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I don't know how many of you have seen the show but there is one televangelist that I actually enjoy watching. Her name, yes her, is Melissa Scott. Yes I do know about the rumored, checkered past, but God can, and does, change a person's heart and actions and sometimes that's overnight.

I still haven't formed a definite opinion regarding her teachings but she seems to be one really smart and intelligent lady and most of the times that I have viewed her teaching she's rite on and correct. Don't know if that's the majority of the time but it's good to see someone actually teaching and preaching and not just demanding money, promising to heal all sickness if you just send in the money and not spending 75% of the time seeking donations. I just wonder what others think of her. She is based in LosAngeles.

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Originally posted by gbrk:
I don't know how many of you have seen the show but there is one televangelist that I actually enjoy watching. Her name, yes her, is Melissa Scott. Yes I do know about the rumored, checkered past, but God can, and does, change a person's heart and actions and sometimes that's overnight.

I still haven't formed a definite opinion regarding her teachings but she seems to be one really smart and intelligent lady and most of the times that I have viewed her teaching she's rite on and correct. Don't know if that's the majority of the time but it's good to see someone actually teaching and preaching and not just demanding money, promising to heal all sickness if you just send in the money and not spending 75% of the time seeking donations. I just wonder what others think of her. She is based in Los Angeles.

Hi GBRK,

Melissa Scott is the widow of Dr. Eugene Scott, who had a televangelist show on television for years. Dr. Gene Scott was an intelligent man with a knowledge of Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic languages which he used in explaining Scripture. And, he made great use of white boards across the stage to do his teaching. He was a scholar.

Also, he was somewhat of a clown -- smoking cigars while preaching, wearing a 1920s straw hat, and at times having young, pretty girls in shorts around. If one could get past his stage antics -- he was a gifted, knowledgeable teacher.

In the late 1990s, he had an attractive young lady, Melissa, leading his Praise Team. The only problem with Melissa was, and is, that she would not recognize a musical note if it hit her on the nose. This is my way of saying she was on the show as a Praise Team leader -- not for her flat singing voice -- but, because she was young and pretty. He married her in 2000.

As I said, Gene Scott was very knowledgeable of Biblical languages and used that knowledge effectively while writing on the multiple white boards covering the stage. Upon his death in 2005, suddenly his widow, Melissa, became a Biblical language expert and continues to imitate his white board antics and parrot his words. Gene Scott had a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Stanford and spent many, many years studying and teaching. Suddenly, upon his death Melissa acquires all this same knowledge which took him many years to learn. How? Osmosis? Brain implant? -- or using the old televangelist trick of a hidden ear piece and an offstage prompter? I do not know. But, she went from a tone deaf silly young girl attempting to lead Scott's Praise Team -- to becoming Pastor Melissa -- upon his death.

Could it be that the leadership of this ministry did not want to allow this "Golden Cash Cow" to die? I do not know; but, her transformation was certainly fast, just in time to keep the show on the air.

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Below are excerpts an article on Dr. Gene Scott:

DR. EUGENE SCOTT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Scott

Dr. Gene Scott (sometimes styled w. euGene Scott), (August 14, 1929 - February 21, 2005), was a United States pastor and teacher who served for almost 50 years as an ordained minister and religious broadcaster in Los Angeles, California. In 1975, he began nightly live broadcasts, and eventually satellite broadcasts extended his services and talk shows to many countries.] Scott became known for his stage persona as much as his preaching skills. On stage with him was always a cigar which he could never keep lit, and several chalkboards or dry-erase boards which he would fill with scriptural passages in the original Greek, Hebrew or Aramaic as he preached, discussing the nuances of biblical languages and their interpretations. During his live fundraising broadcasts, he would stare into the camera and order viewers to "Get on the telephone! Give me your money!" -- while dressed as an English admiral or a French field marshall, demanding that the viewers send him money for his horses, successfully raising $1 million a month

Gene Scott was born in Buhl, Idaho. He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophies of Education at Stanford University in 1957 and subsequently served as an ordained minister for almost 50 years. During his career, Scott served as a traveling Teacher for the Pentecostal Assemblies of God, the president of the Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers International for nine years and, for a combined total of 35 years, as the pastor for the Protestant Wescott Christian Center and Faith Center. For the last fifteen years of his ministry Scott held weekly Sunday Bible teaching services at the Los Angeles University Cathedral in Los Angeles, California.

