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May 22nd, 2012
11:23 AM ET

Video of North Carolina pastor's plan to 'get rid of' gays goes viral

By Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor

(CNN) - Video of a North Carolina pastor preaching that gays and lesbians should be rounded up inside an electric fence is going viral on the Internet, two weeks after North Carolina passed a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and President Barack Obama voiced personal support for legalizing such marriages.

"I figured a way out, a way to get rid of all the lesbians and queers, but I couldn't get it past the Congress," Pastor Charles L. Worley can be seen telling his Providence Road Baptist Church congregation in the video, which had more than 250,000 YouTube views by Tuesday.

"Build a great big, large fence - 50 or a 100 miles long - and put all the lesbians in there,” Worley went on to say in his May 13 sermon at his Maiden, North Carolina, church. “Fly over and drop some food. Do the same thing with the queers and the homosexuals, and have that fence electrified so they can't get out. Feed them. And you know in a few years, they'll die out. You know why? They can't reproduce."

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The video had initially been posted on Providence Road’s website but was recently taken down, according to CNN affiliate WBTV-TV in Charlotte.

The phone line at Worley’s church was busy on Monday night and on Tuesday, as was Worley’s home number on Tuesday.

The church’s website was down Tuesday morning, but it had described the house of worship as fundamentalist, meaning it represents a Baptist tradition that's more conservative than the Southern Baptists.

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Worley’s sermon was posted on YouTube by a group called Catawba Valley Citizens Against Hate, which is organizing a protest at the Providence Road Baptist Church on Sunday.

Addressing his congregation last Sunday, Worley referred to his earlier controversial sermon.

"I talked a little bit, I believe it was last Sunday, on the homosexual lifestyle, and there was a whole lot of people who didn't like what I said," Worley told his congregation Sunday, according to WBTV. "I want to read it out of the Bible, and then we'll go from there."

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“Listen, all of the Sodomites, the lesbians, and all of the ... what's that word? Gays - I didn't wanna say 'queers' - that say we don't love you, I love you more than you love yourself,” Worley said, according to WBTV. “I'm praying for you to be saved."

Worley’s initial sermon was partly framed as a response to Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage, which he made in a TV interview a day after North Carolina voters passed a state constitutional amendment banning legal recognition of such marriages and other types of gay unions.

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, or GLAAD, was working Tuesday to gather criticism of Worley’s comments from other North Carolina pastors.

“I am angry and sick at heart over Pastor Worley's comments,” said the Rev. Dennis Teall-Fleming, pastor at Open Hearts Gathering in Gastonia, North Carolina, in a statement distributed by GLAAD.

“Nothing he says has anything to do with the Gospel of Jesus Christ,” said Teall-Fleming, who leads a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) congregation. “I call on all Christian and Baptist organizations that have any connection with him to condemn his comments as strongly as I do, including Providence Road Baptist Church of Maiden.”

- CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor

Filed under: Christianity • Homosexuality • North Carolina

soundoff (5,806 Responses)
  1. Courtney

    You know what I don't understand, why anyone cares about who other people sleep with. Here's a thought, if you don't like it then don't be gay. There it is simple. If one day it comes down to us facing God's judgement, I would much rather leave it up to him to judge. I love how people think that they can play God, if your a true believer than you would leave judgement day to him.

    May 22, 2012 at 9:32 pm |
    • Voice of Reason

      So, your god is a him?

      May 22, 2012 at 9:33 pm |
    • A Serpent's Thought

      @ Voice of Reason

      God=male
      Goddess=female
      Lilith= God's 1st
      Eve= Adam's second

      May 22, 2012 at 9:41 pm |
    • Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

      Oh, how lucky are we all that Serpent's Anus has explained all?! @@

      May 22, 2012 at 9:42 pm |
    • DeeCee1000

      Of course he is ! ! ! ! ! ! Don't 'cha know that it's written "MAN, was made in God's image"? The human male is the strongest, smartest animal there is on the planet, he's definitely stronger and smarter than the female of the species. . .so if man is like a god on this planet, then that must mean that God must have made man in HIS image. Jeeeeeeze, do I have to explain EVERYTHING to you?

