Elmer Gantry
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1:19:01
Ah, but they said that they lived with
the Son of God, were taught by him,

1:19:05
were sanctified by him.
1:19:07
What gives you
the right to speak for God?

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I couldn't possibly be doing
God's work without his approval.

1:19:18
How did you get his approval?
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Did God speak to you personally?
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Did he send you a letter?
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Did you have a visitation from God?
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A burning bush, perhaps?
1:19:37
Where in the New Testament does it say
that God spoke to anyone except his son?

1:19:45
But it does say in the First Corinthians
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"Let your women
keep silence in the churches."

1:19:51
"It is a shame for women
to speak in the church."

1:19:54
Congratulations, Jim boy. I see you're
a student of the Bible. I'm delighted.

1:19:58
What is it? Are you responsible for some
of these crackpot calls I've been getting?

1:20:02
- You want Mr Lefferts fired, too?
- Fired?

1:20:05
Why, I'd give Jim a bonus
for boostin' circulation.

1:20:08
I thought you came to bury Caesar,
not to praise him.

1:20:11
Shakespeare. Ah, yes. A moment ago you
used the Bible... to whip Sister Sharon.

1:20:16
- I merely quoted it as a source.
- Of course. As a good newspaperman,

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you wouldn't use information
unless it was fact, would you?

1:20:23
Tell me somethin', Jim.
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Is the Bible fact?
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Hm?
1:20:29
Well, come on, Jim boy.
Did God create the universe in six days?

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Did He make the sun stand still
to help Joshua lick the Amalekites?

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No.
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- You don't believe Moses parted the sea?
- No.

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- God wrote the Ten Commandments?
- Nope.

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Or that the dead were raised
and the blind cured?

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And 5,000 people were fed
with five little fishes

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and two little itty-bitty loaves of bread?
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No.
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You don't believe in any of the miracles
in the Holy Bible, do you?

1:20:56
No more than I believe that black cats or
spilt salt or broken mirrors are bad luck.


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