Talk:A. A. Allen

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[edit] A. A. on TV

I can remember clearly seeing A. A. Allen's TV series in the 50s. He would perform healing miracles in a revival tent setting. On one occasion, they wheeled in a woman on a gurney with what was described as a tumor, which appeared to be the size of a basketball, in her abdominal region, under the sheet covering her. Allen proceeded to wale away on the tumor with a Bible while praying and preaching loudly. Sure enough, the tumor shrank away to nothing under the force of his blows! Tex 21:51, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, TV has shown a lot of amazing things. On The X-Files aliens visited the US in part of an amazing conspiracy. However, just because TV presented something does not make it true. People did look into Allen's claims, and there was never a medically documented case of his purtported abilities. Allen was discovered to have used cold reading and hot reading techniques faith healers had been using for hundreds of years. Arbustoo 02:41, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I see my sarcasm was not quite as obvious as I supposed. Let me say plainly that the phoniness of this so-called cure was evident even to me as a young child.

Tex (talk) 18:15, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Open to all races

Previous version said:

"Allen’s revival meetings were similar to the other leading evangelists of the time (Jack Coe, Oral Roberts, and William Branham) where there would be an extended time for music and testifying, then a sermon, then an appeal for those in need to come forward and be prayed for. Allen (as did Jack Coe) opened his revival meetings to all races, and his interracial meetings drew criticism, but Allen used the criticism as a platform to preach upon."

I removed "(as did Jack Coe)" because even though all four evangelists were actually well known for opening meetings to all races, this article is specifically about A. A. Allen.

Mechobba 22:47, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Seeeerious POV problem here

Someone should deal with this.--81.103.144.214 17:38, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree....I used to know some older preachers who related to me frankly (and sadly) Allen's alcohol problems. I believe there were other scandals associated with him -- the article as it stands reads like someone doing their best to salvage his reputation.

A.A. Allen should be given for some of the things he accomplished in life. http://www.aaallen.net/

Some material has been saved and is available at: http://www.aaallen.net/ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.211.2.167 (talk • contribs).

The article was cleaned up and the continued white washing will not be tolerated. Websites with conspiracies about this death report will not be included. Arbustoo 02:05, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

The source for the report that his room was strewn with pill and alcohol bottle comes from a very biased book against faith healers, so I think it would be for the best if a new source was found or this tidbit was removed entirely until we can find a reputable source. --Celtic Jobber 05:01, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

His addictions were well-known.[1] C56C 20:38, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. I just wanted a reputable source, and you provided one. --Celtic Jobber 10:32, 12 November 2007 (UTC)