      May 22, 2012 at 9:43 pm |
    • DeeCee1000

      "A Serpent's Thought". . .was that before or after the dinosaurs? That was way back then when snakes had the ability to talk right?

      May 22, 2012 at 9:46 pm |
    • A Serpent's Thought

      @ Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

      You seem to be a bit b.i.t.c.h.y tonight! What crawled up your scrotum?

      May 22, 2012 at 9:51 pm |
    • Courtney

      I don't believe there is any God, but I was using him because most people do. Next time, I will make sure not to be so gender specific.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:55 pm |
    • Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

      Serpent, you're a babbling old fool who molested a kid. I have no time for your chit.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:58 pm |
    • ןןɐq ʎʞɔnq

      Courtney, it's never gonna happen. When yer dead, yer dead. There ain't no god(s). The one they use these days is as equally ridiculous, as all the others.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlnnWbkMlbg

      May 23, 2012 at 8:43 am |
  2. sandlover

    I have 4 lesbian friends, I know they truly love their partners and I want nothing but happiness for them. What strikes me as odd is they all grew up with dad's that were total jerks. I can't say for sure if I think being gay is a choice or decided by nature, but it TO ME it seems like most gay people come from a dysfunctional family or didn't fit in with their all american peers and found comfort in the gay culture. By the way I go to a southern baptist church that welcomes gay couples and we don't handle snakes (except on really special holidays). The churches that turn away gay people because they think they have sinned, have truly misunderstood Christ teachings.

    May 22, 2012 at 9:30 pm |
    • DeeCee1000

      You should read up on what the scientific community and their studies have to say about gays and lesbians. You would be doing yourself and your lesbian friends' a huge favor instead of thinking that all gay people are gay because they come from dysfunctional families. Most gay people I know have come from totally "normal" average religious families.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:39 pm |
    • tnfreethinker

      My lesbian friends have wonderful, supportive fathers & mothers. One has a crazy mom, but that's just the odds 🙂 Although I believe being gay is not a choice – and every reputable medical and mental health organization agrees – so what if it was. People should mind their own business. Love is great and should be celebrated. Hate is ignorant and needs to be educated.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:43 pm |
  3. Kebos

    America is dying a slow death because of people like Worley. One very disgusting human being.

    May 22, 2012 at 9:28 pm |
    • Fred

      Kebos – the reason America is dying a slow (or fast depending on how u look at it) is because everyone has their own agenda, wants to do what they want etc. The values/morals the country was founded on are gone. That is the REAL problem. If we accept gays, do we also accept child molestors, rapists, murderers etc? Everyone keeps saying we have to love EVERYONE. Make up your mind people!

      May 22, 2012 at 9:42 pm |
    • DeeCee1000

      Fred your ignorance is what's bringing down America.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:52 pm |
    • sharoom

      Why are people arguing against gays blind to the concept of consent?

      May 22, 2012 at 10:00 pm |
    • Kebos

      Fred – Your response disgusted me. To equate a gay person to that of a murderer or rapist is appalling. You must attend church every Sunday. That sort of thing could only be said by a bible-hugging, god-delusional, whack-job.

      May 22, 2012 at 10:38 pm |
  4. A Serpent's Thought

    To all who dares think

    2 Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty!

    May 22, 2012 at 9:24 pm |
    • Bootyfunk

      "Circ.umvent your intelligence."
      - Kirk Cameron

      words you live by.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:26 pm |
    • Kebos

      Please, spare me the quotes from a book that is an insult to humanity.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:30 pm |
    • Observer

      Christians don't believe every word of the books they quote, but they never seem to catch that.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:33 pm |
    • LivinginVA

      Observer: I know plenty of Christians who acknowledge that they believe the Bible is wildly inconsistent in many areas. They tend to be the ones I consider the most Christian – the ones who say "OK, instead of looking at specifics, what is repeated over and over? Love each other, take care of those less fortunate, don't hate on folks".

