East Waynesville Baptist Church in NC expells all Dem members

[libnnc]

My Mom just emailed me the news. There's no link yet.

She said WLOS tv just broke in to report that the East Waynesville Baptist church has officially excommunicated all its democratic members.

She said that before the election, the preacher told the congregation from the pulpit that if they didn't vote for * they had to come to the altar to confess their sins and repent. they could'nt be members. (My Mom doesn't attend that church--she's United Methodist, but I know of lots who do attend).

From Mom's email: "One of the local women who got excommunicated said on TV that it was like a cult. Another man who got excommunicated said that the rest of the congregation stood up and applauded as the Democrats were told to leave."

Okay, I'm officially freaked out.

libnnc

[wryter2000]

1. Jesus on a trailer hitch!

This sort of shit has to backfire on them. It has to. No one reasonable who considers him/herself a republican can tolerate this.

[Bluebear]

11. A visual aid

[Pirate Smile]

59. Your visual aid worked at first but now it is the dreaded blank red X

[sarcasmo]

336. Jesus being towed by an SUV now that's a little Irony don't you think?

[Roland99]

211. Nominated for Homepage!!!!!

[dissent1977]

394. Time for them to lose their tax-exempt status.

EOM

[Pacifist Patriot]

438. You've got that right!

[dissent1977]

399. Why don't some DU members attend their congregation...

I don't live anywhere near NC so I could never make it, but I would love to see a story about this church getting flooded with liberals dressed in anti-Bush gear.

[chomskysright]

442. ITS GONNA KILL ME BUT I'LL GO TO CHURCH THERE SUNDAY....WITH

my BUCK BUSH IN THE 21ST CENTURY T-SHIRT

[brainshrub]

455. Do you want to go with me?

We've met several times before, why don't we go together? IM me if you are interested.

[CBHagman]

478. Godspeed to both of you.

Methinks that pastor has abandoned the Scriptures entirely and signed on to the Gospel According to Mammon.

[KansDem]

497. I'd go too, but can't. I live in the enlightened state of...

KANSAS!
(We have our own problems... )

Good luck to all DUer's who attend. If it's a "debate" they want, let them have it!

[The Doctor.]

502. Sue to have their 501(c) 3 status revoked.

This is a clear-cut case of political activism in church.

We have to do something about these 'Activist Churches'.

[dissent1977]

404. Here is their phone number

828-456-6841

Thought some of you might like to give them a call.

[ronnykmarshall]

439. Oh my ...

busy signal!

[lala_rawraw]

513. what is the full name of the pastor?

[Bluebear]

2. The Holy War has begun. And we're the enemy.

[MissB]

Having just watched Hotel Rwanda last weekend

Yeah. I'm a wee bit freaked. Setting one's countryman against one another is apparently not that hard.

Hate radio is already here.

[AuntiBush]

569. No Bluebear: They have become their OWN WORSE ENEMIES.

No Bluebear. We're not the enemies... they are and to themselves even moreso.

We're on the correct side, don't worry about that.

I gotta do the headbang thing again before I scream.

[JDPriestly]

3. Read your history.

Look up Hugenots and what happened to the French economy when it expelled them. It wasn't good. Bigotry is its own punishment.

[LynneSin]

398. Hell, look at the history of Catholics vs. Protestants in England

[NorthernSpy]

4. does the IRS know about this?

Doesn't this cross the line that otherwise protects a church from tax liability?

[JerseygirlCT]

98. I would surely think so. nt

[last_texas_dem]

285. I hope so

No way these hypocritical shits deserve tax-exempt status for nakedly political stunts like that.

[ktowntennesseedem]

335. Absolutely.

That is so far over the line, it sounds like it couldn't possibly be true.

Welcome to the Theocratic States of America. Please leave your freedoms at the door.

[ClintonTyree]

432. Cross it?

Completely erased it is more apt. This is it, this is the final straw. These religious bigots have finally shown themselves for what they are, a political movement.
I want the GOP leadership to condemn this immediately. All of them. bush, Cheney, Rove, Frist, DeLay, Santorum, the entire lot. If they refuse to do this, they are condoning this action and should be removed from office immediately.
There is STILL a line between church and state, as of now. If they want to remove it, declare so and let's see what the American people think of it.
They have just marginalized themselves to a point where they'll NEVER be taken seriously again. Good. Fucking assholes! It serves them right for lying down with this scum in the first place.

[oneold1-4u]

580. Should never have had tax exempt! Take property!

These churches(thousands) are political in sooooo many ways. They preach and even put up political signs on the church properties that are all exempt from ALL TAXATION including money or income derived from or upon them! Some of these church properties have changed hands many times but never paid a cent of taxes even on real property profits! There should be complete loss of all properties for all back taxes! It happens all the time to individuals!
If they do nothing, (and we know they won't), we might as well join them. They would come down on all with an immediate tax loss of billions. Now I just have to think up a name for "my" church!

[chomskysright]

444. i'M GONNA MAKE SURE THEY DO AS I WORK IN WAYNESVILLE, NC

[KamaAina]

5. Would they have expelled William Jennings Bryan?

One of our best Dem presidential candidates ever was also a confirmed fundamentalist; he later took Tennessee's side in the Scopes "monkey trial".

Hypocrites.

[mhr]

6. Before We Are Through - It Will Be Us Against Them

Better start sharpening those crosses for spear tips!

[tavalon]

339. Before we are through?

It already is us against them. The Chimperor "I'm a uniter, not a divider" Bushnit decreed it.

Who's your Antichrist now, huh, huh? Good boy!

