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Never met a Jimmy Swaggart follower...until last night
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:26 am
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:26 am
Get picked up by my Uber driver and notice he's not that familiar with the streets here in BR, so I ask where he's from. (He looks about mid-20s.) Says he's from Cali originally, but that his family moved here about 15 yrs ago "for a change in lifestyle." I was like, "Oh really? In what way?" I was curious at this point...Then he was like "Yeah, you know Jimmy Swaggart? My family followed him here." And that was all he said. 
I know I know CSB
...But really, in all my years of living in BR, knowing ppl from various schools, meeting lots of ppl in my LSU days etc, never in my life have I met a JS follower. It felt like a moment. FWIW, he was playing Drake in the car, so he's not completely out of touch. 
Anyone else have a JS follower story?
I know I know CSB
...But really, in all my years of living in BR, knowing ppl from various schools, meeting lots of ppl in my LSU days etc, never in my life have I met a JS follower. It felt like a moment. FWIW, he was playing Drake in the car, so he's not completely out of touch. Anyone else have a JS follower story?
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Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:27 am to LadyTigress
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CSB
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:27 am to LadyTigress
I was like.
He was like.
He was like.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:27 am to LadyTigress
Is Facebook down?
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:28 am to LadyTigress
Is this your way of saying you hired a prostitute?
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:28 am to LadyTigress
You never at least knew anyone who went to Family Christian Academy?
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:29 am to LadyTigress
Listening to Drake means you're not out of touch? On the contrary.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:30 am to c on z
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You never at least knew anyone who went to Family Christian Academy?
I mean, maybe like once or twice as a kid, but then they transferred before HS. Never met a real "follower" of that church before.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:31 am to TigahTeeth
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Listening to Drake means you're not out of touch? On the contrary.
I was just surprised he wasnt listening to old timey gospel.
Those ppl are typically wayyyyy traditional. 
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:37 am to LadyTigress
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"Yeah, you know Jimmy Swaggart? My family followed him here." And that was all he said.
Depending on his tone, I could see this as bitterness or as some other negative emotion to the whole situation.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:41 am to Sasquatch Smash
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Depending on his tone, I could see this as bitterness or as some other negative emotion to the whole situation.
Good point!
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:45 am to LadyTigress
Sounds like his parents followed JS, not him.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:47 am to LadyTigress
You must have not been born or a baby in BR in the late 80's early 90's, if this is the first JS follower you have run into.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:48 am to stout
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Is Facebook down?
Just updated my status. It's back up.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:50 am to LadyTigress
Back in the 80's, before Swag's Great Failure, when they were first building the Swag empire, it was very common to run into his followers. They were very brash back in those days - really in your face. They would preach outside of Tigerland bars at night and were daily speakers at Free Speech Alley on LSU's campus.
I used to work at Cock of the Walk, where Rue 61 is now located. I worked with quite a few Swag College students. They were mostly very nice, but a few were ridiculously judgemental. Swaggart and his family would often come in to be served. He was a shitty tipper.
I used to work at Cock of the Walk, where Rue 61 is now located. I worked with quite a few Swag College students. They were mostly very nice, but a few were ridiculously judgemental. Swaggart and his family would often come in to be served. He was a shitty tipper.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:56 am to Jimbeaux
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Back in the 80's, before Swag's Great Failure, when they were first building the Swag empire, it was very common to run into his followers. They were very brash back in those days - really in your face. They would preach outside of Tigerland bars at night and were daily speakers at Free Speech Alley on LSU's campus.
I used to work at Cock of the Walk, where Rue 61 is now located. I worked with quite a few Swag College students. They were mostly very nice, but a few were ridiculously judgemental. Swaggart and his family would often come in to be served. He was a shitty tipper.
Interesting. Yeah I mean, I've def been hearing their crazy stories from over the years about how judgy they were.... found it particularly odd that this guy's family came here for JS in the early 2000s. Does not compute. Very cultish IMO.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:58 am to LadyTigress
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Get picked up by my Uber driver and notice he's not that familiar with the streets here in BR, so I ask where he's from. (He looks about mid-20s.) Says he's from Cali originally, but that his family moved here about 15 yrs ago "for a change in lifestyle." I was like, "Oh really? In what way?" I was curious at this point...Then he was like "Yeah, you know Jimmy Swaggart? My family followed him here." And that was all he said.
15 years ago....so they came after the sex scandals?
I'm actually surprised.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 8:59 am to TexasTiger
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You must have not been born or a baby in BR in the late 80's early 90's, if this is the first JS follower you have run into.
I was, but I guess we didnt cross paths often?
Wasn't HPC a spinoff church from JS? Def met a bunch of those over the years. Much nicer bunch. Posted on 8/31/17 at 9:01 am to dewster
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15 years ago....so they came after the sex scandals?
I'm actually surprised.
Yeah...that's what I am most surprised about. Like why come here all the way from Cali, after everything had hit the fan?? Very odd.
Posted on 8/31/17 at 9:02 am to LadyTigress
Like ...oh my gosh
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