      May 22, 2012 at 9:37 pm |
    • Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

      Exactly, Living. The truly exemplary Christians I know are those who are far too busy doing something good for others to judge anyone. They're not busy braying every chapter and verse they know at others to try to impress anyone with their ability to memorize Biblical passages. They aren't interested in the minutiae. They don't care how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:41 pm |
    • Kebos

      One does not need to be Christian or religious to be a good person to their fellow humans. In fact the more virtuous is the one without the religious vices. The person who does these acts just because it is right.

      May 22, 2012 at 10:40 pm |
  5. Just be

    Hmmm… sounds like a Nazi concentration camp… I thought we fought against that in WWII? Oh well, I guess this is just another example of our wonderful “Freedom of Speech” or should I say FREEDOM TO HATE!? What about the reproduction statement… So, straight Christian couples who might have any kind of infertility problem and cannot reproduce are living in sin? Is it their destiny to die without purpose? Or is he going to say that they are “possessed” or have any demons inside? Flip thru a history book and you will see that not too long ago, people like this “pastor” captured African natives and shipped them to the Americas saying “throw them in the fields, feed them, and use them as slaves, because they are different from us; they where sent by god to be our property”.

    May 22, 2012 at 9:24 pm |
    • hh

      You know the US did operate there own concentration camps within our borders. We rounded up countless Asian citizens, confiscated their property and imprisoned them during WWII.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:38 pm |
  6. distiltid

    If gays and lesbians can't reproduce, how does he think they got here? Aliens?

    Somebody didn't follow his argument to its logical conclusion.

    May 22, 2012 at 9:23 pm |
  7. Idontcare

    Here we have a wild Pastor. They are indiginous to this habitat, but rarely come out their cave. They spend most of their time in the sun; either sun bathing, relaxing, dictating the media and the word of God, or simply taking in the rays. Their diet consists of mostly nuts, dried leaves, roots, gummy worms. Really anything you can find in the ground. They are completely defenseless. They rely mostly on faith and speed to run from their predetors. Usually shouting alot and/or playing dead detures the enemies in another direction. This is Idontcare reporting to you from the OnTheRun Wildlife preserve. thank you and have a good day

    May 22, 2012 at 9:23 pm |
  8. Pete

    The pastor has a job that he failed to do. His number one role should be to preach God's love, not offer his own bigoted opinion about others. The only thing he should be wrapping around gay and lesbian people is an embrace. Truly a disappointment.

    And sorry atheists but you have it wrong, and no one needs to prove anything to you, that's why it is called "faith." You'll get all the proof you need one day, hopefully not the day after the end of your earthly life. cheers!

    May 22, 2012 at 9:21 pm |
    • Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

      More proxy threats. Stop wagging your finger at others and badgering them to believe exactly as you do. It doesn't convince anyone.

      And no atheist would be asking for proof if some of you idiotic pals on here would stop braying that they have some.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:24 pm |
    • Pete

      Outstanding! Thank you! Keep on trollin'!

      May 22, 2012 at 9:26 pm |
    • DeeCee1000

      "Talking snakes", 500 yr old men and one of them called "Noah" with an ark who somehow magically saved all the animals (LOL), "Adam and Eve" in the "Garden of Eden" even though all the proof shows that the human species began in S. East Africa., a planet and universe that was supposedly created in 6 days 6 thousand years ago. . . .thanks, but I have all the proof I need to NOT believe in your twisted book of fairy tales.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:30 pm |
    • Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

      Thank you. I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress. And try the veal.

      Really, Petey, get a clue.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:35 pm |
    • Hawk

      @pete – If there is a god, or gods, who is to say that it is *your* god? What if it is the gods of Norse pantheon? Or the Egyptians? Or what if it is the gods of ancient Babylon? Even if I were to accept your hypothesis that some god exists, no one has shown me evidence of which god it actually would be.

