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TexasTowelie

(111,963 posts)
Wed Mar 13, 2013, 06:36 PM Mar 2013

Robert Jeffress: Gay Sex is Like Plugging a TV in the Wrong Socket, Making it Explode

It was hard to fathom how Robert Jeffress could possibly refine his already highly nuanced views on human sexuality, but the First Baptist pastor has managed, somehow, to do just that.

Right Wing Watch brings us a video of Jeffress's appearance last week on Trinity Broadcasting Network's "Praise the Lord" in which he further toned down his anti-gay rhetoric.

His premise is there are many ways to deviate from "God's standard," sexually speaking. Premarital sex, adultery, unbiblical divorce, man on man, woman on woman, man on woman on man -- they're all wrong in the Lord's eyes.

He goes on to explain why: "Think about this one time in heaven God was sitting up there with his sketch pad and he said, 'You know, I'm going to design human beings and would it be fun of they started doing this together with one another.'" Jeffress illustrates this by excitedly jabbing his fingers at one another in a way that makes you feel truly sorry for the missus. "God dreamed up sex, He thought it up for our enjoyment, He gave us the equipment to enjoy it with."

More at http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/03/robert_jeffress_gay_sex_is_lik.php .

Cross-posted in Religion Group.

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Robert Jeffress: Gay Sex is Like Plugging a TV in the Wrong Socket, Making it Explode (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2013 OP
It sounds like it's a great temptation to him Warpy Mar 2013 #1
Sounds pretty good to me! shenmue Mar 2013 #2
Exploding TV's! The best way to deal with all the pundits and Congress nonoyes Mar 2013 #3
Oh it explodes alright Fearless Mar 2013 #4
OH< YEAHHHHH Bohunk68 Mar 2013 #8
Let's extrapolate this for a minute. Initech Mar 2013 #5
Stunning ignorance. Religion is so blinding. MNBrewer Mar 2013 #6
Yes! TV explosion Is Gay Sex! Vanje Mar 2013 #7

Warpy

(111,169 posts)
1. It sounds like it's a great temptation to him
Wed Mar 13, 2013, 06:39 PM
Mar 2013

and that if he tries it once, he can never go back to pretending to being straight.

That's the read I get from most of the famous phobes in this country.

 

nonoyes

(261 posts)
3. Exploding TV's! The best way to deal with all the pundits and Congress
Wed Mar 13, 2013, 06:56 PM
Mar 2013

They would no longer matter to 99.9 % of Americans, the way it should be. They just take our money and produce nothing in return.

Initech

(100,041 posts)
5. Let's extrapolate this for a minute.
Wed Mar 13, 2013, 11:39 PM
Mar 2013

So this pastor equated gay sex with plugging a TV in the wrong socket.

Well if you think about it - there really is no such thing as a wrong socket (especially in computing), let alone one that could instantly explode!

And if something were to explode, speaking from an electrical standpoint, it would be the unit that supplies the power, that would be the brain.

So in retrospect the thing that actually exploded was this guys brain.

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