Talk:Aimee Semple McPherson
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I de-linked contemporary music because the phrase in the article is supposed to mean "music contemporary to her", like Rudy Vallee and that sort of stuff. I'd be open for a clarification reword though if anyone can think of one. - Hephaestos 23:57, 27 Sep 2003 (UTC)
How about "jazz-era music"? --Christofurio 20:59, May 18, 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Huh??
I think someone has added some debate to the article, that I will attempt to transfer here: Bacl-presby 22:55, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- "Her mother had been orphaned at an early age, and raised by a couple who worked with the Salvation Army. As a result, Aimee was raised in an atmosphere of strong PENTECOSTAL--216.78.70.84 06:33, 1 August 2006 (UTC) beliefs."
So...is the "Sally Ann" Pentecostal, or is someone making a theological quantum leap??
[edit] Angeles Temple
Does this still stand? IF so, can anyone add some details aout it. Also of interest is the state of her movement and her relationship to current preachers such as Benny Hinn , who mentions her from time to time as an inspiration. Lisapollison 19:47, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] NPOV
The middle section of this article, "Evangelism and Foursquare Gospel" reads like a religious tract instead of an encyclopedia article. Opusaug 03:00, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
- Really??Bacl-presby 20:33, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
- "God continually knocked at the door of her heart..."? Sounds NPOV to me. Did she say this? If so, quote her with a cite. Xlation 18:17, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
- A lot of this content is sourced verbatim from http://www.foursquare.org/landing_pages/7,3.html Freedomtech 00:45, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
- So....if words like the recently added "...the greatest Christian call..." sounds too rough, edit it out...If the wording from the Foursquare Church site sounds too NPOV, edit it! There is enough documentation on her life (positive, negative, and neutral) to sift through....Bacl-presby 17:12, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Why is there so little about her?
There is so much that should be said about her. For example:
“M. F. McCarthy, special agent for the Southern Pacific Railroad... told the press that preparations for Sister’s return were “more detailed and lavish” than those for the visits of ex-presidents Wilson and Taft and King Albert of Belgium”(Found in Blumhofer's book: Aimee Semple McPherson: Everybody's Sister, page 291).
Or about how many of the Hollywood actresses of the 20s who are still remembered and celebrated would pay good money to get front row seats to watch and learn from Aimee when she would give her illustrated sermons.
Also, the whole thing with riding a motorcycle down the aisle isn't true. She was pretending to be a motorcycle riding traffic cop, but she didn't have a motorcycle.
There was one time when she wanted asked the circus for a parrot to do an illustrated sermon of Eden. As it turned out, the parrot could talk, but would only say one thing: "oh go to hell!" She worked it into her act, preaching to the parrot and telling it to find Jesus.
She was very interesting. And I understand that it can be hard to convey that. But what I don't understand is how big and important she was then, but how little she is known now. No one I know has ever heard of her. I think that Wikipedia should do more to show how big a figure of the 1920s Aimee was.
I should mention that in his autobiography Milton Berle claimed to have had a sexual affair with McPherson, but immediately add that many of Berle's claims about his career are total fantasy, this one among them. It just shows you that in the 1970's she was not taken seriously. Saxophobia 02:15, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Quotations
Could someone please contact G-d and ask Him to confirm his quotes on this page?
[edit] PBS Documentary
There's a documentary on PBS tonight... Bacl-presby 22:24, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
It was nicely done and took a very positive look at her. The opinion is expressed that the "Kidnapping" was a piece of poorly done publicity that hurt her reputation badly, and from which it never completely recovered.Saxophobia 02:08, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