Although an agnostic while attending Stanford University, he came to a strong faith in Jesus Christ while earning his Ph.D. in 1957. He then taught at Evangel College (now Evangel University), then assisted Oral Roberts in establishing Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Scott eventually joined the Assemblies of God, a Pentecostal denomination and served overseas in the mission field for several years.

Scott showed disdain for other religious broadcasters like Jerry Falwell and Jimmy Swaggart and bristled when people referred to him as a "televangelist", preferring to be regarded as a teacher and pastor.

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Dr. Gene Scott's writing on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is a worthwhile read. It is a rather long article so I have first given you the URL link to the last page where he writes on the validity of the resurrection. The second URL link will take you to the first page so that you can read the full article. As I said earlier, if one could get past Dr. Scott's stage antics; his teachings were interesting.

Dr. Gene Scott on the Resurrection: http://www.resurrectionism.com/drgenescott-5.html

Or, if you want to read the complete article, which is a good read:

Why the Resurrection is the Cornerstone of our Christian Faith -- http://www.resurrectionism.com/drgenescott.html

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill

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I knew she was the wife, former live in partner, of Gene and I held no respect for Gene but all that's based upon what I have heard about him and not first hand knowledge so I don't like to admit that I take that and give it too much credence.

Melissa appears to be very intelligent and yes an exceptionally lovely lady, not that it should matter. I also know that she was rumored to have stared in some porn movies in her earlier life but all that changed when she was converted. I do realize that there is a lot of cash on the line as well as a fairly large ministry in LosAngeles, CA. The most shocking thing to me other than her very lovely appearance, was that unlike many televangelist she actually seemed to have her head on right and taught doctrine rather than always applying for donations. Maybe I've missed the begging routine but most of the time I' haven't heard the donation plea.
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Originally posted by Bill Gray:
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Originally posted by gbrk:
I don't know how many of you have seen the show but there is one televangelist that I actually enjoy watching. Her name, yes her, is Melissa Scott. Yes I do know about the rumored, checkered past, but God can, and does, change a person's heart and actions and sometimes that's overnight.

I still haven't formed a definite opinion regarding her teachings but she seems to be one really smart and intelligent lady and most of the times that I have viewed her teaching she's rite on and correct. Don't know if that's the majority of the time but it's good to see someone actually teaching and preaching and not just demanding money, promising to heal all sickness if you just send in the money and not spending 75% of the time seeking donations. I just wonder what others think of her. She is based in Los Angeles.

Hi GBRK,

Melissa Scott is the widow of Dr. Eugene Scott, who had a televangelist show on television for years. Dr. Gene Scott was an intelligent man with a knowledge of Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic languages which he used in explaining Scripture. And, he made great use of white boards across the stage to do his teaching. He was a scholar.

Also, he was somewhat of a clown -- smoking cigars while preaching, wearing a 1920s straw hat, and at times having young, pretty girls in shorts around. If one could get past his stage antics -- he was a gifted, knowledgeable teacher.

In the late 1990s, he had an attractive young lady, Melissa, leading his Praise Team. The only problem with Melissa was, and is, that she would not recognize a musical note if it hit her on the nose. This is my way of saying she was on the show as a Praise Team leader -- not for her flat singing voice -- but, because she was young and pretty. He married her in 2000.

As I said, Gene Scott was very knowledgeable of Biblical languages and used that knowledge effectively while writing on the multiple white boards covering the stage. Upon his death in 2005, suddenly his widow, Melissa, became a Biblical language expert and continues to imitate his white board antics and parrot his words. Gene Scott had a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Stanford and spent many, many years studying and teaching. Suddenly, upon his death Melissa acquires all this same knowledge which took him many years to learn. How? Osmosis? Brain implant? -- or using the old televangelist trick of a hidden ear piece and an offstage prompter? I do not know. But, she went from a tone deaf silly young girl attempting to lead Scott's Praise Team -- to becoming Pastor Melissa -- upon his death.

