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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 03:46 PM Sep 2014

Megachurch Pastor says ‘gays must be put to death’

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2014/09/megachurch-pastor-says-gays-must-be-put-to-death/

Claiming that being gay is a choice like drug abuse, the senior pastor for a megachurch in Tennessee says that “gays must be put to death” because God commands it.

Last Sunday, Brainerd Baptist Church Senior Pastor Robby Gallaty told his large congregation that Christians should never stop discriminating against homosexuals, claiming that gays could choose to be straight if they only accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior....

Pastor Gallaty tried to justify his Biblically inspired hatred for gays and lesbians by repeatedly trying to argue that being gay is a choice, and some sort of rebellion against his imaginary God’s divine plan.

While openly acknowledging that Christianity was the source and justification for racism in America prior to the civil rights movement, Pastor Gallaty admonished his congregation that the analogy between Christians openly discriminating against gays is different from Christians openly discriminating against African Americans because gays choose their sexual orientation but African Americans do not choose the color of their skin:


Derp.
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Megachurch Pastor says ‘gays must be put to death’ (Original Post) KamaAina Sep 2014 OP
Ok , fair enough....right after all the Long John Silver customers ....on the other hand.. pkdu Sep 2014 #1
Great graphic. Sums it up neatly. . . Journeyman Sep 2014 #2
Love it! n/t DawgHouse Sep 2014 #13
Good one. Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #16
Everybody's figured out that the Evangelicals support Genocide. blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #3
How many have Christians killed during the past two millennial: how many more must be killed indepat Sep 2014 #4
"Contact Us"....He needs to hear from us: Lars39 Sep 2014 #5
I know 'megachurch' is not the moniker YOU chose ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2014 #6
Sounds like a regular-sized church to me. LuvNewcastle Sep 2014 #7
when I think mega church I think about 5,000 or more ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2014 #8
That sounds more like a Gigachurch. LuvNewcastle Sep 2014 #11
perhaps... ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2014 #12
WWRJD? lpbk2713 Sep 2014 #9
Does this mean that drug abusers also "must be put to death"? surrealAmerican Sep 2014 #10
Pastor: do you also tell your congregation to kill their disrespectful children? Bible says to! rustydog Sep 2014 #14
Christian Taliban treestar Sep 2014 #15
Baptists? Dirty Socialist Sep 2014 #17
Mega Asshole Pastpr rbrnmw Sep 2014 #18
does this clown think Jesus said 'thou shalt kill'? spanone Sep 2014 #19
The church has a solid history of killing, Crusades, Pagans, come immediately to mind. Trillo Sep 2014 #20
He must have skipped over that "Thou shalt not kill" part of the Bible. Initech Sep 2014 #21
From a article by Kimberly Knight, reprinted in Time KinMd Sep 2014 #22
 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
3. Everybody's figured out that the Evangelicals support Genocide.
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 03:56 PM
Sep 2014

The Evangelicals have certainly been overseas as strong advocates for Genocide of gay people in countries like Uganda, Nigeria, Congo, Burma, Russia ...

And all of it leads right back to a shadowy, extreme far rightwing "Church" (Cult) known only as "THE FAMILY"/"THE FELLOWSHIP," in Washington DC. "THE FAMILY" puts together the yearly President's Prayer Breakfast, as they have since 1952, and "THE FAMILY" owns "Frathouse for Jesus," which provides housing for Senators (Democrats and Republicans).


indepat

(20,899 posts)
4. How many have Christians killed during the past two millennial: how many more must be killed
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 05:16 PM
Sep 2014

to assuage this never-endng blood lust?

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
6. I know 'megachurch' is not the moniker YOU chose
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 05:28 PM
Sep 2014

but how the hell do they define 'megachurch'? This is the Sunday morning 11AM service and their MIGHT be 200 people there.

sP

https://www.flickr.com/photos/brainerdbaptist/3918895215/

OnEdit : ok, maybe 300 people... still

LuvNewcastle

(16,820 posts)
7. Sounds like a regular-sized church to me.
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 05:42 PM
Sep 2014

A lot of people do go to very small churches, but it usually takes a congregation of at least 100-200 people just to pay the church's bills. When I think of a megachurch, I think of a church with at least 1000 people at the liturgy/worship service.

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
8. when I think mega church I think about 5,000 or more
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 06:30 PM
Sep 2014

but then again, I went to a baptist church as a kid that sat about 2000 per service... and there were three each weekend!

sP

surrealAmerican

(11,340 posts)
10. Does this mean that drug abusers also "must be put to death"?
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 06:45 PM
Sep 2014

Wasn't there something about forgiveness and not judging others in that religion? - I guess not.

rustydog

(9,186 posts)
14. Pastor: do you also tell your congregation to kill their disrespectful children? Bible says to!
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 07:36 PM
Sep 2014

do you tell you congregation who have tattoos that they are condemned to Hell...even if the tat is a biblical quote? Bible says so!

You Cafeteria Christian bastard.

You are a charlatan and a money-changer if there ever was one. If Jesus appeared tomorrow, after your initial panicked suicidal ideations, you'd probably team with Pat Robertson to crucify Him again.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
15. Christian Taliban
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 07:43 PM
Sep 2014

they'd have us live under a system equally as bad as anything the Taliban or Saudi Arabia would.

Trillo

(9,154 posts)
20. The church has a solid history of killing, Crusades, Pagans, come immediately to mind.
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 09:23 PM
Sep 2014

This guy's continuing a well worn tradition. I reckon it's saddest for those Christians who don't feel that way, and who may have trouble understanding why their good deeds can't repair the church's overall reputation.

KinMd

(966 posts)
22. From a article by Kimberly Knight, reprinted in Time
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 10:32 PM
Sep 2014

Since you seem to be throwing around on Hebrew Scripture willy-nilly (that’s the Old Testament in case you were confused) let me share a few other helpful pericopes that might clear things up.

Ezekiel 16:49

“Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. Sodom’s sins were pride, gluttony, and laziness, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door.”

Or Proverbs 6:16-19

There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

What, no queers on these lists? Ruh-roh!

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