Never, Never, Never!

[oldwoodcutter]

I read somewhere that in the early days of trying for a peace settlement if he and McGuinness happened to meet just before a meeting,Paisley wouldnt even discuss the weather with him,then after the good friday agreement and later,they would actually sit side by side,eventually even talking casually to each other if they were in the same room in later years.

So yes,as been said,a leopard can change his spots.

Edited September 13, 2014 by oldwoodcutter

[ArthurBottlesworth]

So much for people who claim to be the 'mouthpiece of god'

Thousands dead THEN he realises he's wrong

And I don't recall an apology

 

How many millions have to suffer because some lunatic thinks he's the ' mouthpiece of god '

ISIS please listen -

[wrsni]

If ever there was anyone with a complete split personality it was Ian Paisley.

 

I grew up on a farm in the heart of Paisley country during the sixties and seventies, met him personally a few times over the years, was never a member of the DUP or the Free P church but that didn't matter when seeking his help. Head off down the Glens or even into some of the "bandit territories" as we referred to them back then (republican strongholds) and you'd find just as many people singing his praises for helping them as anywhere else.

 

If you were getting hacked off by the powers that be it was amazing how much quicker things happened when you said you were going to see the "Big Man". His capacity for work was intense, he was never too busy to sort out a problem for anyone, it was always sorted and sorted properly and promptly. Never a case of "we haven't go round to it yet" or "well it's not that simple". On top of that he was a very godly man in the true sense, bereaved households, families dealing with illness, whatever the reason many people benefitted in many ways from the power of "Big Ian".

 

Against that there was the public Ian Paisley. Firstly, he didn't start the conflict or propogate it in any way and the main trust of his preaching was for protestantism to defend itself against the aggression being shown towards it but there is no doubt that his words did incite some people to go beyond actions of mere defence. It could also be argued that his views were at the more extreme end of the religious spectrum and at times not very "godly".

 

I suppose ultimately he'll be judged like all of us by a power greater than us and that's what really matters.