Seattle church tells parishioners to 'raise Cain' over Zimmerman verdict

KING-TV ^ | July 14, 2013 | John Langeler

[2ndDivisionVet]

The senior pastor at Seattle’s Mt. Zion Baptist Church told followers to “raise Cain” in response to Saturday’s acquittal of George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida.

Zimmerman was accused of shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin to death nearly a year-and-a-half ago. His defense was Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law.

In his morning sermon, Rev. Aaron Williams said it was important for the African-American community to “not allow this to die down” and to highlight perceived “injustice” within the nation’s criminal justice system.

“We should be raising Cain because if we don’t,” Rev. Williams said, “history has a way of repeating itself.

“There will be other young men who are pushed through the pipeline prison system if we don’t raise Cain,” he continued. “There will be other issues of injustice in our society of we don’t raise Cain.”

Stating that “God has the final word,” Rev. Williams also preached calm and peace during protests of the controversial verdict.

A rally was scheduled Sunday at 6 p.m. against the Florida jury’s decision.

[workerbee]

Yes he cain!

[Navy Patriot]

Seattle’s Mt. Zion Baptist Church, soon to be a Mosque.

[lula]

So when are they going to rescind their tax exempt status?

[no-to-illegals]

Thank you for the correction.

[Uncle Chip]

I think you nailed it

[hitkicker]

No, his defense was not the stand your ground law. The media is hopeless.

I think they're doing it on purpose. I expect a renewed jihad against the right to self-defense, and the media will do its usual evil part of misinforming as much of the public as possible.

[YHAOS]

Fifty years ago Democrats responded with riots whenever there was something they didn't like. Witness the KKK violence and college student burning campus buildings and cars.

No difference today in the behavior. Not much in the participants.

[FlingWingFlyer]

When I was a kid, people went to church for religion. Now, it appears that they are preaching hate.

His defense was Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law.

This clown needs to stop reading his own news articles. They're bogus and wrong.

[no-to-illegals]

Fear Not FRiends. We really tried to reach out to the other side.

[no-to-illegals]

Love is always right or wrong. We really tried FRiends.

[Alex Murphy]

The senior pastor at Seattle’s Mt. Zion Baptist Church told followers to “raise Cain” in response to Saturday’s acquittal of George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida.

Ping for later

[no-to-illegals]

Dreams are for those that sleep ...

[Wanderer99]

He only cares about black people who commit crimes. The innocent ones are not “God’s people” (i.e Satan’s people)

[hoagy62]

Oh, there most certainly ARE churches in the Seattle area. A few of them actually preach the Word of God instead of social claptrap.

[isthisnickcool]

Revoke their tax exempt status. That is what should happen but won’t.

[23 Everest]

Simply, the CEO’s of ABC/CBS/NBC are:

Mr. Me So Dum
Mr. I Lik Bois
Mr. Sum Ting Wong

You get the picture.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

There is no objective reality, you see.

If you want something, you can will it into existence.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Revoke their tax exempt status. That is what should happen but won’t."

I don't support revoking the tax-exempt status for making comments on political issues, no matter what side or what issue. But I DON'T like politics in church, no matter what side or what issue.

[no-to-illegals]

you can will it into existence.

as in hard work.

[PowderMonkey]

Best not light that fuse, Rev. If nothing else, for the sake of your own church members. Summoning the Devil (”raising Cain”) tends to have significant collateral damage. Historically, the black community has suffered most in the wake of urban riots.