"Frank Dresser" wrote in message ...
"Lawrence H. Bulk" wrote in message
om...

Don't you miss the good old days when all you had to do to hear the
communist countries was to tune almost anywhere on the dial and hear
about the "US imperialists and their lackeys and running dogs?"

Now it seems all we get is the "Hallelujah" boys ("Hallelujah, send me
money!").

Lawrence


The communists were evangelists with a different theology.

Frank Dresser

The communist countries were on the air with a political agenda which
could be argued (successfully, by our side, as it has turned out).
(Everyone on the air has some agenda; that's why they're on the air.)
(Even I have an agenda!) The communist broadcasters were nice to the
individual listeners, not only never asking for anything (except for
you to listen), but actually sending you gifts and information (some
of it interesting) about their countries.

The so-called "religious" broadcasters have, in my opinion, a very
evil agenda. They espouse a subject which cannot be argued (no one
ever "wins" a religious argument; look how many have been killed in
the attempt) and constantly ask overtly and covertly for MONEY (which
is used for more broadcasts to ask for more money, ad infinitum). Can
you imagine a "religious broadcaster" sending you anything without
asking for something in return? The amount you are asked to send is
always much more than the value of the trinket he sends you! (They are
masters in the art of making people feel guilty if they don't send
money!) Incidentally, if the broadcaster is successful in fooling
enough gullible people to send him their money, he can manage to live
rather a lavish lifestyle, according to his wishes, whether it be
Mercedes-Benzes, BMW's, or young women at his beck-and-call in his
"compound."

Anyone who thinks he or she can "buy" his/her way into "heaven" (or
that these so-called "holy men" will help them do so) is, in my
opinion, very foolish.

Their "shows" aren't even entertaining!

I don't wish to impugn any sincere religious person (I am one myself)
and there have been some decent religious broadcasters (HCJB for one);
I can only hope that the current crop of so-called "holy men" get off
the shortwaves and take to the internet where we in the hobby can
easily ignore them.

Of course, maybe I'm in the wrong profession. Maybe I should become a
"religious broadcaster." After all, my lifestyle won't be complete
until I have a Watkins-Johnson WJ-8711A and a tower antenna. A very
tall tower.

Hallelujah! Anybody want to send me money?

Lawrence