CA Pastor who refuses to cancel Sunday services because of coronavirus greeted by police

[SheltieLover]

[link:https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-05/pastor-who-refuses-to-cancel-sunday-services-greeted-by-police|

On Sunday, the pastor of Cross Culture Christian Center in Lodi, Calif., was greeted by several police officers in the parking lot about an hour before he intended to hold an in-person service despite coronavirus restrictions.

Pastor Jon Duncan, whose small evangelical church leases space in Bethel Open Bible Church, arrived Sunday morning, Palm Sunday, to find that Bethel, which stopped having in-person services on March 15, had changed the locks on the building to prevent his congregants from entering, Lodi Police Lt. Michael Manetti told The Times

[sheshe2]

1. K&R

[True Blue American]

2. Stupid Solid Rock held services yesterday.

They need that money.

[JesterCS]

10. I live 4 miles from that Cult

Ugh. Their statue is an eyesore

[True Blue American]

11. Mason? Lebanon, Westchester?

[JesterCS]

15. Monroe

Over near the highschool

[True Blue American]

25. My Family lives in Lebanon.

[JesterCS]

42. Ah yeah. I heard Lebanon is

Like a ghost town lately with the lock downs. I have only been here or Middletown the last few weeks

[True Blue American]

44. 1 Kroger employee

From Mason infected, I from Middletown.

Golden Lamb closed. Could not get enough carry out to stay open.

[JesterCS]

45. Oh ya

I'm surprised how many places are hanging on, bt most of the mom and pop type stores are hurting here

[Tweedy]

17. Hucksters hiding their theft behind Jesus

deserved a special place in hell before this virus met us.

Now, they deserve a special ankle bracelet that keeps them home bound.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. Pastor Jon should be able to con his acolytes...

out of enough cash to rent a storefront for his entrepreneurial venture. Stop mooching off the Bethel Open.

[EarnestPutz]

4. Pastor Jon should get a clue that he's a moron by the fact that....

....some of his Christian cohorts felt that they had to CHANGE THE FUCKING LOCKS on a church to prevent the stupid from happening.

[SheltieLover]

5. This!👆

And, of course they found some slimey lawyer to file suit on behalf of the church's "1st Amendment Rights." Some people have no self-respect. 🤮

[crickets]

9. +1

[gratuitous]

6. Sweet creamery butter

We closed our church building weeks ago, explained the situation to the four other congregations that meet there as well as the Head Start program that uses our basement. Not a problem at all for any of them. They understood we were taking protective measures for everyone concerned, nobody squawked about their rights, and made other arrangements. Our congregation has been meeting by Zoom (password protected so that wanking trolls can't crash the service), and we're doing just fine. Yeah, I'd like to see people in person, but it's not happening right now. This temporary state of affairs will be over, and the more precautions we take, the shorter that time will be.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Butter emails

[Vivienne235729]

7. Lets face it. He's a greedy bastard. He wants the tithes even if it kills people.

glad they locked the doors and arrested him.

[TeamPooka]

8. I wish I could change the locks on many churches. Even with no virus. So many hucksters

the Joel Osteens and Falwells of the world are grifters in gods name

[Initech]

19. These are the people who unfortunately are going to ruin it for the rrest of us.

The religious right is going to drag this thing out months if not years if they don't start complying. Me perosnally? I want this over as fast as possible so I can get back to my pre-virus life.

[BigmanPigman]

13. Good! In LA they are cutting electricity

and water to businesses who are staying open.

[SheltieLover]

14. 👏👏👏👏👏

Excellent!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

26. Wow!

[flibbitygiblets]

46. LA's mayor is smart as f**k

[packman]

16. Good -

Let him do some God-saving work in a coronavirus ward at a local hospital

[SheltieLover]

18. Good Idea!

Police should require pastors who refuse to comply with shutdown to do just that!

[yaesu]

20. They can do drive-in type services like they they been doing for decades, use old drive-in

theaters, whatever.

[SheltieLover]

21. They can spew

their beliefs online too! Absolutely zero excuse for these gatherings at this time.

You can't yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater.

[yaesu]

22. Some. I'm sure, probably think the internet is the devils work. Never know how these cults think. n

[SheltieLover]

23. True, but who cares? 🤣

They don't think or they wouldn't be showing up mid-pandemic to be told what to think & how to behave.

[FiveGoodMen]

39. Their beliefs are just the excuse/bait

The collection plate is what drives the enterprise.

[SheltieLover]

40. Absolutely!

No one gave a shit when courts told Native Americans they could no longer legally practice their religious ritual involving peyote, so this kind of stuff really pisses me off! 🤬

[Thunderbeast]

24. Lock them in.

No medical response. No ICU. No ventilators.

Let Jeebus deal with them

[SheltieLover]

29. Good idea!

[tulipsandroses]

27. Good, stop being a menace to society.

If you are too stupid to understand what is going on and take precautions, then you should be stopped from doing it.

[tavernier]

28. All our churches here have signs out in front that say

All services are online for the time being.

Is his congregation too stupid to pray by themselves? You know you can sit down on a rock in the middle of a desert or a huge metropolis to pray. God doesn’t care. You don’t need a conductor.

[SheltieLover]

30. Exactly!

[ooky]

33. Yes, but without church you can't pass the

offering plate. Means no payday for the pastor.

[Volaris]

41. That would engender faith without groupthink...the antithesis of religion.

Cant have that, if the congregation is how you pay for your fucking private jet.

[kairos12]

31. Rapture nuts will kills us all.

[SheltieLover]

32. If they are allowed, yes

This nonsense needs to stop!

[ailsagirl]

34. GOOD!!!

[roamer65]

35. Lock him up.

[StarryNite]

36. Good

[Deep State Gnostic]

37. A fool and his flock (money source) are soon parted.

[Evolve Dammit]

38. Lock up the money grubber

[Blue Owl]

43. I hear prison folk like Jesus

n/t

[Raine]

47. Their selfish stupidity will keep rest of us

on lock down for weeks longer, assholes!