[DesEtoiles]

7. Who would Jesus excommunicate?

[Name removed]

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[proud2BlibKansan]

124. Jimmy Swaggart

Oral Roberts
Jim Jones
Jim Baker
Fred Phelps
Bob Jones
Jerry Falwell
etc
etc
etc

Hope that answers your question

[Ouabache]

224. Exclusive Christianity never ends up being nice

nt

Christ was all about Inclusiveness. So this congregation is not really Christian anyway. Hope all those republicans left in the congregation realize they now have to give MORE $$ to keep the congregation going.

[KansDem]

498. Excellent term, sort of like "Country Club Christianity..."

Where the barbed wire separates the chosen from all others...

[Catherine Vincent]

8. What the hell?

[KamaAina]

9. Oh, I just remembered, WLOS-TV is a Sinclair affiliate

what a surprise.

I suppose these tinpot theocrats will get some sort of plaque from the station or something.

[Yellow_Dog]

291. WLOS & Mark Hyman

Imagine watching this story on the same station that carries Mark Hyman's Bush propaganda segment on every news cast.

[Pirate Smile]

486. Does Media Matters monitor them? Hyman is so despicable. My

CBS is a Sinclair station and if I turn over too quickly after The Daily Show to see Letterman, I see that asshole. I just can't believe the lies and RW slander propaganda he spews every night during the local news.

[Pirate Smile]

10. I just pulled up their website to look for a link - they're a Sinclair

station.



edit to add - with a Desperate Housewives ad at the top of their Home page.

[bowens43]

12. This is the future of America.

A theocracy every bit as dangerous, repulsive and oppressive as the Taliban. Make no mistake, the fundamentalists want to control everything that you do, think and say. They will NOT allow deviation from what they consider to to be the norm. These ignorant , freedom hating, mindless marching morons are far more dangerous then Islamic fundamentalists.

[Parche]

13. church

have them make their own church, so they can ex communicate them!!!
revenge is fun!!


Church..........a waste of a good Sunday

[Pirate Smile]

30. It seems to fit right in with Cheney's calling Dems "the other faith".

Cheney's New Meme?
by Coldblue Steele
Wed May 4th, 2005 at 12:52:25 PDT

Darth was down in Georgia the other day for a Republican-only town hall on, you guessed it, "Strengthening Social Security". Most of what he said is nothing more than the misleading drivel we've heard time and again, but there was one interesting statement

"If we don't do anything at all, if we just stay where a lot of people have said we ought to stay -- there are a number of members of Congress OF THE OTHER FAITH who have said that we don't need to do anything -- well, if you don't do anything, the net result will be, for somebody today, say, in their 30s, by the time they get to retirement age, their benefit levels are going to be cut some 26 percent or 27 percent. Automatic, that's what will happen with today's existing law."

The other faith?

But wait. It gets picked up and repeated.

Unlike Bush, Cheney will actually take questions from the audience, which isn't really all that bold since it's packed with wingnuts. So here are two questions submitted

Q Mr. Vice President, thank you for coming to Georgia, and thank you and the President for your leadership in the war on terror. Millions of Americans appreciate that.
My question is, I watched the press conference the other night with the President, and it seems like when the two of you come up with serious ideas that those from THE OTHER FAITH, in the other party, all they do is demonize and, in many cases, just lie and try to divide the older generation, our grandparents from us, those in our 30s.

That's one. Here's another

Q Good morning, Vice President Cheney. I'd like to ask a question. This morning you've really delineated very well a lot of points in the program and what you and the President want to do. Could you delineate for us, because I think we have a little bit of an easy audience this morning on convincing us of this program -- could you delineate out a few other points from the other side, or THE OTHER FAITH, differences maybe in what you're saying this morning, and maybe what they're saying or not saying?

Are we seeing a pattern developing here?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/5/4/155225/5465

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[progressivebydesign]

157. Hey Pirate.. would consider posting your reply here as its own thread?

I think the whole "OTHER faith" thing needs to be highlighted BIG time on DU right now. They're up to something.. and it looks planned. If I tie lots of threads like these from the past week together, it's looking like they're trying to declare a religious war on those that disagree with them. God help us!

[Pirate Smile]

197. I already posted it as its own thread - click on the DU link above

Here it is again

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

I posted it Wednesday night but I know it is easy to miss things if you aren't on DU at the "right" time.

[beam me up scottie]

188. Yes, I agree with PBD-this deserves it's own thread.

I almost didn't look at this one because it's so lengthy, I would have missed it and THIS is important.
Those questioners were plants-I'm sure of it. We just witnessed the birth of a reichwing talking point.

This needs to get out there.
Thanks for posting it.

[ornotna]

295. I'm not sure I understand this post

Could you delineate. Jeez, somebody learned a new word.

[babywatson]

607. Southern Baptist are definitely weird.

But I wish people didn't categorize ALL southerners as being die-hard Bushies. I live in a red state, grew up in a red state, and believe me, it's hard to understand how people can come from the same background and NOT get that George Bush is a phony baloney. They just seem to shut off if you even try to discuss it, which is why I try to keep my opinions to myself around here. I did have to put up my Kerry sign before the election, though. I couldn't stand seeing all the Bush signs everywhere.

[DesEtoiles]

14. call them 828 456 6841

[Catherine Vincent]

21. I searched for their number too. LOL!

[burn the bush]

31. we should call them and ask them to release their tax files as we

want to see how much "faith based initiative" money this church is getting. Basically we want to know what it takes to buy a church.

[KaliTracy]

36. EXACTLY! IRS should be alerted, too! --- As soon as there is confirmed

report!

edited: confirmation

[burn the bush]

71. oops, I took your edit confirmation as being that the report was now

confirmed, so I already called. Now I see you were just finishing your title sentence.

[KaliTracy]

127. sorry.... but it looks like it might have been confirmed below? I just got

back to this thread.... (I'll be more careful next time!)