Hatemonger Pat Boone: Christians Are The New Lepers

[Political Tiger]

That is, quite literally, the claim that Pat Boone makes in his latest column announcing that he, for one, will “refuse to be quarantined”:

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On and on Boone goes, wailing how religion is being treated as “backward, dangerous, and toxic. Like leprosy” and how kids who think Jesus is a hero are being treated as if they “should be ashamed and kept away from the other kids. Like a leper.”

Boone recalls the good old days back in 1988 when he was in the Oval Office as President Reagan signed legislation that permanently established the first Thursday in May as the annual day of national prayer … but those days are long gone and now “sordid, maniacal groups now see me as a leper, a carrier of a noxious infection. And they want me and all other Christians to be silenced. I, Pat Boone, American, refuse to be quarantined.”

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/christians-are-new-lepers

[Howardx]

1. “backward, dangerous, and toxic. Like leprosy”

sounds about right.

[prostock69]

26. I couldn't agree more. n/t

[Bjorn Against]

71. Don't forget he's also "a carrier of a noxious infection".

[Blue-Jay]

2. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yQeD6z2-jY

[asthmaticeog]

16. This raises an important theological point.

How can Jesus save a man's soul when he plainly doesn't fuckin' HAVE any?

[Blue-Jay]

20. It proves that there is no God.

Otherwise, he would have been forceably raptured after recording that.

[EmilyAnne]

40. Since Jesus died for my sins, why do I have to do a damn thing to get to heaven?

His blood washed away my sins 2000 years before my birth, but I don't get to commit sin?
Wasn't his death enough?
Can't I just say "thanks" and do as I please?

[hfojvt]

46. Romans 6, and who said you have to do something?

[mindwalker_i]

66. Actually, since Jesus died for your sins...

...2000 years ago (plus or minus a few decades), if you don't commit any sins then his death was a waste. The value of his death is directly proportional to the number of sins he died for, so you should make the best of it by sinning as much as possible. Only in that way can you give Jesus' death more value.

[Patchuli]

75. That's awful!

NO NO NO...the idea is to try to overcome our base nature and not sin. I think Pat Boone and the nutty evangelicals are scary but there is a grain of truth to this. We Christians were warned by the Messiah that we will get treated badly by some. I have gotten some weird responses from people when they learn I am a Christian.

[mindwalker_i]

77. So my response was really kind of meant to be sarcastic

It's an odd twist of logic to deliberately come to the opposite conclusion that is expected. It's meant to tweak people.

By the way, I gotten a lot more than funny looks from people when they find out I'm NOT Christian. I was told to "get out of this (public) school" if I'm not a Christian, because it was a Christian school. That's a good illustration of the arrogance of at least some Christians - and they weren't the TV evangelicals at the top, these were people in middle school. They basically decide that their rules that they made up to fit their religion supercede the fact that it's a public school. They decide everybody should believe as they do or get out, because they're RIGHT!

I've come to the conclusion that if people want to believe in God, Allah or the flying Spaghetti Monster (and he's cool), that's cool. I have no right to get in the way of that. What really gets me tweaked is when people tell me I'm an evil person for not sharing their delusions and tell me I'm going to hell. Then we catch them with prostitutes or 12 year olds. Those who proclaim the loudest are often the biggest offenders. And they still say they're better than everybody else.

[nolabels]

94. Thanks for the giggles about the Spaghetti Monster and such

You sound as if you have a youthful mind, keep it intact, it will take you far :thumbsup:

[Patchuli]

105. I agree that there are some really awful things

said and done by fundies. I am not a fundie. They have hijacked the image of the Christian and given those of us who do not behave like they do an automatic put-down by some. It's gotten ridiculously bigoted considering we're supposed to be such a big tent. I'm not a Pat Boone listening Christian.

