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"Stop killing us! Stop the spiritual violence!" one man shouted as police dragged him behind the curtains at America's Center. |
Posted on 06/11/2002 5:40:54 PM PDT by twntaipan
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The head of the Southern Baptists condemned homosexuality from the podium Tuesday as gay rights protesters shouting slogans marched through the convention hall and into the arms of police.
Twelve protesters were arrested inside the hall, and 38 more were taken into custody outside, where riot police stood near the main doorway.
The dozen protesters who infiltrated the annual meeting of the nation's largest Protestant denomination were charged with ethnic intimidation and trespassing.
"Stop killing us! Stop the spiritual violence!" one man shouted as police dragged him behind the curtains at America's Center. A woman from the group Soulforce, which claims Southern Baptist teachings lead to violence against gays, shouted: "God loves his gay children!"
"You need Jesus!" shouted back the Rev. Robert Smith, a pastor from Cedar Bluff, Ala. Others hissed as protesters were led away.
The protesters tried to disrupt Southern Baptist president James Merritt's keynote address to nearly 9,000 delegates and their families.
Merritt took aim at the media and Hollywood, citing surveys that show nearly unanimous acceptance in those groups of homosexuality.
"More and more we're being told sit down, shut up, go along, get along, be inclusive, be tolerant, be nice and be quiet," he said. But Merritt said Southern Baptists have a "biblical responsibility" to preach against such things.
"We now face the fact that there are certain groups that are going to protest us every year," he said. "They have let me know in their correspondence, `We are not going away.' Well, I've got news for the pornographer, the adulterer, the homosexual, the pedophile, the abortionist: We are not going away either."
On Tuesday, the Baptists elected a new president, the Rev. Jack Graham, pastor of the 22,000 Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas. Graham was the only nominee.
Also Tuesday, President Bush ( news - web sites) greeted delegates via satellite from the White House.
"I want to thank you all for your good works," he said. "You're believers and you're patriots, faithful followers of God and good citizens of America."
The Southern Baptists claim more than 16 million members.
They are so intolerant of anybody having the Christian belief that homosexuality is a sin, that they have to hunt down and stamp out this belief anywhere they can find it.
Of course the real reason they are so intolerant is because they are tormented by their own consciences and anything that might remind them of they will have to answer to God. They can't stand it.
God specifically condemns this behavior, calling it an abomination.
However, while detesting this behavior in the strongest terms, God has an unconditional love for all homosexuals.
Homosexuals - REPENT and place your faith in Jesus Christ. He will set you free and your faith in Him will make you righteous before God.
Let's be fair now.
If you strike a Southern Baptist, he faithfully will turn you his right cheek to strike.
Strike him again, and he faithfully will turn you his left cheek to strike.
After the first two, however, be forewarned -- he ain't got no more cheek to turn.
One cannot kill a corpse. We're merely pointing out that you are, sadly, already quite dead.
Repent, and Live.
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"Stop killing us! Stop the spiritual violence!" one man shouted as police dragged him behind the curtains at America's Center. |
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I wonder if she has any evidence to back this up.
Uh...no I don't.
Actually, they've removed it from THEIR Bible. A friend of mine worked with two male homosexuals who attended the Metropolitan Church in Dallas. She spied a Bible on one's desk...but couldn't find Acts or Romans in it. All references to sexual sin were omitted. It's sad that they are so deceived.
"Stop killing us! Stop the spiritual violence!" Hey, Bubba, you don't have to worry about us killing you. I wouldn't harm one of you on a bet. Ya see, I don't have to. Your perverted, twisted friends do it for me. AIDS is final, doncha know!
why is that so horrible? After all, the books that happen to be in the bible you read were also elected. If the MCC wants another version, why should they not make one? Sure, you won't agree with them as to what christianity is, but then again, do you think that you ever would?
I've known of some homosexuals who have renounced and been delivered out of that lifestyle, then used their past as an inlet to minister to others who are caught up in it. I guess my point is...there's HOPE for everyone until the day they die. :)
Doesn't matter a hoot what "I" think Christianity is......I just go along with what GOD says it is. I'm sure they don't agree with Him either... or they wouldn't have taken Romans/Acts out of their Bible. *smile*
Personally, I can't understand how someone could be both gay and christian. I have chosen to give up christianity, or rather, never to have become a christian. Which is, of cause, not a reason that anyone should not be allowed to have the belief that my sexlife is sinfull :). As long as they just keep it amongs themselves and don't bother me with it, just as I (and all other gays/people in general) (should) keep our sexual life in our bedrooms. Seems simple enough to me...
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