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to hedonistic rock
music. In fact, the Evansville,
Indiana native claims to have
found God 16 years ago at a
Van Halen show, and says he
has not committed a sin since
being saved.
"I went to a Van Halen
show on November 7, 1980,"
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into the crowd and said, 'Not
even God can save your soul.'
When this happened, I was
appalled and said 'Wow, that
is blasphemy.' Even in my
condition, I knew that was
serious business. But the
crowd cheered for more, and
then the band played 'Running
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"I was up in the bleachers during
the opening act, Molly
Hatchet, and I smoked two
joints and a bottle of Yukon
Jack by myself. I moved up to
the front of the stage when
Van Halen came on. David
Lee Roth that night had a
whiskey bottle in one hand
and a joint of marijuana in the
other hand. His joint was
actually passed down the line.
I took a hit off of it and then it
was passed back to David Lee
Roth. That was the highlight
of my life up to that point.
During the show, David Lee
Roth was wearing cowboy
chaps and mooned the audience
to the song 'Bottoms
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heart. I was saved." Brother
Jim swears that this occurrence
had nothing to do with
the alcohol or drugs he had
used earlier in the evening. "I
was thinking clearly," he says.
Many students, however,
were left questioning how
clearly Brother Jim thinks
after he made references to
Adolf Hitler on Friday afternoon.
"Hitler is in hell, but
even people in nen uiu something
right in their life," he
says matter-of-factly. "He
killed queers, and God sanctioned
capital punishment for
them. He did something
right." J
Jim Gilles admits his
sharp-tongued theatrics are all
"planned and rehearsed," and
have led to him being arrested
on 24 different occasions.
However, Brother Jim swears
that all of this does have a
purpose. "I stopped counting |
a lone time ago. but as of
eight years ago, I had helped I
save over 300 souls. I come
here to preach the word, pro- |
voke the thought and give the |
holy spirit of God something f
to work with to bring forth
guilt, conviction and condem- |
nation in the hearts of sinners.
They then might see a need to
change and become a real
Christian."
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