Baptist Pastor Crushes Kim Davis And The Hypocrisy Of His Fellow Evangelicals In Open Letter

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http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/09/12/baptist-pastor-crushes-kim-davis-and-the-hypocrisy-of-his-fellow-evangelicals-in-open-letter/

Rather than persuading Americans to see evangelicals in a positive light, Pastor Russell Williams of McCormick Road Baptist Church in Florida says that Davis and her fans are actually hurting Christianity by committing hypocrisy and acting so vile that it turns people away from religion.

Williams wrote a post on Facebook thoroughly crushing Davis and her persecution complex, becoming one of the few evangelical pastors in a southern state to openly blast the homophobic Kentucky clerk and her anti-gay supporters.

“This is not a case of the government forcing anyone to violate their religious belief,” Williams correctly stated. “She is free to quit her job. If she quits her job to honor God surely God would take care of her.”

He then points out a huge hypocrisy committed by Davis herself: the fact that she has been married four times.

Williams goes on to accuse Davis of running a get-rich quick scheme by crusading against gay people in an effort to become a martyr who the right-wing will raise money for, and says that evangelicals are losing because they don’t practice what they preach. He also called upon evangelicals to stop trying to force America into becoming a Christian nation.

[shenmue]

1. Bingo

He got it.

[RKP5637]

2. It's refreshing to see a Baptist pastor call out the bullshit going on with Kim Davis and her herd.

It's all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$'s.

[shenmue]

4. Yeah

Good to know they're not all cut from the same cloth.

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8. I've never understood why Pastors don't stand up to these jerks. Rather, they

meekly hide.

[shenmue]

9. Yeah

I think even some of the old hardliners are starting to see that you can't live a faithful, loving life if you are full of hatred and agitation. Maybe it's *not* all about being angry at the right people.

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10. Yep, these individuals and those of their ilk have headlined religions as endless bigotry and

hatred. The KKK did the same, burning crosses, etc. Really, who in their right mind wants to be associated with all of this hatred and bigotry. I'm not a religious person, but I do remember well being told in my youth, beware of the devil, he will come cloaked in disguises. To me, these jerks are disciples from hell cloaked in fake religion.

[icarusxat]

52. amen

[True Blue American]

55. The Main problem I had in the Baptist Church

I just left is because of the hate and bigotry I heard from the Pulpit,followed by many members.

The hate of our President was awful.

I am glad to have a Minister from the Baptist Church speak out. The harm this is causing in the Bjurch is really bad.

[JustADumbFireman]

34. Slava Bogu!

[shenmue]

36. :)

[Segami]

3. This pastor should prepare himself...

..for a slew of Kim Davis supporter's retribution against him for speaking the truth. Monday, should make the crazies come out and crest with double-standard hypocrisy.

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7. It should prove interesting. If she continues the same BS I do hope the

Federal Marshals come in and cart her ass off to jail. In one article I read it was indicated the Federal judge could initiate criminal proceedings against her carrying a 6 month jail term and she would also have to go to court on trial for criminal charges against her.

[Segami]

11. Expect Huckabee....

to pull out the ' persecuted martyr-maneuver ' showing Christians he's willingly & ready to step in front of Kim Davis and take a bullet for all Christians by going to jail himself.

This grifting, flim-flam scam-man will use whatever means of resetting his flailing campaign.


I have enough popcorn for six months.........

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13. Yep, all set here too!

[LiberalArkie]

26. I am sure huckleberry will serve the 6 months like he said he would.

[lastlib]

50. I'm willing to oblige him.........

Put him in a cell with "Bubba", who can teach him all the social graces of prison life!

[Different Drummer]

66. That would give new meaning to the phrase...

Christian persecution.

[DhhD]

54. It has been coming; the Evangelical Churches, like this Baptist Church, are bringing a Bible debate

to the Dominion Apostolic Church of Kim Davis and Ted Cruz.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/04/usa-gaymarriage-kentucky-apostolic-idUSL1N11A1EC20150904

Huckabee bought a permit from the City to hold a rally outside the Detention Center where Davis was released. Cruz was ejected nicely by Huckabee Aid as there were cops standing around to up hold the City Ordinances.

Cruz is using evangelicals who do not read the Bible to find that both Moses and Paul (New Testament) taught the Separation of Church and State. Separation of Church and State is how the Forefathers set up the Constitution of the US and the government of the United States.