[Bluenorthwest]

85. Stop right there!

You do remember what 'the Messiah' said when he warned you you'd be treated badly don't you? He said 'rejoice'. He told you to celebrate when mocked for His name's sake.
Funny to me that you and Pat and the rest of your lot on DU do not rejoice when mocked, instead you stamp your feet and demand respect and act all suprised when you are not given the respect due the Messiah himself.
Just saying. Read your own damn book.

[Kalyke]

97. No - we really just want to be treated as humans.

Not some satirical fundie.

Liberal Christians are certainly not "the rest of your lot."

[Patchuli]

104. You just proved what I said.

...

[spiritual_gunfighter]

82. Pat Boone should have been quarantined in the 50's for this travesty against Little Richard n/t

[Vinnie From Indy]

93. Amen!

Little Richard and "his" kind were treated like lepers by guys like Pat Boone.

[mitchum]

3. Cool...they need to get in a colony far away from me

[xchrom]

4. christianity only has meaning to people like pat boone

if they feel threatened.

it isn't the Peace that passes all understanding -- it isn't the love of Christ -- it isn't love of God -- it showing the same love of others that one would show for themselves -- it feeding the poor -- seeking justice -- it's feeling threatened and IMAGINING that God NEEDS them to defend him/her.

now that's some fucked up arrogance and ignorance.

[dysfunctional press]

5. people who are proud of their belief in mythological beings make me laugh.

they SHOULD be treated like lepers.
fucking morans.

[nomorenomore08]

19. Well, I'm pretty much an atheist myself, but those who do believe in some sort of higher power

form the vast majority of the human race. Do you really think that 90% (or so) of humans should be lumped in with nutcases like Boone? :shrug:

[dysfunctional press]

57. i don't believe the 90% number myself...but otherwise, yes-

as far as religious belief is concerned.

or maybe it should be considered a form of mental illness. :shrug:

[spiritual_gunfighter]

83. This is a little much

I am an atheist but I think its pretty lame to want to quarantine people for their beliefs even if I personally don't agree with them. Maybe think before you post next time.

[dysfunctional press]

89. where did you get the word 'quarantine' out of that?

i'm more about shunning.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

100. Sorry you didnt say quarantine

Got mixed up with the OP. But you did say all people of faith should be treated like lepers. I just think that is a little much. I dont care what a person believes as long as it doesnt infringe on my non belief. If they want to believe in the accepted equalivent of Santa Claus so be it.

[timtom]

81. Good post.

[Bluenorthwest]

86. It is so far from honest to equate believing in 'some sort of

higer power' to what Boone drools out that I had to say something. The vast majority are nothing like Pat Boone. Nothing at all. To claim that 90% of humans carry similar theology is just wrong.

[nomorenomore08]

103. Of course they don't. But the poster I responded to seemed to be condemning all non-atheists.

Hence my pointing out that the vast majority of human beings believe in some sort of god(s), and that his apparently lumping them all in with the likes of Boone was both unfair and ridiculous.

I never meant to defend Boone in any way - quite the opposite in fact. The man is simply vile, and pathetic to boot.

[prostock69]

27. I'll second that n/t

[spiritual_gunfighter]

84. Love the Dawkins quote n/t

Kind of like the Jefferson quote in my sig line.

[EmilyAnne]

41. Its MAGIC! nt

[Redbear]

60. Im proud of my belief in God

It is because of my belief in God that I am a Democrat. I believe we have a moral responsibility to care for our fellow man.

If I thought there was no God, that everyone else on this planet is not by brother or siste,r and that the only think that mattered was getting as much treasure as possible for myself--I would be a Republican.

If you still want to treat me like a leper, that's okay.

Now if you want to tell me I am like Pat Boone, that I would have a problem with.

[immoderate]

63. So how do you explain people like myself, who have similar sensibilities.

yet don't believe in god? Why is god necessary to conceptualize the brotherhood of man?

Are the atheists you know morally deficient?

--imm

[Redbear]

67. Absolutely not. Moral sensibility comes from many places.

My point is not that my faith is "correct". It was simply to state that instead of my faith being a bad thing, as the poster commented, it is the very thing that leads me to agree with folks here on issues of social justice, equality, and love of our fellow human beings.

