Evangelist Oral Roberts dead at 91

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

So..... if so many of us thought Oral Roberts was already dead, does that mean we were always confusing him with someone else, or was he out of the public eye for so long that we thought he was dead?

The latter for me. I had no idea he was from this era, really. Didn't realize the University was that young. In other words, I had no idea who the guy was, other than a religious guy who founded a University. Maybe because he's a southern evangelist/baptist, and that's not really our cup of tea in general in the Pacific Northwest.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

The latter for me. I had no idea he was from this era, really. Didn't realize the University was that young. In other words, I had no idea who the guy was, other than a religious guy who founded a University. Maybe because he's a southern evangelist/baptist, and that's not really our cup of tea in general in the Pacific Northwest.

Pretty much. I knew the name, knew of the school, assumed he was already deceased.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

The latter for me. I had no idea he was from this era, really. Didn't realize the University was that young. In other words, I had no idea who the guy was, other than a religious guy who founded a University. Maybe because he's a southern evangelist/baptist, and that's not really our cup of tea in general in the Pacific Northwest.

Pretty much. I grew up in the Bible Belt, so although I'm pretty young, I know who he is. My parents don't like televangelism whatsoever, but it's pretty hard to escape when that was ALL of what was on TV back in the early to mid 80s.