Martin Longman is the web editor of the Washington Monthly.
He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. Before joining the Monthly, Martin was a county coordinator for ACORN/Project Vote and a political consultant. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
Meh…just another day in the world of an Independent Fundamentalist Baptist Church. You could probably find a gazillion vile nut cases just like this guy on any given day in one of these churches. They’re pretty much all wackos with a medieval theology.
Anyone who isn’t with me opposes me, and anyone who isn’t working with me is actually working against me. – Matthew, 12:30, New Living Translation To answer your question: to those who believe a certain version of Christianity, probably the vast majority of the world. Most of us have been exposed primarily to the “nice” Jesus – the beatitudes, a few key biblical stories, and often cast in the theoretical “spirit of Christmas”. But a large number of biblical scholars have come to believe that the quotes attributed to Jesus are actually from two separate, distinct source documents one… Read more »
My sense is the bible’s been corrupted over many centuries. Of course the Qu’ran has been carefully preserved and that doesn’t prevent people from turning it on its head.
Well, yes, it did get lots of changes over the centuries – in fact there are more known changes that happened to the bible from the first compilation of Constantine to the Guttenberg printing press than there are words in the bible. A lot was added – some completely made up, others rewritten intentionally to distort the meaning, and other times just mistakes were made that persisted from copy to copy. However, that doesn’t explain what I’m describing here. The basic structure of the bible remained the same throughout. Scholars have tried to figure out the source of each… Read more »
Good point. For a while Mr. “Wide Stance” and all the others were actually causing people to wonder if those who made the most noise might have something to hide.
Good Christ, we see what these terrified and hateful people are expressing with their “cramming it down our throats” nonsense. It is weird: the more homophobic the person, the more likely it is that they will include a throat-cramming statement in their rants. Their fear and anger openly expose them as laughingstocks to anyone outside their rabid flocks and fellow homophobes.
I would like to be the better person and say I feel sorry for this idiot because of what he believes, but actually I’m disgusted. Every time he gets the opportunity, he spews venom about one thing or another and he somehow manages to collect a flock of like-minded idiots to murmur “amen”. Amen, really? Like his hate-filled sermons deserve a mutual agreement and condonement?
The Bible has it’s purposes and it can be a source of guidance and comfort for those who choose to use it. But this guy, you’re doing it wrong.
Well, we must say that his statement does reflect the 1611 worldview quite well.
Note that Psalm 109 is the one that includes the sentence which these KKKristians claim as justification for their prayers that President Obama die NOW:
“Let his dayes be few: and let another take his office. Let his children bee fatherlesse: and his wife a widow. Let his children bee continually vagabonds, & begge: let them seeke their bread also out of their desolate places.”
Now THERE’s “Compassionate Christianity”, eh? Such nice, nice people…
Meh…just another day in the world of an Independent Fundamentalist Baptist Church. You could probably find a gazillion vile nut cases just like this guy on any given day in one of these churches. They’re pretty much all wackos with a medieval theology.
Who would Jesus hate?
Anyone who isn’t with me opposes me, and anyone who isn’t working with me is actually working against me. – Matthew, 12:30, New Living Translation To answer your question: to those who believe a certain version of Christianity, probably the vast majority of the world. Most of us have been exposed primarily to the “nice” Jesus – the beatitudes, a few key biblical stories, and often cast in the theoretical “spirit of Christmas”. But a large number of biblical scholars have come to believe that the quotes attributed to Jesus are actually from two separate, distinct source documents one… Read more »
My sense is the bible’s been corrupted over many centuries. Of course the Qu’ran has been carefully preserved and that doesn’t prevent people from turning it on its head.
Well, yes, it did get lots of changes over the centuries – in fact there are more known changes that happened to the bible from the first compilation of Constantine to the Guttenberg printing press than there are words in the bible. A lot was added – some completely made up, others rewritten intentionally to distort the meaning, and other times just mistakes were made that persisted from copy to copy. However, that doesn’t explain what I’m describing here. The basic structure of the bible remained the same throughout. Scholars have tried to figure out the source of each… Read more »
Yep. Hatred in the name of Jesus. Some folks have no sense of irony.
Methinks he doth protest too much…
Good point. For a while Mr. “Wide Stance” and all the others were actually causing people to wonder if those who made the most noise might have something to hide.
I wonder if Dubya would say that he has a “purty mouth”, ifyouknowwhatImean.
Good Christ, we see what these terrified and hateful people are expressing with their “cramming it down our throats” nonsense. It is weird: the more homophobic the person, the more likely it is that they will include a throat-cramming statement in their rants. Their fear and anger openly expose them as laughingstocks to anyone outside their rabid flocks and fellow homophobes.
Paging Dr. Freud…
That guy needs Valium BADLY! In fact, he sounds like a violence time bomb. The police should watch him instead of political protesters.
I would like to be the better person and say I feel sorry for this idiot because of what he believes, but actually I’m disgusted. Every time he gets the opportunity, he spews venom about one thing or another and he somehow manages to collect a flock of like-minded idiots to murmur “amen”. Amen, really? Like his hate-filled sermons deserve a mutual agreement and condonement?
The Bible has it’s purposes and it can be a source of guidance and comfort for those who choose to use it. But this guy, you’re doing it wrong.
And I’m sure he was one of the first to criticize Obama’s Rev Wright in the day.
Well, we must say that his statement does reflect the 1611 worldview quite well.
Note that Psalm 109 is the one that includes the sentence which these KKKristians claim as justification for their prayers that President Obama die NOW:
“Let his dayes be few: and let another take his office. Let his children bee fatherlesse: and his wife a widow. Let his children bee continually vagabonds, & begge: let them seeke their bread also out of their desolate places.”
Now THERE’s “Compassionate Christianity”, eh? Such nice, nice people…
Good job on this article! I really like how you presented your facts and how you made it interesting and easy to understand. Thank you.
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