“They say you should only speak good of the dead. He’s dead. Good.”
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2025
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The scumbag lived far longer than he should have.
Thats what burns my ass. Why do these pieces of shit never die young?!
Apparently, ~91yrs too long, in fact.
OK now do Joel Osteen next.
And Kenneth Copeland. With fire.
I've never seen a person who looked more like a demon in a skin suit than Kenneth Copeland.
fucker looks like the Edgar suit from Men in Black.
If I was religious I would definitely think he was the devil quoting scripture.
Holy fucking nightmares those eyes
fuck dude that guy's held together with staples and wd-40
Even before I saw that guy preach, I thought he was the creepiest-looking person ever. His sermons and lifestyle don't help.
I have no fucking idea how he isn't dead first with how he looks
"if you gave ~~Jerry Falwell~~ Jimmy Swaggart an enema you could bury him in a matchbox." - Christopher Hitchens (would have said RIP)
Had to chew on this to figure it out.
Enemas inject things, so why would it make someone smaller?
Enemas are used to clear stools. Constipation relief.
Ahh. I get it now.
Don't feel bad, it was a very subtle jab. The best part was it was at the end of a Fox News interview as they cut away, so it was what I liked to call a sarcasm grenade. Pull the pin, let it sit for a minute. Boom.
A classic. 🥰
Prostitution shouldn’t be a scandal. But also, all televangelists deserve to die.
Hypocrisy was the real scandal. Not so much the prostitution. I'm certain there was a ton of anti-sex work judgement to go along with that. But otherwise I fully agree.
It’s the hypocrisy. SW should be legal/decriminalized, but this motherfucker would have preached against fornication while getting a BJ under the pulpit if he thought he’d get away with it.
Took far too long. He got ~70 years more than he should have.
Finally, some good news.
Hell gained another demon today
No we don't want them
The earth was force-fed another pile of garbage today
"Oh well 😀"
Imagine being so shitty that people consider it good news when they hear of your death. I should hope to at least aim for a neutral reaction, or better...
"Encounters" is such a funny way to phrase it. Like he was traveling through the woods on a quest and had to roll on the random table upon which a pack of wolves was also an option.
C'mon epic battle... Epic battle please... DAMNIT! Sex workers AGAIN!
Swaggart "Can I roll to convince the sex workers to leave me alone?"
GM "Sure."
Swaggart rolls a nat 20
Swaggart "Oh no, it looks like I rolled a nat 1. Looks like I have to sleep with the sex workers, again."
Jimmy: “boy heaven sure is hot!” “And why am I in a hot tub of lava next to hitler and Regan?”
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Snorting meth off a gay hooker's butt forever in the afterlife
Wasn't soon enough. Rot in hell.
🎵 Only the good die young! 🎶🎷
Rest in piss
Good riddance
Contributors built Jimmy Swaggart Ministries into a business that made an estimated $142 million in 1986...
... Swaggart said publicly that his earnings were hurt in 1987 by the sex scandal.
Mawww.
Who?
90 years of doing Satan's work, he can go back home where he belongs now.
Don't blame this on Satan.
The only one who could ever reach me
Was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me
Was the son of a preacher man
Yes, he was, he was
Ooh, yes, he was
Jimmy converted to Islam at the last second. He wanted to be surrounded by 72 virgin prostitutes.
Christopher Hitchens on the death of Jerry Falwell
I love at the end: "If you gave him an enema, you could bury him in a matchbox." I think of that every time I hear of another one of these evil fucking dominionists dying.
How’s the temperature down there, Jimbo?
He gave his name to the sin of swaggarcy, of diverting church funds to pay for sex.
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