Louisiana church packed for services again despite charges against pastor amid pandemic

[groundloop]

Source: CBS News

Central, Louisiana -- Buses and cars filled a Louisiana church parking lot for another service Tuesday evening as worshippers flocked to hear a Louisiana pastor who is facing misdemeanor charges for holding services despite a ban on gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A few protesters turned out, too, including a man shouting through a bullhorn against those gathering at the Life Tabernacle Church in the city of Central, where pastor Tony Spell has been holding services. Another demonstrator held up a sign reading: "God don't like stupid."

CBS Baton Rouge affiliate WAFB-TV reported the service was jammed with hundreds of parishioners. The station said there were also dozens of cars on hand to see if anyone stopped Spell from holding the service.

Afterward, people began leaving the church, some chatting outside the front doors, and many appearing to not be adhering to social distancing recommendations to remain at least six feet apart. Hugs and handshakes were shared freely as people said their goodbyes and departed.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-louisiana-life-tabernacle-church-packed-services-again-charges-against-pastor-tony-spell/

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Thankfully not many churches are acting as stupid as this.

Our local church has, of course, cancelled all activities until further notice. Meanwhile, volunteers (my wife has been helping with this) are preparing meals and delivering them (individually) to low income families and those who are temporarily out of work. (Food is left on people's porch with no social interaction.)

[doc03]

1. Gawd will protect them nt

[marble falls]

4. Not accourding to the Bible:

Matthew 4 :5-7

5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ ” 7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”



" ... the second is addressed to Him as such, asking Him to prove His faith by putting God's promise to the test. It is the temptation to fanaticism, which has been the destruction of many a useful servant of God Jesus refuses to yield, for yielding would have been sin. It would have been wicked presumption, as though God must yield to every unreasonable whim of the man, of faith, and so would have been a real "tempting" of God"

Its also in the OT - Deuteronomy 6:16 NIV

16 Do not put the LORD your God to the test as you did at Massah.

[Archae]

17. Sure thing, we don't ever NEED evidence for "God" and "Jesus!"

"Don't put God to the test," sure.

Just keep the blind faith that actual evidence shows to be total bullshit.

And people wonder why I gave up ALL religions?

[marble falls]

21. He doesn't ask for blind faith. I trust no one who has blind faith in anything.

[3Hotdogs]

19. Shit. Soon's as I can scrap together the bus fare, I'm there for the next preachin service.

He's the only one that can protect us from this plage.

Gub'mint ain't gonna protect us.

[onecaliberal]

28. They may be going to see him sooner than they anticipated.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. If they were only endangering themselves, I'd say let them have at it.

However, if any of those faithful parishioners are infected, they will be spreading infection throughout their entire community.

[marble falls]

5. "IF" ...

We can't expect G*d to protect us from them once we are aware of the danger and have the resources to ameliorate their danger. Like locking them in their own quarantine.

[Eliot Rosewater]

26. ACTUALLY throughout the entire country, all that has to happen is ONE of them drives

or flies or buses to another state, etc.

It is amazing on so many levels, how do they justify infecting OTHERS ?

[Stuart G]

3. Why? Because Trump is their leader, the believe Trump over medical science.

...These people believe Trump will save them. They believe him over Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo is speaking from God, Trump is the devil.
.......... But they are much too stupid to see the truth.

[justhanginon]

6. I wonder how many pf these fools realize

that their goodbyes may be their final goodbyes to their foolish friends.

[OriginalGeek]

7. Every single attendee is thinking

"Ha! we stickin' it to them libtards!"


Please, Louisiana church-goers, continue. But don't go shopping.

[ProfessorGAC]

33. The Virus Is A Liberal

Believes in equal opportunity. Infects everyone no matter what!
Can't let some liberal virus tell them what to do!
And, it's first name is like that Mexican beer. So, the virus is an immigrant too.

[onethatcares]

8. how many refrigerated trucks

will they need and do the blue states have to finance and furnish them?

[SheltieLover]

9. Pastor should still be in jail

Repeat offender! LOCK HIM UP! And his congregation as well.

[SpankMe]

10. The cops should quarantine them in the church after the service starts

If they're going to be assholes about it, then after the service begins the national guard should erect a perimeter around it and not allow anyone to leave for 2 weeks, minimum.

In the meanwhile, we should all send dildos to the church to be sure they don't run out.

[msongs]

35. exactly. deliver fish, loaves of bread, and wine to keep them full nt

[Lucky Luciano]

11. Book him for terrorism.

[pazzyanne]

12. You can't fix stupid, and

God helps those who help themselves! That is all.

[orwell]

13. Another US Pandemic...

...Fundamentalism.

In the end it is the greatest threat of all...

[Fix The Stupid]

14. Reminds me of a joke...

"What do you call 1000 lawyers chained together at the bottom of the ocean?"

yeah, not going to give the answer, but these are my feelings.

Alert away.

[BlueIdaho]

15. Those who do not believe in science

Will suffer the consequences of their bullheadedness.

[llashram]

16. so what

they are adults and make their choices. The only thing I am sad about in reading about these type of adults, their children will suffer because they did not take reasonable precautions.

[rickyhall]

18. I agree, let them all die in their stupidity. I couldn't care less.

[rickyhall]

30. Point taken

[olddad65]

20. Natural selection at work here.

[la-trucker]

22. This goes to show

that there is no stupid-proof system

[tanyev]

23. The ironically named Life Tabernacle....

[olegramps]

24. Then you open the Life Tabernacle door and like Pandora's box and all hell breaks loose.

[captain queeg]

27. I hope every obituary for these dumb fucks states they chose to go to this service.

At least their dumbfuckery might save others.

[gibraltar72]

29. Prayer causes Corona Virus.

[MarcA]

31. If they get the virus maybe they'll be saved by a holy ghost enema. n/t

[DeminPennswoods]

32. Early on, I was grocery shopping

and spoke to several AfAm women who were trusting in God to protect them. I'm sure they were also taking appropriate precautions, but still, they had a strong faith in God to get them through.

[RT Atlanta]

34. social darwinism at work

Years of republican forced public education cutbacks and deliberately fueled mistrust in science and the scientific process have helped contribute to stupidity like this.

I am sorry for what is likely going to happen to all the folks if/when there is a massive outbreak for the worshipers.

[AllaN01Bear]

36. idiots . they have the tech to stream, but , noooooo.

[SergeStorms]

37. You can't fix stupid.

Dog can't even fix stupid, apparently.

[Marrah_Goodman]

38. Fine every single person there and charge the parents of children there with endangerment

[sakabatou]

39. *facedesk*

[mwooldri]

40. I guess none of them are going to Texas soon.

Signs up on Interstate saying "Louisiana personal travelers must self quarantine". How this is enforced I have no clue.