The Reverend Wiley S. Drake (yes, baptist priests have the greatest names) of the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, California, forgot that endorsing political candidate can cost a church its tax-exempt status when he endorsed Mike "I lost weight, vote for me" Huckabee.
When members of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State pointed out his transgressions, what did the Reverend do? Did he confess his sins? Did he turn the other cheek?
No!
He prayed for them to be punished with death. For starters. (insert Darth Vader breathing)
Drake said the Bible calls for "imprecatory prayer" when someone "attacks the church." He gave as examples of such prayer:
"Persecute them. ... Let them be put to shame and perish."
"Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow."
"Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg."
If this were one of my beloved comic books, "Wiley Drake" would probably turn out to be a demon posing as a priest, but in the real world, he's just another man of the cloth who completely misunderstood the assignment.
I mean, wouldn't it be easier to just pray for Huckabee to win?
1 comment:
I never understand why they think they have to fight back and so nastily. You were in the wrong buster get over it! Gah.
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