Homer Tomlinson visits Burger King!!

[ichthus]

They say he really had a blast! And he was especially pleased with the free Burger King crown they gave him when he walked in.

[Ilovebigcats]

*gasp*

I was never allowed to see the men wash feet. That is so tempting and evil!

[DaJudge]

I used to have that pic on a Homer Tomlinson website that I had. Too funny!

[one love]

was that his theocratic party robe

[RamboPreacher]

if i recall correctly that was his king of the world outfit with the flag on his chest, similar to the Hoshen.

[dolfan]

If he's at BK, why is Colonel Sanders washing his feet??!!

[Sherry]

If he's at BK, why is Colonel Sanders washing his feet??!!

Looks to me as if Col. Sanders is tickling ol' Homers tootsies....oh the fun they must have had!

[EagerBeaver]

Homer Tomlinson is the only person Colonel Sanders has ever shared the secret recipe with.

No wonder Homie thought he was something special. He actually was.

[free]

Anyone ever read this article before...I found it on a TIME magazine site from 1953:

Monday, Nov. 09, 1953

Since Tennessee's Bishop A. J. Tomlinson died in 1943, the Church of God, which he founded, has been divided into warring factions.* One group, with national headquarters in Queens Village, N.Y. and a membership of 94,000, is led by Bishop Homer Tomlinson, 61. the founder's elder son. Another, called the Church of God of Prophecy, with a membership of 65.000. is run by Overseer Milton Tomlinson, the bishop's 46-year-old brother, who lives in Cleveland, Tenn. Last week, after several years of feuding over leadership of the denomination, the bishop arrived in Cleveland (pop. 12,605) to "reconcile" the factions. In his right hand he carried a 12-lb. sledge hammer.

Leading a small group of followers, Bishop Tomlinson walked into his brother's administration building. After exchanging a fraternal kiss of peace with Overseer Tomlinson. he announced that his brother was deposed from office. His proposal: transfer the Tennessee denomination's headquarters to Queens Village, and close down its million-dollar shrine on North Carolina's Burger Mountain, which, thundered the bishop, had become "a place of idolatry." Overseer Tomlinson quietly but firmly disagreed.

Bishop Tomlinson, not surprised, set off for the Burger Mountain shrine with his sledge hammer to dramatize his idolatry charge for the denomination's membership.

As he approached the shrine's huge outdoor display of the Ten Commandments, lettered in concrete, Sheriff M. G. Crawford watched closely. "You strike one blow with that sledge hammer on this property." he told Bishop Tomlinson, "and I'll have to arrest you." The bishop moved his lips in prayer, then swung, chipping away a bit of concrete from the Eighth Commandment ("Thou shalt not steal"). Said Sheriff Crawford: "That does it." He took the bishop off to jail. After an hour, Bishop Tomlinson was released to await trial for destroying private property. Said he confidently: "The trial will not be for Homer Tomlinson, but for idolatry."

[ichthus]

If he's at BK, why is Colonel Sanders washing his feet??!!

It was the fast food wars and Burger King won!! That's why Tomlinson, the Burger King, is so happy. He is poking fun at poor ole Colonel Sanders who is on his knees admiting defeat..... (or "da feet"?)

[DaJudge]

Anyone ever read this article before...I found it on a TIME magazine site from 1953:

Monday, Nov. 09, 1953

Since Tennessee's Bishop A. J. Tomlinson died in 1943, the Church of God, which he founded, has been divided into warring factions.* One group, with national headquarters in Queens Village, N.Y. and a membership of 94,000, is led by Bishop Homer Tomlinson, 61. the founder's elder son. Another, called the Church of God of Prophecy, with a membership of 65.000. is run by Overseer Milton Tomlinson, the bishop's 46-year-old brother, who lives in Cleveland, Tenn. Last week, after several years of feuding over leadership of the denomination, the bishop arrived in Cleveland (pop. 12,605) to "reconcile" the factions. In his right hand he carried a 12-lb. sledge hammer.

