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William769

(55,147 posts)
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 11:47 AM Jun 2012

"You need to lay off my Pastor".

(CNN) – The little boy with a buzz cut shows no sign of nervousness as he sings in front of the church congregation.

Dressed in a pressed white shirt and blue sweater vest, he holds the microphone and sings that the Bible is right, then lets loose the line that brings whoops from the congregation: "Ain't no homo gonna make it to heaven."

Next to him, an adult beams as worshippers rise to their feet and cheer.

The scene was captured on video and anonymously posted online, receiving hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube since the end of May. It appears to show a service at the Apostolic Truth Tabernacle in Greensburg, Indiana.

The church quickly posted on its website that its pastor and members "do not condone, teach, or practice hate of any person for any reason."

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/21/harsh-anti-gay-preaching-alarms-gay-rights-supporters-and-christian-conservatives-alike/

Video at link, not to be missed!

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Zorra

(27,670 posts)
1. Religious people who transparently bald faced lie to defend their hatred and bullshit do nothing but
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 12:26 PM
Jun 2012

seriously damage any credibility that their religion may have among reasonably honest non-religious people.

The people in the beginning of that video are clearly liars, and they lie very, very poorly. They are embarrassingly transparent in their display of self-deception, caught on video.

They display the perfect example of the general character of every religious zombie that hates us, and wants to physically hurt us, and prevent us from being recognized as equal human beings, with equal human rights.

If I were a Christian, I would hesitate to call myself a Christian, because I would not want anyone associating me with the type of individuals who are so unashamedly lying to defend their hatred in the beginning of that video.

"What's in your head, in your head, zombie, zombie, zombie, hey-hey...what's in your head?"

That's really sad.

TlalocW

(15,384 posts)
2. The kind of cheering and positive feedback that kid got can be addictive
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 01:22 PM
Jun 2012

If his parents and church are that vocal about a 4-year-old being anti-gay, he's going to keep being anti-gay in hopes of keeping their approval. Maybe he'll just be a loud homophobe, or maybe he'll turn into a bully in his teenage years and start making life hell for LGBT kids. In that case, I hope another former 4-year-old kid who was raised to believe in equality and defending the rights of minorities kicks the first one's ass.

I'll be cheering then.

TlalocW

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