Father Divine visits Hope Farm, 1938, Part 2
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Father Divine was a superhuman hero. I have studied him since 1982, I am amazed at what he accomphlished. He turned down enormous sums of money from outsiders. He made his followers go back and pay all back bills before they could become a follower. He could have just as easily take that money for himself.
There was no other minister like him.
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@seanviv2 That sounds a little snobbish. Digital media doesn't qualify as 'actual reading?' And what? Newspapers and books are always factual, and aren't tainted with personal opinion, or just plain propaganda? Maybe he was a womanizer? Maybe he just like women. Unlike MLK, FD's womanizing doesn't seem that obvious.
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And 'color coding' humans was 'unrighteousness' to Father Divine.
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To challenge & 'overthrow' that what he said was 'all unrighteousness'.
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that was precisely why he did it.
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But
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He married a white woman in 1946.And yes,in many places in the USA & elsewhere that was a 'crime'.
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that's a good point, but this doesn't mean that because he preached it, that he practiced such. But at the end of the day, whether he did or not, doesn't change what we have to do, in terms of following and obeying our Lord.
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As many preachers are and you have to realize, "underage" is a legal definition, from state to state & during those times, the standards were different than today. Not to accuse sex outside of lawful marriage, but to put this in its perspective.
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I agree. I choose to view him as a historic figure in the life of black people, recognizing the good he did, especially during the depression.
OMG...he was a womanizer and had multiple children as a preacher!!! and some of the women were underage!!! ... give me a break acting like he was god.... He was a man, human and with faults that is the truth look it up. before you act like a man is above reproach...I love the real GOD....this man above did alot of good as well but he was no saint...
seanviv2 2 years ago
I would really appreciate If you could cite just ONE reliable source to support at least ONE of your statements about Father Divine, so that I could "look it up".
And what is "REAL GOD" anyway?
FDIPMM 2 years ago 5