[immoderate]

95. Sorry. Yeah, that was a bit much.

--imm

[dysfunctional press]

69. the only thing keeping you from turning republican is your belief in god?

nice.

i'm a democrat because of my religious upbringing as well. i lost the faith, but not the morals- go figure. and i never even contemplated becoming a republican.

i don't remember ever treating you like a leper.

[Redbear]

79. No. But you did say that I am a fucking moran who should be treated as a leper

because I am proud of my faith in God.

If I were to lose my faith, I would still believe in democratic values for other reasons. But, there is no doubt that my faith has led me to those values and that my faith makes my belief in those values even stronger.

I believe that christians, muslims, jews, and atheists who have shared values should be allies, not enemies.

[Lance_Boyle]

96. it's sort of like that Indian guy who's proud of his 10" ear hair

That's nice and all for you if that's your thing, but for us non-ear-hair-fetishists it's a little gross and definitely weird.

[Bluenorthwest]

88. Wow, you'd be a Republican...amazing confession

I have to ask why you Chritians reject Christ's teachings so fully on so many subjects. In this case he told you all to rejoice when presecuted. You say "I would have a problem with that" which is not very Jesusish. What lead you to reject his teachings and replace them with demands for personal respect and words of false honor toward yourself and your faith? What specifically lead you to reject Jesus and do it your way?

[Redbear]

92. Obviously, I didn't explain it well .

Republicans = me me me me me screw everyone else

Democrats = social justice, equality, peace, etc.

Jesus' message is to love our fellow man, give him our cloak, turn the other cheek etc

Because I follow Jesus message and reject "me me me me" is why I am a Democrat. Although I totally agree that personal religious faith is not the only path to progressive values, it has been my path.

I have no problem with persecution.

I do have a problem with being lumped in with Pat Boone.

[Patchuli]

76. Glad to see such 'open-minded' posters here on DU

:sarcasm: Who else do you hate?

[timtom]

80. crappy post.

[Kalyke]

98. And people who are proud of their bigotry against others' personal

beliefs should be treated like assholes.

POINT - laugh.

[flakey_foont]

6. You are not being persecuted

just because you cannot make all the rules.

Are Christians being put in Concentration Camps? Are they being burned at the stake? Or forced at the point of a sword to convert to another religion?
Yesterday (Sunday) I happened to notice that the churches in my town looked pretty full, so it does not appear as if there are any restrictions to attending services.

The Christians like Boone, can't run the show, so they whine about how badly they are mistreated.
They have as much right to their beliefs as I have to mine - which is what they don't get. That anyone who disagrees with their beliefs is entitled to their beliefs, whether the Christians like it or not.
Fair play

[foxfeet]

7. Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) is curable.

Pat Boone and his Legion Of Whining Morons are not.

[Ladyhawk]

33. Some are curable. I was a member of the legion of whining morons (morans). nt

[foxfeet]

48. Then allow me to congratulate you on your cure.

I was "exposed" a lot as a kid, but never actually caught it.
:hi:

[lob1]

8. He may be a Christian, but he made his living singing the devil's music.

Decent people didn't listen to R&B back then unless someone like Boone "whitened" it up. In other words, made it crap.

[Sequoia]

101. Right on, brother !!

And Elvis too. Long live the real Delta/Chicago Blues !!!

[tridim]

9. Nope, just you Pat.

And the other small percentage of religious people who have allowed organized religion to make them insane.

[Bolo Boffin]

10. Why, it's almost as if there's isn't a single Christian elected in the government

:eyes:

[JuniperLea]

11. Had they not treated our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters like lepers...

The Karma wouldn't sting so bad.

[fascisthunter]

12. because of Right WIng Christian Whackos, people are leaving

churches all across the country.