Could it be that the leadership of this ministry did not want to allow this "Golden Cash Cow" to die? I do not know; but, her transformation was certainly fast, just in time to keep the show on the air.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Below are excerpts an article on Dr. Gene Scott:

DR. EUGENE SCOTT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Scott

Dr. Gene Scott (sometimes styled w. euGene Scott), (August 14, 1929 - February 21, 2005), was a United States pastor and teacher who served for almost 50 years as an ordained minister and religious broadcaster in Los Angeles, California. In 1975, he began nightly live broadcasts, and eventually satellite broadcasts extended his services and talk shows to many countries.] Scott became known for his stage persona as much as his preaching skills. On stage with him was always a cigar which he could never keep lit, and several chalkboards or dry-erase boards which he would fill with scriptural passages in the original Greek, Hebrew or Aramaic as he preached, discussing the nuances of biblical languages and their interpretations. During his live fundraising broadcasts, he would stare into the camera and order viewers to "Get on the telephone! Give me your money!" -- while dressed as an English admiral or a French field marshall, demanding that the viewers send him money for his horses, successfully raising $1 million a month

Gene Scott was born in Buhl, Idaho. He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophies of Education at Stanford University in 1957 and subsequently served as an ordained minister for almost 50 years. During his career, Scott served as a traveling Teacher for the Pentecostal Assemblies of God, the president of the Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers International for nine years and, for a combined total of 35 years, as the pastor for the Protestant Wescott Christian Center and Faith Center. For the last fifteen years of his ministry Scott held weekly Sunday Bible teaching services at the Los Angeles University Cathedral in Los Angeles, California.

Although an agnostic while attending Stanford University, he came to a strong faith in Jesus Christ while earning his Ph.D. in 1957. He then taught at Evangel College (now Evangel University), then assisted Oral Roberts in establishing Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Scott eventually joined the Assemblies of God, a Pentecostal denomination and served overseas in the mission field for several years.

Scott showed disdain for other religious broadcasters like Jerry Falwell and Jimmy Swaggart and bristled when people referred to him as a "televangelist", preferring to be regarded as a teacher and pastor.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Dr. Gene Scott's writing on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is a worthwhile read. It is a rather long article so I have first given you the URL link to the last page where he writes on the validity of the resurrection. The second URL link will take you to the first page so that you can read the full article. As I said earlier, if one could get past Dr. Scott's stage antics; his teachings were interesting.

Dr. Gene Scott on the Resurrection: http://www.resurrectionism.com/drgenescott-5.html

Or, if you want to read the complete article, which is a good read:

Why the Resurrection is the Cornerstone of our Christian Faith -- http://www.resurrectionism.com/drgenescott.html

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill
Reading this biography should answer any question of his validity of what type "evangelist" this clown was. I think its pretty easy spot when the show has an 800 donations telephone number on the bottom of the screen. Also when some sit on gold thrown to solicit money is a dead giveaway.

I think there will be as special place in hades for this kind of people.
I've always thought that chick was hot. I guess her "talent" didn't go to waste in her previous "profession."

From an article I dug up online:

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….Scott didn’t cultivate her relationship with Dr. Scott in church, say former associates, but at his California ranch where the fiery televangelist frequently entertained nude models like Penthouse Pet Chloe Jones and and Playboy Playmate Elke Jeinsen. Congregants dubbed them his "pony girls," because he often filmed them riding his stallions in thong bikinis and broadcast the footage during his Sunday sermons.


At any rate, she and her dead hubby will rot in hell. There is not scum on the earth lower than people like Gene Scott (who steal money from pious old ladies while simultaneously holding parties at his home with Penthouse models, which is how he met Melissa aka "Barbie Bridges").

Of course only idiots buy into the garbage these people teach and only retards would ever send them money. So, in a way, these Christians are proving Darwin correct; the strong feed on the weak.
Dr. Gene Scott was smart enough to marry a woman who would not let his name recognition go unrealized.