[smirkymonkey]

5. K&R

[napi21]

6. Well good for him. It's about time someone from the evangelical

community sets these hypocrits straight!

[Gore1FL]

12. It's good to see this. The Christian "brand" has been poisoned by people like Davis n/t

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21. She portrays religion as all about hatred, bigotry and evilness, That, is the message she is

shouting from the mountain. Who in their right mind can see what she espouses as good.

[Different Drummer]

67. Attitudes that people like her have...

are part of what turns some people against religion.

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68. Definitely! n/t

[ChazInAz]

14. I wonder.

Does Kim Davis know who the "poor in spirit" are whom Jesus blessed? Why is it that an atheistic Buddhist like me understands her Bible and faith better than she does?
I find her spiritual arrogance revolting.

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15. So often individuals such as Kim Davis know very little about religion. They are

parrots. Same here! "I find her spiritual arrogance revolting." I find her and her herd to be the personification of evilness.

[jwirr]

37. Because you understand it the old traditional way and

she is following prosperity gospel.

[Volaris]

49. Because both parts of being an atheistic buddhist

Are things that require an open mind.

[icarusxat]

53. thank you for articulating what I have felt for a long time...

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

16. Yay. Good for him.

[MisterP]

17. this is actually very important: Davis can't present it anymore as a good and pious Baptist

being persecuted from outside; this article not only shows her as a hypocrite, but cracks the facade that it's all Baptists vs. these outside forces (preferably nebulous, so as to seem a little sulfurous)

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19. This coming week should prove quite interesting. Millions are starting to see her for what

she is, and not in a favorable light. She's played this out too far and the hammer is going to drop on her by this judge if she continues. She is a stooge and a grifter, far from the religious saint she tries to portray herself to be.

[longship]

18. This is what needs to be shouted from the rooftops.

As an atheist, I am not suited to that task. But a pastor, this guy can have influence.

Happy to R&K

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20. Yes, he has definitely done a very good thing. My hope is more Pastors will follow than

meekly submitting to the bigotry and hatred as being a good thing and so wonderful in the name of religion.

[longship]

22. I don't like it in the name of religion anymore than in the name of atheism.

One can argue for good without invoking either.

And yes, this guy has done a good thing. And I would celebrate it for that alone.

My regards.

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24. ...

[AlinPA]

23. People like her and their leaders (Huckabee,Robertson,Graham et al) have turned me against religion.

[RKP5637]

25. Same here. Years ago I was pretty neutral about religion. I went to church in my youth.

My parents really weren't very religious, but I think they felt it brought niceties in life. I know my father saw religion as great for his political career, always nice to have that in ones campaign speech. Whatever, it was far different way back then, none of this BS came up in our church. It was a lot about the golden rule and all, being nice to people and trying to help everyone toward a better life.

That said, over the years I've come to despise religion, seeing it now as a very divisive crusade and dangerous to the survival of a free democracy. And now I see some as un-American and really bordering on being domestic terrorists. It my lifetime it has become very hateful. I don't think all religious people are like that, but damn, that's the majority of what one hears anymore.

If someone tells me they are religious, I view them with caution.

[Dustlawyer]

32. Opportunist Huckabee swooped down on Kim Davis and swallowed her up.

She is just the type he is used to fleecing. He reminds me of a Don King without the hair. He comes in and manages the show for a lot of the spot light, and I am sure a lot of money.

[lastlib]

51. He's after "a cut of the gate", for sure!

[Warpy]

27. Just when you're getting disgusted with religion in general and evangelical religion in particular

some guy like Rev. Williams has to pop up and say something honest and compassionate and remind you that some Christians out there have gotten the point.

Thanks, Reverend Williams, I needed the reminder after the past couple of weeks.

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29. Yep, he did a very good thing, I hope more follow his lead! n/t

[Tsiyu]

28. Ah..a Jimmy Carter Baptist

Someone who understands that everyone is assured freedom of religion or in the end, no one is.

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30. K&R! n/t

[4_TN_TITANS]

31. My fav part - he points out that she

had no qualms with signing her own multiple, unbiblical marriage certificates.

I had shared that post myself and I never share religious stuff.

