Rick Warren: I'm In An Arranged Marriage

[Are_grits_groceries]

In a Christian Post article about an upcoming biography of Saddleback megachurch Pastor Rick Warren, we learn that Warren freely admits that when he married his wife, he didn't love her, was not attracted to her, and had "no feelings" for her at all. But he married her anyway because the marriage had been arranged. By God.
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Rick recalled the day when he was invited to speak at the church where Kay’s father was a pastor. As he ascended the steps to the stage to speak he looked over and recognized Kay, who was then dating his best friend, playing the piano. He said he heard God clearly tell him that this is who he will marry. At the time he had a hard time believing that because he didn’t love Kay and she was madly in love with his best friend. But still he kept the revelation in mind. After his best friend broke up with Kay, Rick asked her on a date. On their second date, Rick asked Kay to marry him. At the time, Kay didn’t love Rick but felt that God was leading her to say yes. She recalled hearing God say, “I’ll bring the feelings.”

Rick Warren gets to marry someone he doesn't love, doesn't even particularly care for - because God says that's what he should do. But he's got no problem at all interfering with the relationships of other people who are madly in love with the person they want to marry. I can't even begin to wrap my head around how fucked up that is.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2009/12/rick-warren-im-in-arranged-marriage.html

He's a deranged demagogue.

[notadmblnd]

1. Lots of people marry and don't love each other

however, I think it wasn't god that said anything to him. I'd bet he saw an opportunity to get next to someone who could help his career and if he had to do it by marrying the guy's daughter, well then; so be it.

[lapfog_1]

6. Bingo.

The best way to build a flock of sheep to shear is to marry the sheep herder's daughter.

Or, as Robert A. Heinlein wrote:

"Three ways to get rich... be born into it, work your way into it, or marry into it. Of the three, marrying into it is the easiest."

[Kitty Herder]

15. I think you've hit the nail on the head.

[Bluebear]

2. >She recalled hearing God say, “I’ll bring the feelings.”,< DERANGED marriage

[Renew Deal]

50. It wasn't God she heard, it was Public Enemy

It was Bring the Noise, not bring the feelings. http://popup.lala.com/popup/432627047858511726

[walldude]

3. So they married because the believe the voice in their heads

was god? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Bluebear]

4. Then god said "Hurry, the pharmacy closes in twenty minutes..."

[krabigirl]

24. Seriously.

[adamuu]

5. Insightful analysis at the end, there

Rick Warren believes his beliefs trump reality.

[Marr]

33. Oops- pardon me.

posted in the wrong place. :P

[tekisui]

7. Is that what he calls his dick? God?

I know a lot of conservative, sexually-repressed, abstinence-only dopes what till marriage to get laid. His 'god' may have needed to be released.:rofl:

[Bluebear]

8. Everybody has a pet name for it.

[Alcibiades]

51. It wasn't his dick

It clearly says he had "no feelings" for her. Lust is a feeling, but there wasn't even that. Why not? My guess is he's either sexless or gay.

What got me was this:

"After his best friend broke up with Kay, Rick asked her on a date. On their second date, Rick asked Kay to marry him."

He swooped in when she was vulnerable, like any good sociopath.

[tomm2thumbs]

9. I think he actually heard 'I'll bring the potato salad'

eat up Ricky boy - God doesn't want you floating up to heaven any time soon - believe me

[HughMoran]

10. psycho!

Holy crap these people are insane

:crazy:

[patrice]

11. Blaspheming, Pharisee, Hypocrit. Hurts others because he thinks God tells him to.

sick

[Canuckistanian]

12. What a sad life they lead

Everything is "pre-ordained" for them. God tells them what to do, when to do it and what to think. Or at least by their telling.

In their world there is no free will. Only servitude until they die. A whole life spent wasted on their knees and attending rituals in expensive palaces that ultimately do nothing to help humanity.

Sorry, but I feel nothing but pity for them.

[Faryn Balyncd]

13. What is that cat's name, A-g-g?

[Are_grits_groceries]

29. Her name from me is

'Meh Kitteh.' She prefers to be called 'The Most Beautiful Feline and Gracious Ruler of All the World."

[varelse]

14. I forget... does this couple have any children?

I can't help wondering if the marriage was, and still is simply one of convenience. Something seems off about this situation.

[Tutankhamun]

20. I'm pretty sure (P)Rick Warren also heard God tell him to

hold a phony Q&A session before the election with Obama and McCain. God told Warren to lie to the world and say they had flipped a coin and that Obama would answer questions first while McCain waited in a "cone of silence." God told Warren to lie about the coin toss and the "cone of silence" so that McCain could listen to the questions in his limousine and pretend he was just naturally "sharp" and "on-the-ball" when answering tricky questions.