He was a smart man, smart enough to know that the easiest way to a very comfortable life is to shear the sheep, and shear them he did.

Comfortable in his cigars, pretty girlfriends, horses, properties, and truckloads of money, Gene did it His Way. I admire him for his abilities and complete lack of scruples, hell, not to mention his utter immorality. He was immoral to the degree and to such excess that it was breathtaking in its scope. He was a master of immorality, fraud, and hucksterism.

I drove by his church in Glendale every day. Saluted him every time.

He had more guts, and fewer morals, than I. A true American and a Capitalist extraordinaire.


DF
Some would say he was having his cake and enjoying every bite. Actually I don't pay that much attention to Tele-evangelist ( other than Billy Graham ) for folks like Robert Tilton creates, within me, far too many emotions of the flesh which I'd rather not experience so I usually leave them alone hence I didn't listen to Gene Scott however his Judgement in the Beauty of women surely cannot be doubted but then again they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder (beer holder depending on the joke). I don't listen too much to Melissa but when I did see her she did seem to be an exception to the norm in that she was far more detailed than most of the others who superficially spend most of their time seeking to sell seeds, cloths, or some other form of thievery.

PS> Welcome Back Deep, you may have been here all along but I have been purposely away for a a while.
I think I've seen this lady before. Does she write on a chalkboard when she's talking? If it's the lady I'm thinking about, I found her very intelligent.

oldman, I like Joyce Meyer. She seems like the real deal to me.

Joel Osteen gives me the creeps...sorry to anyone who likes him, but that really is my impression. It's the same feeling I'd get when Bill Clinton would be on TV. Er, sorry to all who like Clinton...lol.
gbrk, I've been away. Since the Exalted Powers That Be at the TD forum booted me off this insignificant state.

Regarding Billy Graham, he is an anti-Semite who can lick the sweat off my balls. He and his capitalizing son are the worst sort of religious bigots and polarizers.

His last original thought on religion was "Hey, I'm good looking, I can get religious women to send me money".


DF
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Originally posted by _Joy_:
I think I've seen this lady before. Does she write on a chalkboard when she's talking? If it's the lady I'm thinking about, I found her very intelligent.

oldman, I like Joyce Meyer. She seems like the real deal to me.

Joel Osteen gives me the creeps...sorry to anyone who likes him, but that really is my impression. It's the same feeling I'd get when Bill Clinton would be on TV. Er, sorry to all who like Clinton...lol.




Yep that's the one Joy, Chalk boards and all.
Billy Graham, in my eyes was not worthy of the esteem he got from the Protestant Establishment. He had little to say about the Sermon on the Mount but a lot to say about a magic prayer and a hand-raising that got you a get out of hell free card.

His son is despicable, cavorting on the televisors with that old fraud Pat Robertson and other Triburapture faith healers "gimme mo' money mo' money mo' money" crowd at TBN or CBN or whatever they are called on the higher number channels.*


*Not so highly numbered as the PPV and horse racing stations, to be sure, no free porn or HBO unless ya pay.
A "true" Christian would not nor could not be an anti-Semite but rather would be appreciative of the Jews and recognize them not only as God's Chosen People, as they still are, but are responsible for the salvation of all non-jews (gentiles) by their disbelief.

Additionally "true" Christians should not be prejudice but recognize all people, no matter the race, sex, or nationality, as spirit/souls created by God the same. Bias and Prejudice comes in though because we are simply human with fallacies and flaws and the inability to not sin so we all, regardless of Saved or not, by virtue of being human means that we all are not perfect nor shall we be as long as we are on earth in a fleshly body.
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Originally posted by _Joy_:
Oookay, why do you think Billy Graham is an anti-Semite?


He was on the Nixon tapes. He and Nixon were having discussions in the White House and Graham kept talking about how Jews were "ruining the country." Nixon was basically just agreeing with him.

You can actually hear the tapes if you google for them. I can't remember why they were taped or "whodunnit" (Watergate maybe?) but for some reason they weren't released until only a few years ago.

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