Leading a small group of followers, Bishop Tomlinson walked into his brother's administration building. After exchanging a fraternal kiss of peace with Overseer Tomlinson. he announced that his brother was deposed from office. His proposal: transfer the Tennessee denomination's headquarters to Queens Village, and close down its million-dollar shrine on North Carolina's Burger Mountain, which, thundered the bishop, had become "a place of idolatry." Overseer Tomlinson quietly but firmly disagreed.

Bishop Tomlinson, not surprised, set off for the Burger Mountain shrine with his sledge hammer to dramatize his idolatry charge for the denomination's membership.

As he approached the shrine's huge outdoor display of the Ten Commandments, lettered in concrete, Sheriff M. G. Crawford watched closely. "You strike one blow with that sledge hammer on this property." he told Bishop Tomlinson, "and I'll have to arrest you." The bishop moved his lips in prayer, then swung, chipping away a bit of concrete from the Eighth Commandment ("Thou shalt not steal"). Said Sheriff Crawford: "That does it." He took the bishop off to jail. After an hour, Bishop Tomlinson was released to await trial for destroying private property. Said he confidently: "The trial will not be for Homer Tomlinson, but for idolatry."

I had never heard that story. Very interesting. Homer only had 94,000 members in his own mind.

[Gerald Creasy]

Homer only had 94,000 members in his own mind.

Homer's Whopper?

[MOREGODlessme]

I think "old timers" disease had already set in on Homer when he did this. FOTW is not a place of idolatry. Just a giant Marker. Kinda like Plymouth rock in Mass. The rock that has the year engraved on it is not the ACTUAL site that the pilgrims landed. According to historians, it was about 200 yards to the south.
That is crazy. That would be like going to the Lincoln Memorial and saying, "This is a place of idolatry to Abraham Lincoln."

Why do people make pilgrimages to the Holy Land in Israel? Would that be considered a place of idolatry?

I sense I should shut up now. I might rile Gerald's feathers about FOTW.

I always thought Homer was a little off his rocker. Not the brightest light on the chandelier.

[ichthus]

Anyone ever read this article before...I found it on a TIME magazine site from 1953:

Monday, Nov. 09, 1953

Since Tennessee's Bishop A. J. Tomlinson died in 1943, the Church of God, which he founded, has been divided into warring factions.* One group, with national headquarters in Queens Village, N.Y. and a membership of 94,000, is led by Bishop Homer Tomlinson, 61. the founder's elder son. Another, called the Church of God of Prophecy, with a membership of 65.000. is run by Overseer Milton Tomlinson, the bishop's 46-year-old brother, who lives in Cleveland, Tenn. Last week, after several years of feuding over leadership of the denomination, the bishop arrived in Cleveland (pop. 12,605) to "reconcile" the factions. In his right hand he carried a 12-lb. sledge hammer.

Leading a small group of followers, Bishop Tomlinson walked into his brother's administration building. After exchanging a fraternal kiss of peace with Overseer Tomlinson. he announced that his brother was deposed from office. His proposal: transfer the Tennessee denomination's headquarters to Queens Village, and close down its million-dollar shrine on North Carolina's Burger Mountain, which, thundered the bishop, had become "a place of idolatry." Overseer Tomlinson quietly but firmly disagreed.

Bishop Tomlinson, not surprised, set off for the Burger Mountain shrine with his sledge hammer to dramatize his idolatry charge for the denomination's membership.

As he approached the shrine's huge outdoor display of the Ten Commandments, lettered in concrete, Sheriff M. G. Crawford watched closely. "You strike one blow with that sledge hammer on this property." he told Bishop Tomlinson, "and I'll have to arrest you." The bishop moved his lips in prayer, then swung, chipping away a bit of concrete from the Eighth Commandment ("Thou shalt not steal"). Said Sheriff Crawford: "That does it." He took the bishop off to jail. After an hour, Bishop Tomlinson was released to await trial for destroying private property. Said he confidently: "The trial will not be for Homer Tomlinson, but for idolatry."

I had never heard that story. Very interesting. Homer only had 94,000 members in his own mind.

The poor guy just seems to really have gone totally bonkers! Another guy who seemed to be pretty bonkers but not as bad as Homer, was the Grady Kent guy of "Jerusalem Acres- Cleveland, TN" fame.

[Mat]

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