liberal.
On second thought, that was the story.
My penis drove her to become a liberal.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 9:33 am to dewster
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She said "That's Jimmy Swaggart...don't touch anything he touches." It was a joke, but I am pretty sure it was just loud enough for him to hear it.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 9:36 am to dewster
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His empire was massive. He had syndication deals all over the world.
Yeah he was on his way to being the next Billy Graham or like the current Joel Osteen (
). Crazy to think how different Bluebonnet Blvd and the dynamics of this town would be today if he didnt get into all those shenanigans. He owned all that property that the Mall of La and those shopping centers now sit on. And to think he had his own college? Thinking now on it, it's like wtf 
Posted on 8/31/17 at 11:08 am to LadyTigress
Sounds like a pretty good date......for you.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 11:33 am to shiftworker
Ferriday baw checking in
Posted on 8/31/17 at 11:34 am to LadyTigress
2 weeks ago in Houston. My Uber driver had a couple books in the seat and I asked if he was going to school. He said yes for ministry and he hoped to move to Baton Rouge soon. It was JS Ministry's book
Posted on 8/31/17 at 11:40 am to LadyTigress
I was only ten when Swaggart did his "I've sinned against you Gawwwddd" act, so I may have met JS followers in the past but none that certainly would have admitted it after that.
Besides, I'm more of a Jimmy Lee Farnsworth follower.
"DEMONS! OOUUUTTTT!"
Besides, I'm more of a Jimmy Lee Farnsworth follower.
"DEMONS! OOUUUTTTT!"
Posted on 8/31/17 at 11:46 am to LadyTigress
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LadyTigress
Matt Morris, his brother, and their Mother all used to go to Swaggart.
Their mom still does.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 12:12 pm to LadyTigress
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Listening to Drake means you're not out of touch? On the contrary.
I was just surprised he wasnt listening to old timey gospel. Those ppl are typically wayyyyy traditional.[/[quote]quote]
[quote]Never met a Jimmy Swaggart follower.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 12:14 pm to LadyTigress
Does he still preach?
Posted on 8/31/17 at 12:36 pm to TigahTeeth
Drakes old news bra
It's all about Gambino now
It's all about Gambino now
Posted on 8/31/17 at 12:37 pm to LadyTigress
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Get picked up by my Uber driver and notice he's not that familiar with the streets here in BR, so I ask where he's from. (He looks about mid-20s.) Says he's from Cali originally, but that his family moved here about 15 yrs ago "for a change in lifestyle." I was like, "Oh really? In what way?" I was curious at this point...Then he was like "Yeah, you know Jimmy Swaggart? My family followed him here." And that was all he said.
I know I know CSB ...But really, in all my years of living in BR, knowing ppl from various schools, meeting lots of ppl in my LSU days etc, never in my life have I met a JS follower. It felt like a moment. FWIW, he was playing Drake in the car, so he's not completely out of touch.
Anyone else have a JS follower story?
How do you know he's a follower? You said he's in his 20s and family moved here 15 years ago for JS. So parents are/were in the church.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 12:52 pm to KibblezBitz
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Does he still preach?
He has his own 24/7 radio network & 24/7 TV SonLife Radio & SonLife Broadcasting. Still preaching on Bluebonnet
Posted on 8/31/17 at 1:11 pm to pjab
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I was just surprised he wasnt listening to old timey gospel. Those ppl are typically wayyyyy traditional.[/[quote]quote]
[quote]Never met a Jimmy Swaggart follower.
I havent, but I have seen one of their services on TV briefly while flipping channels and they had a bunch of tearful gospel and ppl falling out and speaking in tongues.
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