Rick Warren says he's sorry

WorldNet Daily ^ | November 29, 2006 | Joseph Farah

[P-Marlowe]

Apparrently a Saddleback style believer may also be one who pays $75.00, in part, to hear from/learn from an open homosexual as Mark Dybul, global AIDS coordinator/Ambassador (sworn in by Condoleeza Rice as his gay lover held the Bible).

Hiring an open homosesuxual to be in charge of curing AIDS is like hiring Typhoid Mary to be the travelling ambassador for the Typhoid epidemic.

One the one hand you are pretending to be fighting the disease and on the other hand you are encouraging the behavior that spreads it.

[jan in Colorado]

Thanks for the ping! I haven't paid any attention to Mr. Warren until his invitation to have Barack Hussein Obama speak at his 'church.' It appears there are political forces driving him, rather than Spiritual.

My research continues...

[Colofornian]

For many attenders, this will be their first contact ever with a real Christian and a church, and we want to overwhelm these folks with love.

That's a good way to get first-time attenders to come to your church. Invite them to take the pulpit.

[Colofornian]

Is Obama being paid for this appearance? Do I smell an under the table campaign contribution here somewhere?

It goes beyond that. I can see it now: The Clinton-Obama ticket, and with it mass commercials in which video clips of Obama & Warren together at the Saddleback pulpit.

[Ditto]

Sorry if I'm missing something here, but who is Rick Warren?

[Optimill]

He is pastor of Saddleback church (the Southern Baptist megachurch others have mentioned). He's written a couple books one of which was a best seller for a long time so a lot of people know the name. Right about now, I'd say he's the posterchild of how too much notoriety breeds astonishing levels of vanity in people very quickly.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Sorry he can't stand up at the moment he is too occupied kissing Barack Obama's ass.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Quite likely that stench always accompanies Illinois RATS.

[Terriergal]

Yeah he has this nasty habit of speaking out of both sides of his mouth doesn't he!

[mthom]

Was that ever the issue? Wasnt it the fact that this could easily be seen as a blessing of Obama by an evangelical leader?

[scripter]

Was that ever the issue?

Not for me it wasn't, I was just pointing out what the article said.

Wasn't it the fact that this could easily be seen as a blessing of Obama by an evangelical leader?

Definitely. I vehemently disagree with how Warren is organizing this event and I disagree with the way Farah has responded.

As I see it, Warren working closely with non-Christians at an event unrelated to an evangelical outreach meeting in at attempt to combat AIDS and HIV is admirable. The problem, as you pointed out, is how does this look to others? I think Warren could have avoided a lot of controversy by holding this event somewhere else. While he has a huge church that can double for non-church related events, the problem is it appears inappropriate to have Obama and others speak at his church no matter what the reason.

Occasionally a friend will have problems with their computer and will ask me to help. If I stop by and he isn't there, but his wife is, as I see it, it's improper for me to enter the house. How does it look to the neighbors when a man enters the house when the husband isn't around? As I see it, the same is true with having Obama speak at Warren's church. I try to live my life in such a way that people can't even hint of inappropriate behavior. Perhaps Warren should really think twice about how his actions are perceived by others.