- July 20th, 2022, 1:15 pm
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Anyways, Whatisthetruth, I am not surprised about Prevo saying that. In the mid 80's Jerry Sr went to South Africa. On his return he claimed he didn't encounter any black South Africans who wanted to get rid of apartheid and then he claimed Desmond Tutu was a phony. Those statements were made at a party celebrating the pardon and early release of an actual cult leader from prison (had been convicted of tax fraud). Falwell then went on to beg his followers to buy Krugerrands to help prop up the apartheid government. https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/21/worl ... phony.html
More on the story. https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/19 ... south.html
He begged Reagan not to take action against the South African government, but Reagan ignored him. This was one of the few times Reagan ignored him, another time was when Falwell begged Reagan to start a war over Russia daring to shoot down a non-communicative aircraft that had flown over Russian airspace twice. (The plane happened to have a US senator on it.)
Btw, don't know if yal know this. Falwell Sr preached pro-segregation sermons and refused to allow African Americans to join his church for a long time (he admitted this in his autobiography from the late 80s).
Whatisthetruth wrote: ↑November 16th, 2021, 9:00 am Prevo, pro-apartheid in the mid 1980s?So, I have read this entire thread with heightened interest because, well, reasons I can't get into here.
http://www.henkimaa.com/2009/05/29/prevos-devil-masks/
Since his return, Prevo has sparked considerable controversy due to his remarks made about the trip. The minister told reporters that South Africa’s white President Pieter Botha was a committed reformer, that blacks did not want a “one-man one-vote” democracy and that South African blacks did not want Americans to pull their investments from the country as a protest against apartheid.
Anyways, Whatisthetruth, I am not surprised about Prevo saying that. In the mid 80's Jerry Sr went to South Africa. On his return he claimed he didn't encounter any black South Africans who wanted to get rid of apartheid and then he claimed Desmond Tutu was a phony. Those statements were made at a party celebrating the pardon and early release of an actual cult leader from prison (had been convicted of tax fraud). Falwell then went on to beg his followers to buy Krugerrands to help prop up the apartheid government. https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/21/worl ... phony.html
More on the story. https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/19 ... south.html
He begged Reagan not to take action against the South African government, but Reagan ignored him. This was one of the few times Reagan ignored him, another time was when Falwell begged Reagan to start a war over Russia daring to shoot down a non-communicative aircraft that had flown over Russian airspace twice. (The plane happened to have a US senator on it.)
Btw, don't know if yal know this. Falwell Sr preached pro-segregation sermons and refused to allow African Americans to join his church for a long time (he admitted this in his autobiography from the late 80s).