| | :Whiskey and beer are all right in their place, but their place is in hell.... The saloon is the sum of all villainies. It is worse than war or pestilence. It is the crime of crimes. It is parent of crimes and the mother of sins. It is the appalling source of misery and crime in the land and the principal cause of crime. It is the source of three-fourths of the taxes to support that crime. And to license such an incarnate fiend of hell is the dirtiest, low-down, damnable business on top of this old earth.<ref>[http://billysunday.org/sermons/booze.html Famous 'Booze Sermon'], billysunday.org</ref> | | :Whiskey and beer are all right in their place, but their place is in hell.... The saloon is the sum of all villainies. It is worse than war or pestilence. It is the crime of crimes. It is parent of crimes and the mother of sins. It is the appalling source of misery and crime in the land and the principal cause of crime. It is the source of three-fourths of the taxes to support that crime. And to license such an incarnate fiend of hell is the dirtiest, low-down, damnable business on top of this old earth.<ref>[http://billysunday.org/sermons/booze.html Famous 'Booze Sermon'], billysunday.org</ref> |
| − | He believed in a literal hell, and discussed it frequently in his sermons. He said "If we had more preaching on Hell from the pulpit, we would have less Hell in the congregation."<ref>[http://www.swordofthelord.com/archives/DangerofDelay.htm The Danger of Delay], sermon by Dr. Curtis Hutson (1934–1995)</ref>. In a sermon, he said "If you ever had any doubt about a literal Hell, a fiery Hell, where the wicked must remain forever, it would all vanish as I see Jesus Christ in Gethsemane, agonizing because men would not accept Him and were going to Hell."<ref>[http://www.biblebelievers.com/billy_sunday/sun16.html Gethsemane]</ref> | + | He believed in a literal hell, and discussed it frequently in his sermons. He said "If we had more preaching on Hell from the pulpit, we would have less Hell in the congregation."<ref>[http://www.swordofthelord.com/archives/DangerofDelay.htm The Danger of Delay], sermon by Dr. Curtis Hutson (1934–1995)</ref>. In a sermon, he said "If you ever had any doubt about a literal Hell, a fiery Hell, where the wicked must remain forever, it would all vanish as I see Jesus Christ in Gethsemane, agonizing because men would not accept Him and were going to Hell."<ref>[http://www.biblebelievers.com/billy_sunday/sun16.html Gethsemane], sermon by Billy Sunday</ref> |
| | He considered evolution to be "bunk, junk, and poppycock,"<ref>Hartt, Rolin Lynde (1923), "Deep Conflict Divides Protestantism," ''The New York Times'' December 16, 1923, p. XX5</ref> and called those who believed it "bull-necked, beetle-browed, hog-jowled, peanut-brained, weasel-eyed, four-flushers, false alarms and excess baggage."<ref name=montgomery>[http://www.montgomerycollege.org/Departments/hpolscrv/bsunday.html Hitting a Home Run for Jesus], Montgomery College website; statement made during 1915 visit to Omaha</ref> | | He considered evolution to be "bunk, junk, and poppycock,"<ref>Hartt, Rolin Lynde (1923), "Deep Conflict Divides Protestantism," ''The New York Times'' December 16, 1923, p. XX5</ref> and called those who believed it "bull-necked, beetle-browed, hog-jowled, peanut-brained, weasel-eyed, four-flushers, false alarms and excess baggage."<ref name=montgomery>[http://www.montgomerycollege.org/Departments/hpolscrv/bsunday.html Hitting a Home Run for Jesus], Montgomery College website; statement made during 1915 visit to Omaha</ref> |