[Ladyhawk]

32. As a former right-wing whacko, I hope you're right.

Around here, they're still omnipresent and annoying as hell. Fuckers won't stop knocking or leaving crap on my door.

[wolfgangmo]

36. Invite them in to pray with you.

Great story.

The grandmother of a friend of mine is this sweet little old 76 year old white haired lady who is RC to her toenails, but also very liberal. She actually follows the advice laid out in the new testament; the parts about loving your neighbor and helping those less fortunate. She is the real deal.

And she used to get steaming angry about right wing nuts showing up on her doorstep and challenging her to find a "personal relationship" with god. Of course she didn't say anything about it to the doorsteppers as that wouldn't be "polite or Christian."

But she came up with a great idea. She started to invite them in to pray with her. When everyone was sitting comfortably in the living room she would ask them if they were ready to start. When they said yes, she would slide off her chair like a good Catholic and kneel on the floor as start praying the rosary - in it's original latin form. For those of you who don't know this takes over an hour. Did I mention that she has hardwood floors.

After she finished she would look up, say "my, where has the time gone. I need to go to church now." She would put on her coat, thank the numb kneed doorstoppers and tromp to church.

And they never came back. She referred to them as "weak kneed Christians."

[Fumesucker]

37. ROFL..

I like your friend's grandmother, we need more Christians like that and fewer like Pat Boone.

Oh, and FWIW, I'm a Dawkinsian atheist..

[Ladyhawk]

45. Great story! Can a borrow a Roman Catholic for my door-knockers? :D nt

[fascisthunter]

43. lol.. Sorry to Hear that

We get Jehovah Witnesses up here every year at least once.

I was more or less talking about non-extremists... moderates. They are leaving because of the extremists.

[Ladyhawk]

47. Sad story...my mother is still an extremist.

She doesn't know it. She, of course, thinks she's right, as most of us do most of the time. Finding out I was really wrong about a lot of stuff has made me leery of believing in anything too much. Life is easier for my mother who knows she's right.

[fascisthunter]

54. That must be Hard, but you have something most here don't...

experience, up and close. That's powerful stuff... I hope there is peace for you and your mom irregardless of religion. If you do that, it makes all the difference in the World. You probably already know that....

[Contrary1]

53. My nephew and his roommates repeatedly asked the fundies not to bother knocking...

Didn't work.

What did work, though; was all three together answering the door in their undies, with their pet snakes wrapped around their shoulders.

[tanyev]

13. Oh, Pat. You've always been lame.

Just because you finally realized that's what people have always thought about you doesn't mean you're being persecuted.

[Zen Democrat]

14. These persecution complexes are getting out of control. Too bad their faith isn't working for them.

I mean, what kind of "messenger" are they being when they spread fear and exhibit paranoia?

[burning rain]

15. These people are absurd.

How many members of congress are atheists? Who's keeping these Christian whiners from going to church every damn day if they want? Hell, they can build a sacred pillar and crawl to the top if threy want and spend the rest of their life there. They can get a soapbox, hop up on it, and preach that the End Times begin next Tuesday because the Beast 666 has been aroused by Michelle Obama's bare arms.

[Nickster]

17. No Pat, you don't get to equate your extreme right wing-ism with all Christians. Not all Christians

are as wacky as you are. Me not embracing your extremism doesn't mean that I hate all Christians, just that I hate having your extremism shoved down my throat.

[KamaAina]

18. Why does Pat Boone hate Hawai'i so much?

I know someone who had Hansen's disease. In fact, he still maintains a place at Kalaupapa, which he uses as sort of a country home!

He very much resents the use of the term "leper". His take: "It's OK to call the disease 'leprosy', but don't you ever call me a leper!"

[nomorenomore08]

21. Pat should get back into that "metal mood" already.

At least then he'd be good for a laugh. :P

[Political Tiger]

25. I actually like that album...or did

but now I can't listen to it because Pat Boone is such an asshole.

[Ikonoklast]

22. Wow, Pat Boone is still alive!

Who knew?

