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career. Case in point. Willie Ames. Formally of Charles in Charge. I had the pleasure of working for this untalented boob several years ago. While he was on Charlies in Charge. He was a big time partier. Coke, drinking, different woman on a daily basis. Well the last few shows of the program he was written out because he was either jacked up, hung over, drunk or couldn't be found. So rather then go into rehab, he was SAVED!!! Sound like someone we all know and hate? Fast forward to when I worked with him. I had the unfortunate opportunity to work on a show titled, "Bibleman". I'm not kidding. A guy I knew for years was producing it. I was a cameraman so I thought, I need the work and their money spends as well as the next guys. While on the set I had a chance to talk to Willie. Seemed like a reasonable guy, until he went into the whole born again thing and his eyes would glaze over. I suffered through the shoot. But on the last two days, things began to heat up between the guy I knew and Willie. Willie didn't like the direction the show was taking. Okay, so you are thinking what the hell direction could a show named "bibleman" take? My acquaintance that was producing it, was, as I later found out, was also a born again, but he was a traditionalist. And Willie was more of a, I don't know, I reformist, I guess? Willie wanted Bibleman to have super powers. You know, like, x-ray smiting eyes or something. But my traditionalist friend, just wanted bible man to appear and read scripture. I have to admit, Willie's idea sounded better. So on the last day, Willie walks on the set and tells my friend, he's fired and the show is closing down for retooling. You could have heard a pin drop. Okay, so I still got paid and over the time I was there, Willie and I would chat from time to time. As I'm packing up my gear, Willie starts blathering on about how sorry he had to do to, blah blah blah. But then he said something rather telling. "I hated to do it, but if I was a superhero just reading scripture, how is that going to revive my career?" At that point, the suspicions I had all along proved right. What's my point in all of this? There are real Christians and there are born agains. Every born again I have met has an agenda. Everyone. Weeks later, my friend/acquittance cheated on his wife. He was also another born again, that had an addiction to sex (I later found out) and his wife, the one he cheated on, tried to save him. Oh he also had 4 kids. Hmmm, nothing like a good upstanding rightwing repuke. Just thought I would relate this story with celebs, being born again, and their real motivations. But like I said before, there are Christians and then there are born agains. There is a giant difference.
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