      And really, any so-called "supreme being" who is so insecure as to punish me for eternity for failing to worship him or her, does not deserve my worship. A truly loving god would love me unconditionally – whether I believed or not. They would base my "afterlife reward" not on if I believed, but in how I treated others and if I was a good person or not. Finally, "eternal" punishment would never occur to a just and wise god. You don't torture a child for 5 years because they didn't get an A in math class – so what sense is it to punish someone for eternity (which is rather long) for any other transgression? You obviously don't expect them to learn from their mistake. If they are being punished for eternity, ten the only thing you are doing is satisfying your own desire for revenge and torture.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:52 pm |
  9. Lorraine

    A fool as said in his heart there is no God

    May 22, 2012 at 9:20 pm |
    • Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

      A fool says the preacher in the video knows anything about God.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:22 pm |
    • Observer

      Lorraine,

      What's your point? We are seeing a bigger fool.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:27 pm |
  10. myintx

    CNN focusing on one extreme case trying to make us all atheiests... why isn't CNN reporting on 43 Catholic Groups filing suit against the HHS challenging the the Obama administration’s birth control mandate.... http://www.theblaze.com/stories/real-news-from-the-blaze-catholic-groups-sue-obama-administration/

    May 22, 2012 at 9:19 pm |
    • DeeCee1000

      Oh yeah. . .who was that Catholic bishop who just recently told his congregation that Obama was like Hitler and Stalin? You can always count on lots of "love" coming from the pulpits.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:22 pm |
  11. iminim

    That's about the best example of why our country's founders opted for a secular government that I have ever seen! Thank you Adams (John & Samuel), Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and all the rest of you guys!

    May 22, 2012 at 9:14 pm |
    • Jebadiah

      Exactly. It's these same right wing fanatics that think they should be running our government.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:16 pm |
  12. Bill

    Another person who is Christian until he meets someone that's not.

    May 22, 2012 at 9:06 pm |
    • JWT

      actually it's until he meets a person that he thinks is not a christian. A lot of gays and lesbians are rightly christians.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:08 pm |
    • Bill

      Sorry, I was a bit ambiguous there. Take the "Christianity" from his point of view.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:10 pm |
  13. eideard

    I became an atheist 61 years ago – when I was 13 years old. I was fortunate enough to have attended churches led by decent, thoughtful pastors instead of creeps and cretins like Worley. Never looked back.

    That is until I began to encounter the gospel of "hate your fellow human" when I became active in the civil rights movement. Lots of years have passed and time have gotten measurably better. Well, a little better. But, while fools like this continue to lead other willing fools down the primrose path against civil rights for all Americans – I hold out little hope for peace, brotherhood and sisterhood among Americans.

    And I don't see a whole boatload of fellow Christians standing up against this crud.

    May 22, 2012 at 9:03 pm |
    • Marky Merlot

      Well said!

      May 22, 2012 at 9:11 pm |
    • LivinginVA

      People who are truly Christian and behave the way Christ did are NOT going to stand up and shout "I'm a Christian and I'm a better one than he is!", which makes it easy for the extremists to pretend they are the majority.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:24 pm |
    • tnfreethinker

      NFL Hall of Famer Michael Irvin said, in the fight for equality, you must be willing to run a race in which you may not be around to see the finish line. Saw that in LZ's article today and thought it was fitting. Thank you for standing up for Civil Rights. I know we can't "save the world"....but imagine if EVERYBODY tried. 🙂

      May 22, 2012 at 9:26 pm |
    • iminim

      I am a Christian, I refuse to say "a fellow Christian" because I bear no kinship to this pastor other than being a member of the same human species. I am against the "gospel of hate" in general, and it's evil twin "the gospel of greed". There are many Christians, even those of us in NC, who reject this hate speech. The media isn't exactly fond of us because we don't make inflamatory remarks that generate lots of comments, so we get a lot less press. I guess acceptance, kindness & love don't make good press.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:28 pm |
      • eideard

        That's a particular shame. One that should offend Christians of good will – who I assume to be the overwhelming majority.

