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God changes his mind, tells Richard Roberts to quit

Read this story, and while doing so, substitute “his toaster” for “god” everywhere it appears.

Roberts says God forced his resignation

TULSA, Okla. - Richard Roberts told students at Oral Roberts University Wednesday that he did not want to resign as president of the scandal-plagued evangelical school, but that he did so because God insisted.

God told him on Thanksgiving that he should resign the next day, Roberts told students in the university’s chapel.

A lawsuit accuses Roberts of lavish spending at a time when the university faced more than $50 million in debt, including taking shopping sprees, buying a stable of horses and paying for a daughter to travel to the Bahamas aboard the university jet.

Roberts has previously said that God told him to deny the allegations. The week the lawsuit was filed, Richard Roberts said that God told him: “We live in a litigious society. Anyone can get mad and file a lawsuit against another person whether they have a legitimate case or not. This lawsuit … is about intimidation, blackmail and extortion.”

Somehow, “his toaster” is considered silly, while lying about god is…what?

Pathetic will do.

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2 Responses to “God changes his mind, tells Richard Roberts to quit”

  1. yoshi Says:
    November 29th, 2007 at 7:28 am

    i’m still strung out on the concept of “god changed his mind”.

  2. yoshi Says:
    November 29th, 2007 at 7:53 am

    let’s look at the concept that god “forced” roberts to quit. if this guy has the courage of his convictions, that god is the almighty whatever, he wouldn’t make a fuss, he’d simply shut his gob and leave, go on to other things.
    apparently he doesn’t have the courage of his convictions.

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