Calif. Capitol chaplain says religious tolerance offends God

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, (AP) -- An evangelical chaplain who leads Bible studies for California lawmakers says God is disgusted with a rival fellowship group that includes people of all faiths.

"Although they are pleasant men in their personal demeanor, their group is more than disgusting to our Lord and Savior," Drollinger wrote on the Capitol Ministries' Web site.

The comments drew immediate fire from others in the capital, including the Republican lawmaker who sponsors Drollinger's Bible study group.

Drollinger said "progressive religious tolerance" is an offense against God and causes harm to its practitioners.


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[tanyev]

1. I seem to recall the Pharisees in the Bible being horrified that Jesus

hung out with so many "disgusting" people.

[liberal N proud]

2. The fact that these people are forcing their faith on others offends him more

[14thColony]

3. I'm amazed

at how many people know in great detail God's current position of a variety of issues. I'm assuming he blogs somewhere that I'm just not reading.

[mike_c]

4. he can have his god all to himself and stick him where the sun won't trouble him....

No doubt he'll like my less tolerant approach better. Fuck his "faith."

[fascisthunter]

5. My Message to This Fanatic: Go Find God

wink wink

[izquierdista]

21. He must reside in the ascending colon

Why else would all those looking for him have their head up their ass?

[CDM gone Dem]

6. "a good moral teacher. . ."

My favorite part is Drollinger's complaint about them displaying Jesus as "a good moral teacher who loves everyone without distinction". Has this guy read The Bible? I recall parts about hanging out with tax collectors & prostitutes, etc. Lots of moral stories told by Jesus--takes up a pretty decent chunk of the gospels.

I'm so glad we have people like Drollinger! How else would we know what God is thinking? :sarcasm: :banghead:

[pingzing58]

7. Acts 10 God shows no partiality. They neither know God nor God's word.

[LiberalFighter]

8. Does the state pay for his services?

Religious prayers, bible studies, or other services should not be performed on government property. PERIOD

If a legislator needs religious counseling then do it off government property and on their own time.

[EFerrari]

13. I'd like to know if my taxes are paying for this hatred. n/t

[madrchsod]

9. silly little man thinks he speaks for god

[dysfunctional press]

10. well, considering that god was totally cool with people having slaves- it doesn't surprise me...

maybe his being such a conservative hard-on is what made his son such a hippie rebel...:shrug:

[roguevalley]

25. God doesn't need money, has no love for slavers and people

abuse his unconditional love and acceptance for their own twisted reasons. THis guy is a dick. He will find out someday that he was an abomination and a fool. He doesn't speak for god anymore than Osama and the rest of the world's assholes.

[kimmylavin]

11. Oh, for Pete's sake.

A. How the hell does this guy know what is "disgusting" to God?
B. What the hell is this guy doing leading Bible studies for California lawmakers? (more below)
C. Jesus was not a good moral teacher? Even I, an atheist, know that he was.
D. Last line: "He is not paid by the state, but Capitol Ministries pays him $120,000 a year to minister to politicians across the country."

Sounds a little fishy.
Sounds even fishier when you check out this Capitol Ministries: http://www.capmin.org/Default.aspx
Its a bit scary, and really hammers home why separation of church and state is important...

[grahamhgreen]

12. "American Fascists" - is a great book on the subject.

[olddad56]

14. This clown doesn't know God. He speaks of God as if God is a person.

Just another Christian Nazi.

[RainDog]

15. this is typical.

fundies are sick. that is a sick statement. this man claims to know what god feels about others who do not practice religion in exactly the way he does. he says god is a conservative republican? wow. wouldn't that be a shock to that commie Jesus and his commie apostles, giving away all they own, being the Good Samaritan, pooling their finances when needed to help one another.

So, by his logic, does that mean Jesus is in hell?

[FiveGoodMen]

16. "An evangelical chaplain who leads Bible studies for California lawmakers"

Okay, I've got a problem right there!

[RC]

17. "...religious tolerance offends God" He knows this, how?

By the voices in his head? This guy needs mental health treatment.

[Judi Lynn]

18. He has shared with the world his belief women legislators with small children are sinners.

Aproned senators protest pastor's remark

'Sinful' zinger aims at legislator moms

By Jennifer Coleman
ASSOCIATED PRESS

May 25, 2004

SACRAMENTO – Several state senators donned kitchen aprons and scarlet "M's" yesterday to protest remarks by a pastor who said female lawmakers with small children at home were "sinful."
(snip)

"I'm all for the female legislators serving our great state with all of their giftedness, in due time," Drollinger said. "If they have children at home, they need to share those gifts with their children. Then after that, as Ecclesiastes says, there is a season that they can serve in the Legislature."
(snip)

About a dozen senators, male and female, joined the protest, including Senate President Pro Tem John Burton, who presided over the Senate while adorned in a pink flowered apron.

Bowen, D-Marina del Rey, went barefoot on the floor of the Senate, brought a toaster and other kitchen accessories to her desk there and sported the scarlet "M" for mother.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040525/news_1n25domestic.html

[davidthegnome]

19. The asshole must have God on speed dial

Gee, religious tolerance offends the God that said, "Turn the other cheek", "Forgive all", "Let he who has not sinned be the first to cast the stone"... "love thy enemy"...? Yeah, such a God must truly be disgusted by such things as religious tolerance.

To me, it just proves more and more that the God they preach of does not exist (though I'm agnostic, uncertain) - for if he did, he'd be blasting these assholes with lightning bolts.

[Jamnt]

20. I guess that explains why fanatical fundamentalist Muslim are

trying to wipe out the rest of us. Only a matter of time before fundamentalist Christians advocate the same thing.

Oh, and btw, I believe people who talk that way are Un-american. As any child can tell you, one of Americans most valued ideals is that of tolerance.

[gratuitous]

22. Westboro Baptist on Line Two, Mr. Drollinger

Fred Phelps phones in his unqualified support.

[Chovexani]

23. A "rival fellowship group"?

WTF, does Drollinger think they're Jets and the Sharks? Do they rumble with Bibles and stuff in the halls of the Capitol?

When you're a Jew, you're a Jew all the way
From your first Bar Mitzvah to your last shout, "Oy vey!"

That Pharisee needs to STFU.

[damntexdem]

24. Well, whatever god this idiot prays to is a fucking monster ...

that no one in his right mind would worship.

[happydreams]

26. Drollinger: "You want to know how to be a servant of god?"

Be like me: an intolerant SOB! :rofl: :rofl:

Hell, at least he walks the walk. :rofl:

Can you fucking believe that 95% of the people in this country believe in this shit?? No wonder people like Bush get to call the shots.

[xxqqqzme]

27. Does he have it in writing some where?

on voice mail? in an email blast?

'...He said the other Bible study group was perpetrating a "deadly lie" by presenting Jesus as "a good moral teacher who loves everyone without distinction."...'

A deadly lie? deadly - that's just a tad over the top, don't you think ralphie?

[pingzing58]

28. St. Paul did not walk with Jesus and for that reason I do not view the religion he started as being

without question. Some people neither know God nor the scriptures.

[tomg]

29. Does it make me intolerant

if I can't tolerate this asshole? Okay. I'm intolerant.

[DuaneBidoux]

30. His God or mine? Mine told me it's a good thing.

[MurrayDelph]

31. secular-Jew Murray here

There are a lot of places that sell this button



I still want the one that says "Put the Christ back into Christianity"

[BrotherBuzz]

32. I think this guy should be registered as a lobbyist in California