The Angry Jew

The rantings of an Angry Jew in The Pacific Northwest

Well friends, another televangelist has been called home to God.  Tammy Faye Messner lost her battle with cancer Friday and I say good riddance.  Now, most of you will be more familiar with her married name, Tammy Faye Bakker.

Oh come on, I was pretty stoned in the 80’s, but I still remember her.  Tammy Faye, wearing street ho makeup and five inch long fake eyelashes, would blubber and cry until the EPA was called out to clean up the mascara spill.  Her and her husband Jim Bakker ran the PTL (Praise The Lord) Club ministry until ole Jim got caught using ministry funds to pay hush money to a church secretary after they did a few laps around the bedroom.  That secretary, Jessica Hahn, went on to be the queen of 80’s video tramps and did several shoots for Playboy.

Their whole world came apart in 1989 when Jim was convicted of defrauding PTL supporters of $158 Million dollars to support his and Tammy’s lavish lifestyle.  It seems the Lord could only be properly worshiped from multi-million dollar homes with air conditioned dog houses and an army of servants.  Hey, we all know that buying mansions is like eating potato chips, you can’t stop at just one.

Tammy divorced Jim in 1992 while he was being passed around in Jail. 

If you caught her last interview with Larry King, you can see that indeed, the wrath of The Lord is nothing to mess with.  She looked like Skelator, after he had been dropped in an acid bath.  She said she was 99.99% sure she was going to heaven.  Sorry sweetheart, I have to hope that .01% catches up with you.

Listen I have nothing against religion.  If what you believe in gets you through the day, go for it.  What gets me lathered up is when so called preachers twist the words of the texts they are using to fit there own needs.  I don’t remember anything in the Bible along the lines of “Thou shall send Millions of dollars to those who preach my word so they may sit their bottoms on silk cushions.”