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https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/20/us/ohio-church-easter-lesson-apology/index.html---
'I thought it was OK'
"Jaddeus got up in front of the students and he said, 'I'm going to ask you to do something that might seem a little crazy, but if there's anyone here that would like to spit in my face, you can do so without any repercussions,' " Ross said on social media, describing the event.
Some students took him up on his offer. Then, he told them they could slap him. Several did.
Finally, Dempsey pulled out a steak knife and set the same conditions.
One student took the knife and sliced his back.
Students pulled out their phones and began posting on social media. Videos of that day show the students lining up before the pastor and taking turns spitting on his face while others laugh.
One student is heard saying "I'm doing it," while others respond, "Do it."
"Can I do it again?" another asks.
Another video shows students attempting to cut the pastor's back, before the pastor seems to say, "Make me bleed."
Ai'Janae Parker, 12, took part in the activity.
"I thought it was very weird and awkward," she told CNN affiliate WBNS. "I took part because I thought it was OK because it was coming from an adult."
The affiliate also reported the Licking County Sheriff's Office opened an investigation.
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Church apologizes after pastor asks students to spit on him and cut him as part of Easter lesson (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Apr 2019
OP
"...because I thought it was OK because it was coming from an adult." - authority figure
keithbvadu2
Apr 2019
#9
I guess he was trying to teach the kids something about Jesus' suffering. This is NOT the way...
SWBTATTReg
Apr 2019
#10
dchill
(38,503 posts)1. Disgusting, and possibly infectious.
Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)5. and creepy
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)2. That's what happens when you ask for spitting in Licking County
Spitting County is the next county over. He was just in the wrong county.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)3. A dominatrix would have charged him
He got the kids to do it for free.
Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)7. yeah, but they put in on youtube. dominatrix would have kept it quiet
maveric
(16,445 posts)4. "Gimme that Old Time Religion..."
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)6. Seriously wrong...nt
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)8. That's seriously weird.
keithbvadu2
(36,828 posts)9. "...because I thought it was OK because it was coming from an adult." - authority figure
"...because I thought it was OK because it was coming from an adult." - authority figure
SWBTATTReg
(22,133 posts)10. I guess he was trying to teach the kids something about Jesus' suffering. This is NOT the way...
to do or teach this. Disgusting. Almost as bad (or it as bad) as those who peddle poisonous snakes during their church service and dare the snakes to strike / bite them. Yikes.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)11. Appears the church is lead by 'pastors' who have absolutely no
religious training. Just a love of jeesus is all it takes.
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)12. Licking County?
Says it all!