Faith-Based Fibber?: Liberty U. Seminary President Accused Of Fabricating Life Story

[imurhuckleberry]

The last time we heard from Ergun Caner, the president of Liberty University's seminary, he was riding around his Lynchburg, Va., campus on Election Day in a truck (accompanied by a GOP elephant made out of chicken wire) urging students to vote for Republican candidates.

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Caner has made a name for himself by highlighting his unusual life story: He says he was born into a stridently Muslim family in Turkey, where he learned to hate America and Christians. As Caner tells it, he flirted with jihad before undergoing a life-changing conversion to fundamentalist Christianity. He then persuaded most of his family to convert as well, and they now spread the gospel.

It's a compelling story, and Caner tells it well. I heard him address last year's "Values Voter Summit" sponsored by the Family Research Council. Even though I didn't agree with Caner's Religious Right perspective, I had to admit that he was a funny and engaging speaker.

But now it turns out there may be some problems with Caner's life story - like, it may not be true.

continue reading ... http://www.talk2action.org/story/2010/5/13/12243/3191

[SpiralHawk]

1. Caner probably has a background as a luggage handler (R)

consistent with Republicon Family Values, of course.

[Wapsie B]

2. What? A conservative fundie caught in a lie? Perish the thought!

:sarcasm:


Belated welcome to DU!

[SheilaT]

3. Why am I not surprised?

The very same people who pretend that one of the Ten Commandments is about not lying, consider it perfectly fine to lie to forward their own agendas.