[vlyons]

33. Amen Baby!

I'm a Buddhist in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, altho I grew up in the Christian Episcopal Church in Dallas. My Tibetan Lama at my Buddhist Center in Irving TX just married two beautiful men last week. That has got to be a first in Texas, if not the entire south. I'm not gay, but I have gay family members. Is it really so difficult to practice loving kindness? Is it all that difficult to rejoice and be happy for people, who love one another and want to build a life together? I have yet to hear a cogent agument about how same-sex marriage destroys or undermines anyone else's hetero-marriage. And thank-you for not wanting to convert me back to Christianity. We Buddhists don't try to convert anyone. We are explicitly taught not to do that. If someone wants to know about Buddhism, they have to request the teachings.

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38. Thank you, and very well said!!!

[jwirr]

35. My first thought - is this minister from a Black Baptist

Church? They are usually the only part of the Baptist Church that make any sense.

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39. Quite true, they are! n/t

[Tanuki]

42. Nope

http://mccormickroad.com/about/who-we-are
(you can see his photo if you scroll to the bottom of this link)

[jwirr]

57. Then this is even better. He is telling the part of the

church that needs to be straightened out. Of course the white Baptist church is not all bigots. I would like to see a lot more preachers come out of their ivory towers and start this kind of action.

While the Pope is not perfect he has come a long way from what they have been.

[classof56]

40. And this former Baptist says--Amen!

Pastor Williams articulates well what I have thought for a very long time--thus the "former" Baptist part, awaiting the day when perhaps my faith will be restored. Thank you, Rev. Williams!

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41. K&R! n/t

[yardwork]

43. Good for him.

[lunamagica]

44. K&R. He makes so much sense. eom

[JDPriestly]

45. After all, Jesus did not try to force Jews into becoming a Christian nation.

And as a matter of fact, Jesus never converted to Christianity. He remained a Jew until after his death. He was tried as a Jew and if the story is true, crucified as a Jew.

[mdbl]

46. Most of the goofy indcoctrinated can't think for themselves

so it will fall on deaf ears in most cases and they'll be out in droves tomorrow pushing their brand of government religion again.

[Major Nikon]

62. That's the whole idea behind indoctrination

It's why organized religion has been used as a tool of government throughout history. People thinking for themselves is very bad for control and exploitation.

[raccoon]

47. This man gets it! nt

[phylny]

48. This quote is why I had a bumper sticker made

that read, "Want to protect the 'Sanctity of Marriage'? Then outlaw divorce."

His quote:
"If we want sanctity of marriage then stop cheating, stop having affairs, stop looking at porn, stop getting divorces."

[L0oniX]

56. Yep ...there are a few believers who get it right.

[NonMetro]

58. You Can't "Out-Evangelical" An Evangelical

This preacher seems like a decent fellow, but religious one-upmanship is a dead end - and another reason why church and state need to remain separate.

[Major Nikon]

60. I didn't get that from what he wrote

What I got out of it was he's saying Kim Davis et al are promoting a vile message of hate thinly veiled by religion which is ultimately counterproductive to Christianity.

[workinclasszero]

59. Preach it brother /nt

[NastyRiffraff]

61. At last!

Someone from the Evangelicals, a preacher no less, finally calls out this despicable woman. As an atheist, I have no problem admiring Rev. Williams. I just wish there were more like him!

[colsohlibgal]

63. Good For Him

For realizing this is not a theocracy. Crazy religious people can be as crazy as they want to be but cannot force their craziness on the rest of us.

[paleotn]

64. And an SBC congregation to boot.....

.....Williams gets booted out of the Southern Baptist Convention in....3....2....1....

Trust me, I know those people. I grew up an SBC Baptist. His congregation may support him, but the clowns who run that circus in Nashville and the state conventions don't get it and will never change.

[DhhD]

65. Some Baptist churches are not a part of the Southern Baptist Convention. Could it be that

they adhere to what the Bible teaches as best they can? Perhaps this Pastor believes in Separation of Church and State, as taught in the Bible and as written in the Constitutional.

[paleotn]

70. my first impression was this has got to be....

a New Baptist Covenant pastor or some other progressive, independent Baptist congregation. Turns out they're SBC, a member of the Florida Baptist Convention. Hard to believe. After the conservative takeover of the SBC back in the 80s, the new powers that be don't do separation of church and state. I'm afraid Pastor Williams is going to catch hell over this.

[ColesCountyDem]

72. American Baptists (ABC-USA) believe in strict separation of church and state. n/t