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http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/christian-minister-incites-spiritualChristian conservatives use backlash and persecution politics more than any group out there and their talking heads are becoming scarier and scarier. How crazy is it for a supposed man of God, (or anyone for that matter) to urge his followers to use violence against his fellow man because the Supreme Court didn't vote 8-1 for allowing prayer into government buildings? This is violent lunacy.
It's absolute nonsense for us to be debating the value of prayer," Hagee said, just as it is "absolute nonsense" to even be having debates over issues like gay marriage and abortion.
The reason such debates are happening, he said, is because Christians are not being "intrusive enough to make sure that our faith is established in our culture." As a result, secularists have "become violent with people of faith" and Christians need to fight back.
"There is a value in spiritual violence," Hagee declared, "and it is time that you considered the role that you are playing or not playing and whether or not it's time for you to become more aggressive in your beliefs."
randys1
(16,286 posts)Paladin
(28,202 posts)How about you cite us chapter and verse where Jesus declared that untalented, second-string guys like you should end up with the big money churches your daddies established. Same question for Franklin Graham and that rat-faced little con man, Joel Osteen.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)Matthew 6:
1 Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
2 Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
4 so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
5 And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Hagee is hypocrite, who denies the words of the Bible he professes to defend.
sendero
(28,552 posts)... of the people in this country who call themselves Christians couldn't be less like Jesus if they tried.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)People such as Hagee and his ilk are actually doing more to turn people in this country away from religion than any atheist ever could, these idiots are shooting themselves in the wallet every time they open their bigoted lying mouths.
The under thirty crowd are ignoring organized religion or profess any religious affiliation in greater numbers each year in this country, and the big money religious con men see disaster looming inside of one more generation.
rurallib
(62,342 posts)Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)What the fuck does that even mean?
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)This must be that Christian bias that poster was complaining about.
Bonx
(2,039 posts)a way for the 'Christians' to let everyone know they have the numbers & are in charge.
A mild-ish form of cultural bullying.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)The scary part is there are some who will take this yahoo seriously.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)religiosity. The religious communities of all three monotheisms have earned the criticism they receive. All promote violence in some form to address grievances, real or imagined, and in doing so, seek to bind new generations to the false doctrines they promulgate.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)...except that he didn't.
This is the exact OPPOSITE of what the Jesus taught in the New Testament.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Kick Ass, Take Names.
frylock
(34,825 posts)When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.