:shrug:

[rucky]

23. And we had that island all set up for them, too.

what are we supposed to do with it now?

[Octafish]

24. Hey, Pat! What's the story behind that photo?

Boone, what's the deal? It documents your, eh, preversion.

[luvspeas]

28. Christianity did nothing but fuck me over....

yet I would fight for the right for anyone to hold their religious beliefs in this country, even when many xtians look down on me, or would love to see me roasted on a spit for my lack of "faith". I think there is a lot of good in all religions, so why do they always expect special treatment and rights over others? I'm just sick of it.

[dysfunctional press]

58. religions would/could be great- if they'd just leave out the mythology parts.

[Cha]

29. Just because pat boone is an idiot and faux Christian and

I want him AWAY from me..doesn't mean he's dragging down real Christians with him.

What an irrelevant piece of shit.

[Ladyhawk]

30. A picture is worth a thousand words.

[spoony]

31. I want Pat Boone quarantined and studied

as there's something very wrong with him, that has nothing to do with his being a Christian, and I'm afraid it might be contagious. Is he still wearing..."punk" clothes?

[robertpaulsen]

34. I think I've heard Pat Boone play this song before.

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If people treat you like a leper, it's not because of your religion, but your BATHETIC WHINING!!!

[Burma Jones]

35. This whiny attention hound wouldn't recognize Christ if he smacked him in the face

Of course, all these "Christians" have conveniently forgotten the whole turning the other cheek, meek inheriting the earth and giving a thief your coat business.....that sort of talk is downright un-american....

[SoCalDem]

38. Sad, delusional, wimpy Pat..

Hyper-religious loonies are not treated like "lepers"..they are treated like delusional dangerous people..

Lepers try their darndest to NOT infect other people..the wacky religiosos are ALL ABOUT infecting everyone with their delusions..

The odd part is that THEY (the right wing loons() are the ones who would treat lepers like... well lepers...

Normal, kindly people would and DO extend their help to lepers without the judgmental fear and loathing of the hyper -religious..

......

as a 12 year old Girl Scout, our troop took a boat to a leper colony in Panama.. It was on an isolated island near the San Blas Islands.. Whole families (lepers and non-lepers) were quarantined there. We took them gifts for christmas..and looking back, there were some girls whose parents "would not let them go".. I now know which party their parents probably belonged to :(..

[lolly]

39. He's Right

I mean, it's pretty horrible that the gays won't let Christians marry each other. That's just awful. How could those gays deprive those poor Christians of such a basic right?

What? I got that backwards? Oh, Ok . . . Nevermind.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

42. Pat wants the stage to himself again.

Persecution means he doesn't have a say in how things are done anymore.

Waaaaaaa. Waaaaaaa.

Shhh Pat. The grownups are talking.

[EmilyAnne]

44. He may be crazy, but he sure looks good in leather!

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=pat+boone+leather&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpat%2Bboone%2Bleather%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1&imgurl=a1749f8840060f66

[hobbit709]

49. Maybe Jesus can cure him of his "disease" the way He healed the leper.

[Echo In Light]

50. Anxiously awaiting his return to HEAVY METAL form!

[Bluebear]

51. “backward, dangerous, and toxic." - no argument here. nt

[depakid]

52. How they love their martyrdom

If they can't actually have it- then they have to make it up!

Boone's real problem of course is that he's a has been and irrelevant.

[goforit]

55. Well Mr. Boone, Your Christian right decisions supported Satanic Bushco's wars and tortures

If the shoe fits.... wear it bucko!!!

Don't come crying when your well earned KARMA slaps ya in the face.

[tularetom]

56. Pat Boone was a joke 50 years ago

Not very much has changed.

[WeDidIt]

59. America Christians wouldn't know opression if it bit them on the ass

Seriously, if there is one group that has suffered absolutely NO oppression in the United States of America, it's Christianity.