This is what God told Rick Warren, because God wanted John McCain to be president. However, Warren didn't realize that God wasn't powerful enough to win the election for McCain. In fact, God is an impotent little weasel whose ass could be easily kicked six ways to Sunday by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Poor Mr. (P)Rick) Warren failed to realize this Holy truth.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

16. She recalled hearing God say, “I’ll bring the feelings.”

Remember that clip from "The Simpsons"...Milhouse's dad's song:

Can I borrow a feeling?
Could you send me a jar of love?
Hurtin' hearts need some healin',
Take my hand with your glove of love

:rofl:

[AwakeAtLast]

41. It's like they're going to a picnic

You bring the pickles, I'll bring the feelings. :eyes:

[shadowknows69]

17. There you go. That's all the GLTB community needs to do then right?

Say that God told you to get married to your partner. Why do Christians get a pass on being insane?

[Marr]

35. Excellent idea.

I'd love to see men like Warren have to come out and insist that only they can hear God... that the other fellow's session was insanity, but his own was authentic.

[Angry Dragon]

18. What happens or what do they say

when someone speaks up and says god told them to do something that goes against Rick's beliefs??

[shadowknows69]

19. And God said unto Rick: Take thyself a wife as your beard.

To hide from view your feelings that must be true. Thou dost protest too much.

[Tutankhamun]

22. RAmen

[Critters2]

37. +1 nt

[Alcibiades]

49. That's what I thought, too

He said he had "no feelings." What straight man asks a woman to marry him on the second date with "no feelings?" At the very least, he would want to bang her!

[shadowknows69]

54. God didn't give him the sinful desires of the flesh, for women at least.

God will bless his penis and make it erect when procreation is expected.

[Initech]

21. Rick Warren is such a piece of shit.

The hypocrisy is off the charts with him.

[krabigirl]

23. Yikes, like this glutton is some prize? I highly doubt his wife is at all attracted to him.

[eShirl]

25. Just close your eyes and think of Jesus?

[Swamp Rat]

26. "Dear Wife, Merry Fucking Christmas."

[Nikki Stone1]

27. I guess his best friend Ray wouldn't marry him.

:evilgrin:

[Starry Messenger]

28. I'd like to arrange something for him.

"God was leading her to say yes". Sounds like she was one of the first casualties of his flim-flam.

[Odin2005]

30. *PUKE*

Sack of Shit.

[Owl]

31. Piss on Rick Warren.

[treestar]

32. Oh good grief

I'm not sure I even believe him. God doesn't say you have to marry someone you don't love.

[Marr]

34. Talk about transparent bullshit.

These religious con-men aren't even particularly good at it. But their flocks are dirt stupid and everyone else is obliged to accept this kind of bullshit when you slap God onto it.

What would we say if, say, a young Scientologist with ambitions of having his own church said he'd only married the daughter of a church leader because "Xenu told him to". Everyone would laugh, and rightly so. It's completely self-serving and transparent.

[NMMNG]

36. Yep

I can't help but think one of the reasons people like him are so adamantly opposed to same-sex marriage is they're in such fucked up sham marriages, (or because they got pregnant and the guy wouldn't marry them, e.g. Maggie Gallagher) and they loathe the idea of other people getting married because theywant to and because they genuinely love someone else. The notion that other couples might be happy would further highlight how miserable the Rick Warrens of the world are, and they simply can't stand for that.

[Blue_Tires]

38. that's just creepy...

maybe i should try that line out just to see the girl's reaction

[stillwaiting]

45. Any girl that line works on is NOT a girl you want to be with anyways (n/t)

[cali]

39. he's a sick fuck. I detest that pig.

[boston bean]

40. this guy makes me want to puke!

first I ever heard of him was from that chick that was held hostage by the courthouse gunman.

she kept talking about how warrens book, the purpose driven life, saved her life.

I think he took off at the point, no??

[earth mom]

42. I don't feel sorry for Warren. He is getting what he deserves-NO LOVE.

Karma's a bitch when you are so fucking evil to other human beings.

:evilgrin:

[robinlynne]

43. I wonder why god only talks to stupid people.

[druidity33]

44. they need more guidance? nt.

[Deja Q]

46. Would anybody love him if they were given a choice?

:hide:

[Bluenorthwest]

47. Obama's choice for America's pastor

The other day some DUer had a tizzy fit because I said these people think God tells them things via voices in the head. Well here it is. Teh crazy on display. That Mrs Warren, she must be feeling so very respected about now. "Married her anyway." So romantic! Such a sacrament they have there. Voices in the head guiding them as they attack their neighbors for having actual love. No wonder he is so bitter and greedy. Big hole to fill. Lots of head noise to cover up and cover for.

[malaise]

48. Poor Rick

His own voice told him that he wanted his best friend's girlfriend.
Fuck that hypocrite.

[Renew Deal]

52. Why is it that some of the most famous religious types have screwed up love lives?

It seems to be a common trait.

[Morning Dew]

53. God told me that Rick Warren is a liar.

Stay tuned, I'm sure God has more messages.












Ok, here's more:

It is hot in Suez. It is hot in Suez.


The dice are on the carpet. The dice are on the carpet.

[eppur_se_muova]

55. God told him to steal his best friend's girlfriend?

"God told me to" beats out "the dog ate my homework" and "it was that way when I got here" as the most pathetically, lamely transparent LIE of an excuse EVER.

[mzmolly]

56. Generally when God talks to directly to an individual...

said individual should seek a psych evaluation.