Blasphemous: Prominent evangelist blasts really creepy use of the Bible to justify sexual abuse
Source: Raw Story
Bob Brigham BOB BRIGHAM
10 NOV 2017 AT 19:52 ET
Prominent Christian missiologist Ed Stetzer wrote in Christianity Today to slam supporters of Republican senate nominee Roy Moore for the sheer foolishness of attempting to use the Bible to rationalize sexual assault.
Simply put, it is important to make clear that Christians dont believe the message that is coming from some of Moores supporters, Stetzer fact checked. Actually, most of us find it really creepy.
Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., holds the Billy Graham Chair of Church, Mission, and Evangelism at Wheaton College, serves as executive director of the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism and is a contributing editor for Christianity today.
Stetzer counseled that, in the midst of an avalanche of accusations against liberal Hollywood that we accept immediately as truth, lets not brush aside an accusation against a religious right leader. We need to take allegations seriously on all sides of the political aisle.
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/blasphemous-prominent-evangelist-blasts-really-creepy-use-of-the-bible-to-justify-sexual-abuse/
shanny
(6,709 posts)Never thought I'd say anything like that.
SandyZ
(186 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,043 posts)Was wondering if any of them would finally wake up and say something.
AllaN01Bear
(18,827 posts)in between. when u call on them they start yelling and swinging. ( experiance )
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Testify, brother, testify
"missiologist" - that's a new word for me. What sayeth wiki? "Missiology is the area of practical theology that investigates the mandate, message, and mission of the Christian church, especially the nature of missionary work."
Please, spare me from self-righteous missionaries who have decided they have the truth and I am a wayward, substandard spiritual lamb. Please, spare me. Spare us all.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)Call me surprised.
Sadly, I have such a low regard for most of these people that I question what his real agenda might be.
greyl
(22,990 posts)It doesn't take a Jesus scientist.
louslobbs
(3,241 posts)NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Association) Press Release!
NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Association) wants to recognize AMCLA (Alabama Man/Child Love Association) and its current President, Alabama Senate Candidate Judge Roy Moore, for its outstanding achievement in associating sex with children, with the Christian Bible. The Bible (The Word of GOD), can now be used as an authoritative religious excuse for Republican Alabama pedophiles like Republican Alabama Senate Candidate Judge Roy Moore, to sexualize and have sex with children. NAMBLA and its entire warped ass mother fucking psycho sex fiend membership, gives thanks to the notorious Republican Alabama Senate candidate, the noted and notorious Republican Alabama pedophile Judge Roy Moore, along with all of his psychosexual Republican Christian supporters, for all of their hard work in this effort of biblical proportions. None of this could have been achieved without extremist Christian Republicans and their complete lack of morality, their total lack of integrity, and especially without, their unyielding and never ending hypocrisy. AMCLA (Alabama Man/Child Love Association) should be proud of this extraordinary achievement. NAMBLA and its entire Bible loving membership, salutes you and your entire bible thumping membership, in psychosexual brotherhood. Well done fellow perverts!
The American Christian Fellowship of NAMBLA Inc.
Milo Yiannopoulous, President
Sponsored by the Mercer Foundation And Breitbart Entertainment
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)But it is hysterical!
louslobbs
(3,241 posts)Added SNARK.
Midnight Writer
(21,856 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,319 posts)They vote for him at their peril.
DoctorJoJo
(1,134 posts).... I'm guessing Billy's disgraceful cretin son, Franklin Graham, is all in for Moore. Interestingly, I recently read that when Moore was in Vietnam (for which I give him great credit), he was so reviled by the men under him, that he slept on sand bags, because he was regularly threatened with fragging (own men putting a grenade under his bunk). Appears he hasn't changed much!
JoJo
LiberalLovinLug
(14,180 posts)But until there is a swarm of these church leaders denouncing this publicly, right wing media will simply ignore the story, so those that need to hear it never will.
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SergeStorms
(19,205 posts)That's new and refreshing.
keithbvadu2
(37,050 posts)Moore supporters using Bible to rationalize child molesting.... His supporters!
They would not feel the need to do so if they really believed he was innocent.
Chemisse
(30,824 posts)But Mary was supposedly a virgin, so Joseph didn't have sex with her at all. Too bad Moore couldn't live up to that level of restraint!
LiberalLovinLug
(14,180 posts)I don't know why this point isn't brought up more.
But another point. These deplorables are also saying, in effect, that God is a child molester. And so, if he can molest children, then its all ok for anyone else to. (Well, unless they are a Democrat)
Chemisse
(30,824 posts)Initech
(100,149 posts)susanna
(5,231 posts)But happy that he seems to understand you do not "do" religion out of convenience.
BadgerKid
(4,562 posts)dembotoz
(16,866 posts)Church elites ain't gonna like it