        Though I often blog about those who wish for theocracy over secular democracy ruling the political will of all people – my own life's experience tells me this isn't representative of most Christians. But – that doesn't make headlines.

        May 23, 2012 at 12:16 am |
  14. Claudia, Houston, Tx

    Now that this NUT CASE has received the attention that he wanted, first put him on the terrorist list and then extradict him back to wherever he came from. He's a danger to our civilized society.

    May 22, 2012 at 9:03 pm |
    • Joseph

      Right if he was a muslim cleric talking about americans in general wed drone strike his a $ $!

      May 22, 2012 at 9:14 pm |
  15. If Nabateans had Gods ... their Gods would be blocks of stone

    I've never understood why people want to praise or condemn a group of people because of one person or very small minority.
    The Austrians were ok, even if Hitler was Austrian.
    The Indians are ok, even if the Thuggees came from them.

    May 22, 2012 at 9:03 pm |
    • Lilith

      Maybe if you tried to understand anothers point of view you'd be better off?
      It's not a judgement of a whole group (like you and Atheists) the few are simply a symptom of an underlying problem.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:14 pm |
    • If Nabateans had Gods ... their Gods would be blocks of stone

      And what problem ould that be Lilith? Be specific.

      May 23, 2012 at 1:39 pm |
  16. Jesus Follower

    I don't believe in electrocuting people. But I do believe in the Bible, Jesus is coming back soon weather you believe it or not. Jesus came to save the world from our sins.John 3:16. Just think about it if you were the devil, wouldn't your agenda be to get people not to believe. JESUS LOVES YOU, the devil hates YOU. YOU might say I Don't BELIEVE in the devil, but you know what he believes in YOU. I DARE YOU TO READ THE BIBLE.

    May 22, 2012 at 9:00 pm |
    • If horses had Gods ... their Gods would be horses

      I've read the Bible, it only confirmed what was already common sense to me .. have you read "The Evolution of God" or "Chariots of the Gods" or "The God Delusion" or any book about the worlds history of religions? I dare you ..

      May 22, 2012 at 9:06 pm |
    • Larry Ratdog

      I believe that Jerry Garcia was the second coming of Jesus. Just listen to Scarlet Begonias from Cornel '77. And Jerry was cool with the gays.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:06 pm |
    • If Nabateans had Gods ... their Gods would be blocks of stone

      "have you read "The Evolution of God" or "Chariots of the Gods" or "The God Delusion" or any book about the worlds history of religions? I dare you .."

      If the answer is yes and they disagree with those books like you do the Bible..what then? You'll respect their opinion but agree to disagree?

      May 22, 2012 at 9:08 pm |
    • Jebadiah

      Read it. It's a bronze age book of fairytales. You can spend you whole life waiting for your sky daddy to return. It's been 2 thousand years. He ain't coming back. From looking at the world, it's pretty clear that if he ever really existed, he could care less about humanity.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:09 pm |
    • If Nabateans had Gods ... their Gods would be blocks of stone

      Try Iron Age Jeb. Jeesh what fools these atheists be!

      May 22, 2012 at 9:11 pm |
    • If horses had Gods ... their Gods would be horses

      Nabateans had Gods .. of course, I already do. I didn't say I disagree with the Bible (you said that) I just look at it differently that those who believe it is divinely inspired.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:11 pm |
    • If Nabateans had Gods ... their Gods would be blocks of stone

      Lol..maybe horses do to...it's just not what we think they ought to be.
      I am sorry, but I doubt you take the Bible for what the majority that read it regularly does.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:13 pm |
    • Eric

      Why is it that the religious almost always are the ones filling their posts with grammatical errors, phonetically spelled words, CAPS ALL OVER THE PLACE, and generally riddled with spelling errors? I do concur about reading the Bible. The Bible, read cover to cover, is one of the strongest arguments for atheism there is, assuming you're not already brainwashed into believing Bronze age tribal gibberish is the "word of God."

