It’s not that often that I get to think/say this: “GO FOR IT, IRS!!!”

I agree. I hope they get them good. This pastor is a moron. but look at this way-maybe they’ll waste all their time praying for their enemies to be “smited” and will forget to vote???

That’s one of my longest-held quarrels with Christianity–the idea that one’s offspring, no matter how many steps removed or how far down the bloodline, are somehow responsible for the mistakes of their ancestors/elders.

I agree. Some sects of Judiasm hold this belief as well. Everyone got it from the OT.

I always knew the Southern Baptists were closet devil worshippers, or is that Demiurge Worshippers.

I just realized this article is titled “Ememies of Christ.” Isn’t that “ememies” supposed to have an “n” in it somewhere?

Tim — The original press release had this and other misspellings all over the place. It looks like they’ve since been corrected.

Also, I notice all those imprecations are from the O.T. Isn’t the pastor a Christian? I believe it is the teaching of Jesus that you are to bless those that curse you, and do good to those that spitefully use you, etc., etc. Ah, the pickers-and-choosers–that’s what I love most about my religious whackos–they’re the most patent liars and hypocrites. They can’t avoid it. The more zealous they are, the more violations they make. This is why they will continue to provide an inexhaustible supply of amusement for us. God, I wish I was as funny as Bill Maher, because with my knowledge of these yahoos I’d be rich!

Also, I know prayer is useless, but something just feels wrong about a guy telling a bunch of people to, essentially, ‘wish’ for another man’s death:

“his days be few….” and “children be fatherless, and his wife a widow”

What will it then take for someone to act on that in the name of “God”?

23. From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. “Go on up, you baldhead!” they said. “Go on up, you baldhead!” 24. He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.
2 Kings 2:23-24

That’s one of my longest-held quarrels with Christianity–the idea that one’s offspring, no matter how many steps removed or how far down the bloodline, are somehow responsible for the mistakes of their ancestors/elders.

By that logic, you’d think that Christians would support abortions that come about as a result of rape–because of the father’s horrible act of rape, the child would be condemned by abortion. But in this case, they defend the child as “innocent.” So which is it?