Outlook-20220317-TheChildPreacherWhoExposedACon

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   Chapter 1: Hello, I'm Jo Fidgen. 86s · Speaker 2

   Hello, I'm Jo Fidgen. Welcome to Outlook, where people from around the world share their extraordinary personal stories. This is the voice of today's guest in his evangelical preaching heyday. He was just four years old. The recording's 70 …

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   Chapter 2: is an unusual name, but then he comes from an unusual family. 207s · Speaker 1

   is an unusual name, but then he comes from an unusual family. Are you the only Marjo you know? Are there any other Marjos? Not that I've met, no. You know, Marjo is Mary and Joseph put together. And I come from, I believe, four generations …

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   Chapter 3: Did you have to sort of make a profession of faith and all of these things? 304s · Speaker 2

   Did you have to sort of make a profession of faith and all of these things? I know I was four years old. I don't recall. I think they just said, sign, Sonny. I signed a piece of paper or something. So you could write at least. So when you s…

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   Chapter 4: Again, I wouldn't say I have no self-pity for myself whatsoever. 298s · Speaker 2

   Again, I wouldn't say I have no self-pity for myself whatsoever. That's extraordinary. Do you think that's just a personality trait or do you think that is, I mean, a defence mechanism? Possibly. I don't know. OK, so let's talk a bit about …

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   Chapter 5: Oh, quite well. 63s · Speaker 1

   Oh, quite well. It's like, you know, the gift shop after you leave. If there's anyone in the sound of my little voice who is eternally lost, it'll not be God's fault, for God has placed many obstacles in our pathway. My mother was a fantast…

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   Chapter 6: Very restricted, so I gave them a good show. 303s · Speaker 2

   Very restricted, so I gave them a good show. Yeah. Were these people who came to see you, were they... people who really believed in what you were saying and were looking to you to help save their souls, as it were. Absolutely. We even had,…

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   Chapter 7: They weren't getting along and the crowds had fallen off. 303s · Speaker 2

   They weren't getting along and the crowds had fallen off. The meetings weren't as big anymore. It just kind of collapsed. Right. And that was everything you'd known until then, wasn't it, really? That's right. Yeah, I got different odd jobs…

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   Chapter 8: Right. Enjoying the music and enjoying the drugs and enjoying the hippie lifestyle and then preaching against it. 155s · Speaker 1

   Right. Enjoying the music and enjoying the drugs and enjoying the hippie lifestyle and then preaching against it. And you were taking money from people who believed you, believed you were speaking God's word. Right. But remember, the same t…

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   Chapter 9: If you believe, if you don't have that much faith, then you shouldn't come down anyhow. 329s · Speaker 2

   If you believe, if you don't have that much faith, then you shouldn't come down anyhow. Even young people, anyone who wants to come down, if you want to believe for someone in your life, I want you just to give. If a $20 bill is the largest…

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    Chapter 10: Yes, a bit, but not so much. 66s · Speaker 1

    Yes, a bit, but not so much. It's quite sad, isn't it? Everything you lost. I don't think it's sad. I'm a happy person. I'm doing quite well. Okay. You do have a remarkable attitude. I don't think we've even mentioned that this documentary …

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    Chapter 11: Usually the bad guy. 118s · Speaker 2

    Usually the bad guy. I had a nice, there was a movie with Charlton Heston called Earthquake. And I was in that, I was the National Guardsman, you know, looting the town and shooting up everybody, that kind of stuff. I wonder why you played …