      May 22, 2012 at 9:15 pm |
    • Joseph

      Mindhumped

      May 22, 2012 at 9:16 pm |
    • If horses had Gods ... their Gods would be horses

      Nabateans had Gods .. it appears you choose not to understand. No I do not think of the Bible the way the "regulars" do, I believe I already stated that. It's a book with tales and stories and letters to other followers in other places, it has good things in it and good ideas in it .. but none of that makes Jesus supernatural or God real.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:18 pm |
    • Eric

      The bronze age lasted from 3300 BC to 1200 BC. The Old Testament was written between 1400 BC to 400 BC. So it's Bronze AND Iron age gibberish.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:19 pm |
    • Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

      Because most of them barely made it through high school in their little one-horse towns. There are some smart posters here who are believers, but the ones who are dumber than dirt make them all look bad. It just slays me when some dumbazz who can't spell "mud" tries to tell me what the Bible means.

      I must say, though, that I agree with momoya–she said she was glad for the idiotic posters because they make their myopic points of view so obviously ridiculous they do their own cause more harm than any atheist could. And this bozo of a preacher is right up there with them. I'm thrilled to see this video because even the densest of the thumpers should be able to see such hate for what it is.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:21 pm |
    • Shadowcandy

      Ever read the book The case for Christ? It was written by a former Atheist. Just sayin..

      May 22, 2012 at 9:21 pm |
    • sqeptiq

      The group doing most to drive people away from christianity are hate-mongering vile monsters like this so-called christian minister.
      "I like your Christ; I do not like your christians. They are so unlike your Christ." -Gandhi

      May 22, 2012 at 9:30 pm |
    • If horses had Gods ... their Gods would be horses

      Yes shadowcandy, I've read it .. I found it highly flawed and the author was a "skeptic" not an Atheist, that would be more of a Agnositic.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:30 pm |
  17. Bill

    Any bets on how q u e e r Worley is?

    May 22, 2012 at 9:00 pm |
    • Joseph

      Couldnt be more of a molester looking mo fo

      May 22, 2012 at 9:18 pm |
  18. If horses had Gods ... their Gods would be horses

    Following the good Pastor's advice I'd say .. Put "belivers" in a fenced in camp with no food or water and have them pray for it ... I bet they'd be gone in a matter of weeks!

    May 22, 2012 at 8:58 pm |
    • Shadowcandy

      You're no better than the preacher in the video.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:00 pm |
    • If horses had Gods ... their Gods would be horses

      Haven't learned "sarcasm" yet shadowcandy? I did say "following the good Pastor's advice..". get it?

      May 22, 2012 at 9:02 pm |
    • Brett

      Haha. That's great.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:19 pm |
  19. Shadowcandy

    At the end of the day we're accountable for our own actions and words. So do what you want.

    May 22, 2012 at 8:58 pm |
    • If horses had Gods ... their Gods would be horses

      Accountable to ?? Society, a God(s) or ourselves?

      May 22, 2012 at 9:00 pm |
    • Shadowcandy

      Does it matter to who? It's universal. It wouldn't change either way you cut it.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:03 pm |
    • If horses had Gods ... their Gods would be horses

      Sure it does, accountable to society or ourselves is here and now, accountable to a God(s) is hereafter and you can dismiss what you do to others if you believe you'll be saved anyway.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:08 pm |
    • Shadowcandy

      Any person that can dismiss their hatred towards others and believed they'll be saved needs to reevaluate Christianity. If God is just, and I believe he is, people like the preacher will get their just deserts.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:14 pm |
    • Joseph

      Doesnt help me, thats why I learned to stick up for myself physically and mentally. Battle physically, conquer mentally

      May 22, 2012 at 9:20 pm |
    • One one

      @shadowpcandy: how can there be such disagreement among believers when "the word of god" is so clear and absolute ? Perhaps all you believers should get together to sort this all out. And after you are finished, let the rest of us know what the real "truth" is. Here is a hint: gods are imaginary.

      May 22, 2012 at 9:27 pm |
  20. Mtnmedic

    Ahh religion...the pulpit of hate.

    May 22, 2012 at 8:53 pm |
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