Talk:Richard Leroy Walters

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"According to Amiot, Walters split his $4 million estate between a number of nonprofit organizations, including NPR, Arizona's public television station, KAET, Family Life Radio and the Salvation Army. At Mission of Mercy..." at blogish. Can anybody confirm this? Smallbones (talk) 16:28, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

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3 IPs have edited this (probably the same editor from the same town) removing the "avowed atheist" sentence. I understand that this phrase, which is a quote, might be upsetting to some people, but since it is just a paraphrase of the source (one of the few sources available) I think it has to stay. The source says:
 * "Although Richard was an avowed atheist, Rita continued to be a spiritual witness to him. After he was diagnosed with terminal health issues, Rita led him through a spiritual conversion and a personal relationship with Christ. Shortly before his death, he was baptized into the Catholic Church and received Holy Communion."

If there is other information out there, this of course can be modified. Smallbones (talk) 14:26, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Sentence as currently in article and source (p.2): "He was an "avowed atheist" but converted to Catholicism on his deathbed, with the aid of Belle.

Okay, but as things stands it reads, "Walters was not a religious man, and lived his adult life as a self-described 'atheist'" -- as if in scare quotes. Hughdbrown (talk) 17:22, 5 October 2009 (UTC)