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Texas Pastor Rick Scarborough, who previously said that he would be willing to be burned to death in his campaign against gay marriage. clarified his statement after yesterday's Supreme Court ruling.
The pastor issued a statement to KFYO News a few hours after the Supreme Court ruling was made official.
He stated, "I made that comment to paraphrase a spiritual song, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in which the three were given a choiceto bow to the image of Nebucahdnezzar or burn in a furnace. We will burn' means that we will accept any sanction from the government for resisting [Friday's] Supreme Court decision. We do not support any violence or physical harm."
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/pastor.rick.scarborough.us.supreme.court.ruling.same.sex.marriage/57349.htm
Uh huh....
SamKnause
(13,114 posts)How very disappointing.
mercuryblues
(14,565 posts)ablamj
(333 posts)!!!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)irisblue
(33,067 posts)You are correct.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Now what else does he say is not truthful, he sure doesn't love everybody.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)non-violent.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)I can't tell you all how disappointed I am to hear he was just talking out his ass.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)a camera we can use to broadcast his ultimate sacrifice on the internet.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)Ah...you go first.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)More meaningless pseudo-biblical nonsense from the people who make their livings dodging questions. Next thing you know, they'll be telling us we won't literally burn in hell for eternity.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,257 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)Champion Jack
(5,378 posts)....Cases of Marshmallows, Hershey bars and graham crackers?
irisblue
(33,067 posts)did you know peanut butter on a graham cracker will get your 6 & 3 yr old nieces and 13 yr old dog to sit down for a longish time in the back yard?
and a pool...a pool helps
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)You are right. They're just not the same.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)TBF
(32,160 posts)petronius
(26,614 posts)his place--because Pastor Rick is just too important to lose, don't ya know. When that didn't happen, it was on to Plan W(easel-out)...
Arkana
(24,347 posts)"Oh, shit, I made a wildly over the top threat and now people are laughing at me. Engage Damage Control Mode!"
Qutzupalotl
(14,349 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,134 posts)stepped into that fiery furnace because they believed God would deliver them from harm. They had enough faith in God.
Rick Scarborough? Not so much.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,134 posts)that was just as catchy, but that one is good, too.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)That's revival music...
Danascot
(4,699 posts)The definition of all talk (aka bullshit).
panader0
(25,816 posts)Vinca
(50,342 posts)brettdale
(12,390 posts)well you all know the rest
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)point of the story. In reality the preacher just says things he does not mean, that's his job after all. He's a dishonest dealer in hyperbole and when caught in his own bluster he places blame not on himself but on his Scriptures, which is par for the course.
This man, he's supremely full of shit.
Hepburn
(21,054 posts)Here, let me help!!!!
valerief
(53,235 posts)Thespian2
(2,741 posts)will say whatever is necessary to bring in the bucks...What an asshat...
kairos12
(12,906 posts)rocktivity
(44,588 posts)Last edited Sat Jun 27, 2015, 04:51 PM - Edit history (5)
Then king Nebuchadnezzar jumped to his feet in amazement..."Weren't there only three men thrown into the fire?...Look! I see FOUR men walking around in the fire, untied and unhurt, and the fourth looks like some kind of angel!" Nebuchadnezzar then came as close as he could to the furnace and shouted in the doorway, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, follower of the Most High God, come out! Come here!" So the three men walked out of the furnace without any burns, no hairs on their head burned, all their clothes perfectly fine, and no smell of fire on them at all.
At that moment Nebuchadnezzar knew that they worshipped a real God not some fake statue. God had sent an angel to protect them from harm, and even more important...(t)hey were willing to die rather than serve or worship any god except their own...(T)he king made an announcement that...people...could not say anything bad about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego's God, (and) gave the three men even better jobs than they already had...
Scarborogh's loophole is that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego didn't set THEMSELVES on fire -- they were cast into a furnace of their oppressor's making!
But what ARE we supposed to with all these graham crackers, chocolate bars, and marshmallows?
rocktivity
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)Thank you for the post.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)pants on fire.
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)He's breaking one of the 10 Commandments. He is lying. It's time he puts up or shuts up. I was hoping for a follow-the-leader type scenario too. Damn shame, what a party pooper.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,180 posts)Especially the American Christian Church. I was fully ensconced as a child and youth. They earnestly and presumably honestly believe in the Bible stories like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and their being saved from burning by a watchful God. They preach about they as Christians having to have the same type of submissive belief. Yet obviously fail miserably over and over at ever actually trusting in their God to do what they claim he can do. Fundie Muslims are doing a much better job at sacrificing themselves, but then they don't expect to be saved at the last minute by their God.
And in the Catholic wing of conservative Christians, they don't even accept the Pope's edicts anymore, if it doesn't fit their political (ie. monetary) goals.
Its all such embarrassing hypocrisy.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)Scarborough is a FAKE MARTYR and CON MAN.