Onward Christian Solders
Gary Gardner of Blackwell said he and his boyfriend, Sean Cormie were kidnapped and attacked by The First Assembly of God Church in Blackwell, Oklahoma. Cormie reports he was beaten and punched in the face as the congregation swarmed him in their feverish and misguided attempt to pray away the gay.
Similar to extreme Islam extreme, Christians feel the end justifies the means when it comes to their mythical views opposing someone else.
7
Enjoy being online again!
Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.Create your free account
10 comments
Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.It is more than "praying away the gay." The old time Pentecostals thought that a spirit had possessed them to cause this. It's like in the bible where Jesus commanded the spirits inside a man to go into the pigs. These spirits have no bodies so they only experience things through someone else. "Come out of him you unclean spirit."
Should Gardner and Cormie sue? Of course.
DenoPenno
Level 9
Sep 22, 2019
0
When I was young and poor, renting a bedroom in a crummy boarding house and eating canned food, I worked with A.G. co-workers and bosses.....they were MEAN. People interrogated me on a daily basis about my home life. I told the right lies - I was terrified of losing my job and becoming homeless - very frightening poverty. One boss fired questions at me about my sexual history - demanded to know if I had ever committed sexual sins, if I ever had become pregnant, if I ever had an abortion. I told the right lies. I looked shocked and afraid during the interrogation. My boss yelled at me for "looking hostile" because she was "just trying to get to know me." These people are sick. Sick and dangerous.
SKH78
Level 8
Sep 20, 2019
2
You are remarkable and strong.
@rogueflyer thanks.
Oh yes, there truly is nothing like the hypocrisy of the Deluded Faithfools, give them the merest fragment of an inch and they WILL take the entire square mile and much, much more.
The Extremisms of most religions truly boggles the mind and yet laws allow them to commit such abuses, etc, simply because they do it in the name of their god/s.
Triphid
Level 9
Sep 18, 2019
2
If they didn't have religion would they be the same radical dicks just with a different twist other than Jesus?
@rogueflyer Dickheads are Dickheads with or without the corrosive influences of religions but the corrosive influences of religion do tend to make them worse in my opinion.
And we all need to remember these people are subsidized by the government. They are non-profit (501 
3 but don't have to fill out the annual 990 form and thumb their noses at the Johnson amendment. We, the taxpayer, actually subsidize racism and hate!!
JackPedigo
Level 9
Sep 18, 2019
2
Whatever happened to "Love your neighbor as yourself"? Hypocrites!
BestWithoutGods
Level 8
Sep 18, 2019
3
Might not be as far of as you would think. Nothing like religion to foster a sense of self-loathing.
It seems, with Xrstians, some of them at least, that the "Love thy Neighbor bit" ONLY applies IF your neighbor IS a Xrstian like yourself.
@Triphid And yet their Bible also tells them to love their enemies. Hypocrites!
When I was a kid in north Florida, there was a tiny Assembly of God church near my house in a small town. A friend of mine and I sometimes sat in the dark outside of their church during the Sunday evening service (they left the front door open on hot summer evenings) their ridiculous contortions -- yelling and screaming in a religious frenzy, "speaking in tongues", fainting their bodies twitching and their faces contorted.. We thought those people were crazy.
wordywalt
Level 9
Sep 18, 2019
4
They are delusional.
Enjoy being online again!
Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.Create your free account
Share this post
Categories
Agnostic does not evaluate or guarantee the accuracy of any content. Read full disclaimer.