Text 5452, 66 rader
Skriven 2009-04-27 17:31:31 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
   Kommentar till text 5450 av Ross Sauer (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: "Christian" hatred
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Ross Sauer -> All wrote:
 RS> Gee Ed, is this idiot a "false Christian" also?

What on earth are you talking about?

 RS> Last week, we mentioned a few times that Americans United for Separation
 RS> of Church and State and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation had
 RS> called upon the United States Chief of Naval Operations to investigate
 RS> the fact that Gordon Klingenschmitt has been "attempting to create the
 RS> false impression that he is still an active-duty member of the U.S.
 RS> armed forces."

 RS> Klingenschmit quickly added a disclaimer to his website, explaining that
 RS> his views "do not represent the views of the U.S. Navy" and that the
 RS> picture of Klingenschmitt in uniform "is a picture of his former self,
 RS> taken while he was serving on active duty, therefore he was not
 RS> impersonating an officer," but was none-too-pleased with AU and MRFF,
 RS> saying that both "Barry Lynn and Mikey Weinstein are bone-heads."

 RS> But apparently insulting them was not enough for Klingenschmitt, because
 RS> AU reports that he is now calling on his supporters to launch
 RS> "imprecatory" prayers against both men:

 RS> "Almighty God, today we pray imprecatory prayers from Psalm 109 against
 RS> the enemies of religious liberty, including Barry Lynn and Mikey
 RS> Weinstein, who recently issued a press release attacking me personally,"
 RS> prays Klingenschmitt on his Web site. "God, do not remain silent, for
 RS> wicked men surround me and tell lies about me. We bless them, but they
 RS> curse us. Therefore, find them guilty, not me. Let their days be few,
 RS> and replace them with godly people. Plunder their fields and seize their
 RS> assets. Cut off their descendants. And remember their sins. In Jesus'
 RS> name. Amen."

 RS> This is actually the second time that AU has been the target of
 RS> imprecatory prayers from some fringe Religious Right figure, as Wiley
 RS> Drake issued a similar call back in 2007 after they contacted the IRS
 RS> when Drake endorsed Mike Huckabee using church letterhead.

 RS> http://tinyurl.com/d2t33p

The guy sounds rather self-centered. No real Christian would pray for God to
destroy those he (the Christian) has trouble with. That isn't how Christ taught
us to pray. In the Lord's Prayer is the language Christ taught. Notice the word
"forgive" below.

<quote> "And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass
against us."
</quote>

Make your own conclusion.

Ed

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