Tony Alamo
 

Isn't this guy in prison?

I live in SoCal. A brother and I left BJs restaurant to find "literature" from Tony Alamo ministries on our cars windshields.

Re: Tony Alamo
 

Just becauses hes in prison does not mean he has no followers.

Re: Tony Alamo
 

The Apostle Paul spent two years (AD 60-61) in prison in Rome and ministered to people who came to see him, had people born again while visiting him and wrote epistles like Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon (and maybe Hebrews)

Re: Tony Alamo
 

Tony Alamo was a child molester who took 9 year old as a polygamous wife.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Alamo

Re: Tony Alamo
 

Is he considered a child molester because of the 9 year old wife?
or for other legal reasons?

Taking a child bride, in addition to a current bride, is something frowned upon in our current U.S. society but is and has been acceptable in other cultures for centuries. Our spiritual ancestors (Abram, David, etc) practiced customs like that.

Re: Tony Alamo
 

He doesnt live in Sudan, he lives in America :)

Also in those cultures typically they are arranged marriages. It would seem he just likes the young ones.

Re: Tony Alamo
 

sex with girls is illegal in the US, He also was arrested and convicted for taking a child (kidnapping) across state lines in order to commit his deeds

Re: Tony Alamo
 

tony alamo will be the subject of wednsday's oprah show. the child brides will be interviewed.

Re: Tony Alamo
 

Yup. The Apostle Paul and Tony Alamo - two great writers whose words needed to be spread.

But seriously... nobody would compare a criminal like Tony Alamo to the Biblical "heroes of faith," would they?

Re: Tony Alamo
 

'doh! They would!

Yeah. Abraham married Sarah when she was 9 years old and he was like seventy something. All of the manly studs in the Bible married 9 year old girls.