Is the head of Liberty Baptist Seminary a FRAUD?

[dbackjon]

Ergun Caner's rise to the top of conservative evangelical celebrity -- and to the presidency of the Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell -- was fueled by how aggressively he capitalized on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to portray himself as a personal example of the power of Jesus to save even someone raised as a jihadist, which he claimed to be.

There's only one problem with that part of Caner's story: it appears not to be true.

In 2001, Caner was pastoring a church in Colorado. After 9/11, he became a hot commodity on the speaking circuit as someone who knew about the evils of Islam firsthand. Before the shock waves from the terror attacks had died down, he was lacing his sermons with his own tale of having been raised in Turkey as the son of a religious leader and trained in a madrassa to wage jihad against Americans.

http://www.alternet.org/news/146797/chr ... aud?page=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Looks like Michael told a bunch of lies/embellishments to get fame and a job...WWJFSD?

[AZGrizFan]

Never heard of him before this.

He sounds like he learned quite a lot from Falwell.

Hope he burns in hell with Jerry.

[dbackjon]

School is now investigating...

http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=18495&MID=18642" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Skjellyfetti]

How is Liberty accredited? I'm not saying this alone is sufficient for them to lose accreditation... but, this school is constantly appearing to be a complete fucking joke.

[SuperHornet]

How is Liberty accredited? I'm not saying this alone is sufficient for them to lose accreditation... but, this school is constantly appearing to be a complete **** joke.

https://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=7650

BTW, the article Jon cites is no longer available. The way it comes up makes it clear that Jon had a valid article; it has merely been removed. I personally know nothing about this. I had always thought Dr. Caner to be an upstanding man. But if he is removed or chooses to resign over this, I know of two highly qualified men I would hope the school consider, one of whom is a Liberty co-founder.