[Skittles]

61. like gun nuts, many Christians seem to be a bunch of paranoid bastards

[Boomerang Diddle]

62. Pat Goone needs to check the expiration date on his milk

I think it's gone bitter, but there again, that's probably how he likes it.
:puke:

[pleah]

64. No, Pat, that is not how I see all Christians,

just ones like you.

[DemoTex]

65. Do armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) carry Christianity like they carry leprosy (M. leprae)?

If so, no wonder Texas is so FOX-UNIFORM.

• 1 in 6 armadillos found in Texas and Louisiana coastal marshes harbor leprosy (Mycobacterium leprae)
• The disease may be completely absent among animals in better drained areas
• Leprosy has evolved among armadillos by natural means and is likely present among armadillos in similar environments in other countries
• Human and armadillo leprosy infections show similar environmental tendencies in their geographical distribution
• Some cases of human disease probably result from zoonotic transmission from armadillos, but the real risk for leprosy infection through contact with armadillos seems to be extremely low. At this time, most people in the U.S. still appear to acquire their disease mainly through contact with infected family members

http://svm369.vetmed.lsu.edu/images/truman/Human%20and%20Armadillo%20Leprosy.pdf

[Arugula Latte]

68. It's time to make Pat Boone into soap already.

When is he scheduled to be rounded up, again?

[RFKHumphreyObama]

70. Was Pat Boone also in Raygun's office when he issued a proclaimation

honoring the Islamic fundamentalist freedom fighters in Afghanistan as well?

And it's true that I see Pat Boone as a "as a leper, a carrier of a noxious infection" but that has nothing to do with Christianity. Rather it has to do with the fact that he's a right wing Republican shill whose used by date was up about 500 years ago but who still thinks he's relevant to modern day society somehow

[anonymous171]

72. They have been saying shit like this for around 20 years now. nt

[trashcanistanista]

73. Why yes, Pat, they certainly are!

[baldguy]

74. If they're lepers - why don't they GO AWAY?

[sakabatou]

78. Fuck Pat Boone

[Brewman_Jax]

87. You can't cry "persecution"

when you're the overwhelming numerical and social majority. Fuck off, Pat! :grr:

[Solly Mack]

90. Yeah well, there's a cure for Hansen's disease

[The Backlash Cometh]

91. Oh, geez. There goes that old Christian persecution complex.

There really should be a study on this phenomenon

[WhollyHeretic]

99. Those poor lepers. You have to be a leper to become president and over 90% of congress

are also lepers. Why must we discriminate against them so?

[Orsino]

102. The constant use of victims' language got old a long, long time ago.

Their god, though, has little to do with personal responsibility.

[spanone]

106. hey pat, nobody's worried about you, relax....be a fucking christian for chrissakes

[sufrommich]

107. Here's a perfect example of backwards, dangerous

and toxic:

Obama to Worship Jesus with Homosexual Child Molesters
Posted on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 8:18:42 PM by Mathias Brinkley

My countrymen, it is a dark time for those of us that know how fiendish the homosexual agenda in this country really is. Iowa and Vermont. Now the news breaks that Obama the Shadow King is inviting homosexual couples to his Easter Party at the White House. Truly an epic perversion of American cultural values, all across our nation.

---

The White House is allocating tickets for the upcoming Easter Egg Roll to gay and lesbian parents as part of the Obama administration’s outreach to diverse communities.

Families say the gesture shows that the new Democratic administration values them as equal to other families. And for many, being included in the annual tradition - dating to 1878 - renews hope that they will have more support in their quest for equal rights in matters such as marriage and adoption than under the previous administration.

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They’ve taken our money and now they’re brainwashing our culture.


(Excerpt) Read more at everyoneislying.com ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2224468/posts


Right wing christians are hateful cretins and should be treated like lepers.

[sendero]

108. The fact that they victimize others....

.... is the reason they are not liked, and then they turn around and try to play the "victim" card.

It's laughable, but what do you expect from people who believe god needs 100 people to write his instruction manual.