Reply #23: TammyFaye: "All Christians aren't like Jerry Falwell. All Christians don't judge."

[Bluebear]

Q: You were on TV in the early 80s discussing homosexuality and AIDS. 20 years later, that's still pretty rare. There are still a lot of churches that shun gays and people with AIDS.

A: That's right. Except for those that watched us, people didn't have any idea what PTL was about. People that weren't Christian TV watchers ate up what the newspaper said hook, line and sinker. PTL was a place where the hurting could always come. We cared about everybody. We never put labels on anyone.

Q: When you had a gay AIDS patient on, crying out for the church to accept him, how were you treated by other Christians?

A: I got my share of being put down for it. But we were teaching people that this is God's way—the Christian way—to do things. And we're going to serve God the way the Bible says and not the way people say. I felt that it was a real learning experience.

Q: Hypocrisy is definitely one of the things that has kept me from the church.

A: That's why we have to look to God and not look to people, because it's the people who are hypocritical, not God. All Christians aren't like Jerry Falwell. All Christians don't judge. People have to learn to put their faith in God and not in man. Man will fail you all the time. Your best friend, no matter how much you love them or they love you, will fail you sometimes. God will never fail you and that's what helped me to make it through what I've been through.

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