Is the head of Liberty Baptist Seminary a FRAUD?
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 9:41 am
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.
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Looks like Michael told a bunch of lies/embellishments to get fame and a job...WWJFSD?
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?