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Is it the 'Christian' thing to call for killing all the "homos"? [W:59]

Arizona preacher who has already had a visit or two from the Secret Service after he called for the death of President Obama, has posted a recent sermon on YouTube in which he cites Leviticus 20:13 as justification for killing "the homos like God recommends, you wouldn’t have all this AIDS running rampant.”

He has also in a previous sermon ranted about "lying, racist Jews". So I have to wonder why he is citing a text which originated with and is still seen as the foundation of Judaism, if he hates Jews so much.

The video of the sermon calling for the execution of "homos"

How can there be such a wide range of beliefs in one religion? When we can see groups such as the United Church of Christ accepting gay marriage and placing a GLBT member on the Executive Council to churches such as the one supporting the preacher in the video, we have to wonder - Who is a Christian? When the outsider asks this question, the answer almost always falls back to the "No True Scotsman" argument.

I drove by this idiot's church today, there were over 100 people out in front protesting, and cars honking to support the protesters.

This guy is a real tool.
 
I drove by this idiot's church today, there were over 100 people out in front protesting, and cars honking to support the protesters.

This guy is a real tool.

I bet a lot of those people protesting were Christians too. I can't see how this person can be considered a 'mainstream' Christian. As such, I will not judge Christianity by his example.
 
I bet a lot of those people protesting were Christians too. I can't see how this person can be considered a 'mainstream' Christian. As such, I will not judge Christianity by his example.

I know there was a rabbi there with his temple's folk, and lots of others, christian, athiest, etc.
 
Any person who denies that there is a movement in this country to deny equal rights to LGBT citizens simply ain't paying attention to what's happening. Of course those who are promoting this type of legislation claim it is nothing more than protecting their religious freedom. Evidently "religious freedom" has come to mean the right to discriminate against those you don't like based on some fanciful interpretations of an ancient text.


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Arizona preacher who has already had a visit or two from the Secret Service after he called for the death of President Obama, has posted a recent sermon on YouTube in which he cites Leviticus 20:13 as justification for killing "the homos like God recommends, you wouldn’t have all this AIDS running rampant.”

He has also in a previous sermon ranted about "lying, racist Jews". So I have to wonder why he is citing a text which originated with and is still seen as the foundation of Judaism, if he hates Jews so much.

The video of the sermon calling for the execution of "homos"

How can there be such a wide range of beliefs in one religion? When we can see groups such as the United Church of Christ accepting gay marriage and placing a GLBT member on the Executive Council to churches such as the one supporting the preacher in the video, we have to wonder - Who is a Christian? When the outsider asks this question, the answer almost always falls back to the "No True Scotsman" argument.

bible has always been tolerant of human realities unlike priests .
 
I bet a lot of those people protesting were Christians too. I can't see how this person can be considered a 'mainstream' Christian. As such, I will not judge Christianity by his example.

Nor should anybody. This is one preacher who is self-educated and has no formal theological training. From his church's site: "He holds no college degree but has well over 140 chapters of the Bible memorized word-for-word, including approximately half of the New Testament. Today, most Baptist churches are started by Bible colleges. However, the Bible makes it clear that the church is the pillar and ground of the truth, not a school." Faithful Word Baptist Church - Our Pastor

Talk about self-justification and rationalization. :roll: This guy must be loving all the attention.
 
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