Posted on 06/15/2016 8:54:51 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A Sacramento pastor is receiving backlash after video of his sermon discussing the Orlando massacre surfaced online.
In a YouTube video uploaded by Verity Baptist Church, Pastor Roger Jimenez praises the massacre of 49 people at Pulse night club in Orlando, Florida and claims to be upset that the gunman did not finish the job.
The video, which was removed by YouTube on Tuesday for violating their policy on hate speech, has already caught the attention of people intolerant of this pastor’s sermon.
“As Christian’s we shouldn’t be mourning the deaths of these 50 sodomites,” Jimenez said. “Because the bible teaches that these sodomites are all, every single one of them, a predator.”
Known for his “red-hot preaching,” Jimenez is the pastor of Sacramento’s Verity Baptist Church that began in his living room in 2010 and now has over 200 worshipers every Sunday morning.
After waking up to the news of the massacre in Orlando, Florida, Jimenez took the opportunity to preach statistics on gays and lesbians and defend his perspective on why Christian’s shouldn’t mourn the massacre.
In the sermon Jimenez continued to quote directly from the New International Version Bible explaining that gays and lesbians are defined as abusers and pedophiles.
One of Jimenez’ main sources of evidence for his claims came from Judges 19:22-30, a story describing the “vile” habits of homosexuals.
“Our society wants to classify everybody, it’s LBGT whatever,” Jimenez explained. “This passage proves they all go both ways, they’re all a bunch of perverts! The classification is this, they’re unnatural.”
Throughout the heated 45-minute sermon that has received backlash from the general public, Jimenez calls for another massacre and reminds the worshipers that this isn’t just his opinion, it’s the word of the Bible.
“Aren’t you sad that 50 sodomites died,” Jimenez asked. “It’s like the equivalent of asking me, ‘Hey are you sad that 50 pedophiles were killed today?’ No. I think that’s great, I think that helps society. I think Orlando, Florida is a little safer tonight.”
Jimenez ended his sermon reminding those in the church that Christians should have no need to mourn the deaths, claiming that they had it coming.
“Every less sodomite there is in this country is better for our country,” Jimenez concluded.
YouTube users have responded furiously to a majority of the videos found on the Church’s page. Several have taken it upon themselves to rate them on Facebook, explaining their anger at the ignorance in his sermons.
“This man does not know God, he is siding with terrorism....clearly full of self-hate, the blind leading the blind," Theresa Krause wrote on the church's Facebook page. "I hope one day he comes to know God, God is love. He is very far away from that at this point.” Another commenter expressed their disgust in the pastor's sermon.
“This pastor is no man of God! He is hateful and promoting violence against human beings!" Maryann Ciali wrote on the church's Facebook page. "I am of Christian faith and we believe in gods love toward all mankind. So disgusted with this pastor.”
Jesus taught us to ‘Love the Sinner’, hate the ‘Sin’.
A complete a$$hole.
This guy’s a plant, just like the Westboro freaks.
he who is without sin cast the first stone
That guy is a wack job. As Christians, we do not call for nor celebrate the murder of homosexuals, we condemn their lifestyle, yes - but we PRAY for them, if there is going to be judgment ending in death, that will come from Almighty God.
Those “sodomites” are the sons, brothers, nephews, grandsons, friends and co-workers of people. Did Pastor Jimenez miss the lesson on hating the sin and loving the sinner?
Shot through the heart
And you’re to blame
Roger, you give love a bad name...
He’s a pastor of color too.
Jimenez? Check his papers.
Christians are called to pray for the conversioin of all to Christ through repentance, not calling for their deaths.
They may be wierdos but they are our wierdos and they deserve the full rights of any ctizen(assuming they are citizens)
I’m guessing African-American and Hispanic.
This ghoul’s “church” is in a industrial park and has only fifteen parking spaces in front of it.
Obviously expressing the spirit of Muhammad, not the spirit of Christ.
When Jesus was given the bum’s rush in a Samaritan town, James and John asked Him to call fire down from Heaven to destroy the infidels.
You can just imagine the look of disdain on Jesus’s face, when He replied, “Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of; for the Son of Man came not to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.”
Verity Baptist Church, Pastor Roger Jimenez sounds like he is a member of the ISIS wing of the Baptist church.
Westwood and Verity are, to my knowledge the only members of this wing.
A ‘Plant’ that needs to be shunned.
If we could just get a picture of him with Hillary like the one with AlGore and Fred Phelps,Sr.
Somebody's paying their salaries, those who find them useful for their cause.
I suspect he is doing it all for attention. He didn’t put his money where his mouth is and shoot people. He knows it’s wrong, but he knows our society loves to give attention to things like this.
Westboro Baptist is financed through nuisance suits related to their shenanigans.
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