Pastor must not mention Jesus??
What sort of prayer is it if you don't say to whom the prayer is directed? If it's directed to the Christian God, how come you can't mention Christ? Very strange theology! Unless it's a prayer to the Devil, of course.
"A North Carolina pastor was relieved of his duties as an honorary chaplain of the state house of representatives after he closed a prayer by invoking the name of Jesus.
“I got fired,” said Ron Baity, pastor of Berean Baptist Church in Winston-Salem. He had been invited to lead prayer for an entire week but his tenure was cut short when he refused to remove the name Jesus from his invocation.
Baity’s troubles began during the week of May 31. He said a House clerk asked to see his prayer. The invocation including prayers for our military, state lawmakers and a petition to God asking him to bless North Carolina.”
“When I handed it to the lady, I watched her eyes and they immediately went right to the bottom of the page and the word Jesus,” he told FOX News Radio. “She said ‘We would prefer that you not use the name Jesus. We have some people here that can be offended.’”
When Baity protested, she brought the matter to the attention of House Speaker Joe Hackney.
“I told her I was highly offended when she asked me not to pray in the name of Jesus because that does constitute my faith,” Baity said. “My faith requires that I pray in His name. The Bible is very clear.”
When the clerk returned, Baity said he was told that he would be allowed to deliver the day’s prayer – but after that – his services would no longer be needed.
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OK to offend Christians, apparently
10 comments:
"OK to offend Christians, apparently"
You got that right, Jon.
Why was a christian invited in the first place? Why are the politicians appealing for divine help when they should have the wit to act responsibly and wisely on their own account - which is what they were elected to do by tax-payers who pay them well for it! Are they going to blame God if they fail?
"When the state tells you how to pray, that you cannot use the name of Jesus – that’s mandating a state religion,"
A very interesting (and valid) point. The state can not mandate a religion, (or religious practice) nor can it ban one. These elected nitwits are way out of line this time. I guess this is what happens when you put a clean suit on a country bumpkin. You can bet your life that had it been a rabbi or muslim, not a word would have been said. I hope the pastor sues these country-clowns and ends up with all their farm equipment.
If he was a Christian pastor and hired as such, he was following the bible "pray in Jesus' name"
Had he been an Imam invoking the name of Allah, he would have probably been given a commendation.
Hey God, we're going to insult you, so please bless us. Okay?!?
Be ready for death threats and riots ... No Wait, wrong religion.
We definitely have some false flag posters here. Anon 2:49 is a perfect example. I really wish Jon would put a stop to that kind of garbage.
This is a deliberate and common tactic by the left to make us appear to be something we're not.
For example:
"This is not the first time that these subhuman liberal trolls have gone after Sarah Palin support sites. In October 2008, a group of sock puppets from such liberal sites as Democratic Underground and Something Awful invaded the Team Sarah support site and began posting racists remarks about Barack Obama. They took screen shots and sent them to the Huffington Post and the ultra liberal hate site ran with it publishing articles about the purported “racists” at Team Sarah. However, their plot was exposed by administrators and several conservative bloggers including Michelle Malkin wrote about it and the Huffington Post ended up with egg on their face."
And this:
"We will act on behalf of the Tea Party in ways which exaggerate their least appealing qualities (misspelled protest signs, wild claims in TV interviews, etc.) to further distance them from mainstream America and damage the public’s opinion of them."
Stop the lies!
Stop the lies!
Then, stop posting here, Luke.
"Then, stop posting here, Luke."
Says the local sociopath…
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