Kirby Quotes

[Dorian Gray]

For those that seem to think that the ULC was founded on Christian Theology..here are a few of my favorite Rev. Kirby Hensley quotes.

I always stand for freedom, food and sex. That's all there is. It sets people free.

The Bible "is full of lies from one end to the other."

I just want to raise all the hell I can, and get all the kooks and what-have-you as churches; then they (the government) will have to tax them all.

[Atwater Vitki]

I must have missed it in the archive search and some other material...is there a source for these, and hopefully others?

Thanks,

[Dorian Gray]

Various interviews, books, newspaper articles.

Must have resources:

The Modesto Messiah (book)

Purchase: http://www.amazon.com/The-Modesto-messiah-mail-order-minister/dp/0918950015/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330728470&sr=8-1

The Buffer Zone (3 ring binder)

Purchase: Out of print...occassional comes up on ebay or amazon used books.

The Modesto Messiah (Movie)

Purchase: Out of print VHS...there are some "ripped copies, but they are technically illegal.

Con Men: Fascinating Profiles of Swindlers and Rogues from the Files of the Most Successful Broadcast in Television History

Purchase" http://www.amazon.com/Con-Men-Fascinating-Successful-Television/dp/0743224485/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330728540&sr=1-5

Kirby's Writings:

Purchase: http://ulchqcom.ipower.com/osCommerce/catalog/index.php?cPath=3

Watch this 60 Minutes Interview: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-20052248-10391709.html

[Raincloud]

Thanks Dorian. Good Sources. I can't help but have a soft spot for Kirby.

[Brother Peter]

Rev. Hensley was unique, like most church founders. I think his church has expanded and matured way beyond what he might have foreseen.

[Songster]

Interesting...... From what I've learned from viewing the 60 Minutes interview.... Mr. Hensley wasn't interested in establishing a true religious movement, nor was he promoting human spirituality or universal brotherhood. Instead, he was a self-confessed con-artist interested only in destroying the existing tax-exempt status of accepted religious institutions by providing ordinations to anyone interested in exploiting the US tax system. Hmmmmmm.... Very interesting.

[Dorian Gray]

Songster, that is one way of seeing it. Another is that he was for removing an special status of "the church" and remove the "the church" from between God and the individual.

[BrDevon]

Songster, that is one way of seeing it. Another is that he was for removing an special status of "the church" and remove the "the church" from between God and the individual.

Sort of a lesser version of when Jesus died on the cross, and the veil rendered in two at the temple, no longer separating God from those who sought Him.

It's not that I hold Kirby on the same regard that I do Jesus, but anyone or anything that brings people closer to their God(s) is a good thing to me. For those who don't believe in a deity, I guess there never was a problem.

[mark 45]

or at the same time bro devon,allowing is to be a part of something that doesn't require religion of one or another type.