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Segami

(14,923 posts)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 03:45 PM Dec 2012

Tennessee PASTOR: Mass Shootings Because Schools Teach EVOLUTION And ‘How To Be A Homo’




How can this fucktard, hate weasel disguised as a 'preacher' sleep at night?



A Tennessee pastor on Sunday told his congregation that the number of mass shooting were escalating because of schools were government “mind-control centers” that taught “junk about evolution” and “how to be a homo.” Old Paths Baptist Church Pastor Sam Morris began speaking about last week’s school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut by warning that “this sermon will not be pleasant.”



“We get all up in arms about 20 children being shot in a day care but we don’t give one good-glory rip about the 4,000 that were removed violently from the wombs of their mothers [in abortion procedures] the same day,” he explained. “I believe they use children and Christmas and all that to pull on our heart strings about gun control. That’s what it’s all about.” Morris asserted that equal rights was a “sham” because it’s “equal immorality” and that authorities should take the body of the suspected shooter, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, “and string him up in public and set his body on fire and leave it out there to let the birds pick his bones.”



“We’re going to see more of this,” he continued. “Because notice, the first thing in America we start yelling about is gun control is gun control. Have you noticed that? Gun control. No one’s even thought about the fact that these shootings only happened at places where guns are banned. Have you noticed that? They have never had a mass shooting at a gun show, where you can find over a thousand loaded guns at one time.”



“Why do you still send your kids to the governmental schools?” the pastor asked the congregation. “What’s behind this shooting that we saw on Dec. 14 in Newtown, Connecticut and the other one’s like it? What’s going on. Well, number one, deception… I got news for you, when you kicked God out of schools, you’re going to be judged for that.”Morris insisted that “humanism” in schools taught Lanza that he was God and “he can just go blow away anybody he wants.” “When I got in high school, man, I started learning all this kingdom, phylum stuff, all this junk about evolution,” he recalled. “And I want to tell you what evolution teaches — here’s the bottom line — that you’re an animal. That’s what it teaches. So, you’re an animal, you can act like an animal. Amen.”






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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/17/tennessee-pastor-mass-shootings-because-schools-teach-evolution-and-how-to-be-a-homo/
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Tennessee PASTOR: Mass Shootings Because Schools Teach EVOLUTION And ‘How To Be A Homo’ (Original Post) Segami Dec 2012 OP
shooting happened because sun rises in the east .... the two are correlated aren't they? srican69 Dec 2012 #1
Once again, another religious charlatan using this tragedy to promote their RR agenda. Segami Dec 2012 #10
and their target market doesn't include rational thinkers - they get to say what they want. srican69 Dec 2012 #16
Organized Religion: Conditioning mice where to find the cheese in the Labyrinth. Segami Dec 2012 #20
Charlatan? How do you know he isn't sincere? Mariana Dec 2012 #37
Another pastor who's never read a single word of Jesus' teachings. CJCRANE Dec 2012 #2
Your bible doesn't have all the hateful and cruel stuff Jesus said??? Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2012 #48
They think the same thing about the cause of hurricanes and tornadoes. MNBrewer Dec 2012 #3
I want there to be a hell. Wait Wut Dec 2012 #4
Hmmm.... Then what was the Catholic Church teaching that led all of those priests to sexually abuse PA Democrat Dec 2012 #5
We could start a show "christians say the darndest things" aandegoons Dec 2012 #6
Well, "Fundies Say The Darndest Things" is a website LeftinOH Dec 2012 #14
I did not know that. aandegoons Dec 2012 #19
Satan speaks out Angry Dragon Dec 2012 #7
Personally atreides1 Dec 2012 #8
Here's this asshole's profile on LinkedIn: Zoeisright Dec 2012 #9
Any dumb fuck can be a "preacher"..which he clearly demonstrates. n/t LeftinOH Dec 2012 #11
Who exactly is surprised by this? Mariana Dec 2012 #12
"these shootings only happened at places where guns are banned" arcane1 Dec 2012 #13
This just shows that mental illness is an epidemic. marybourg Dec 2012 #15
Which he's apparently spread to his congregation. Mariana Dec 2012 #42
I wouldn't want this hatemongering jackass as my pastor... Initech Dec 2012 #17
He has a church full of people who do want him. nt. Mariana Dec 2012 #35
Considering where he lives, that "church full" is likely less than 20 people. Fawke Em Dec 2012 #39
Multiplied by how many? Mariana Dec 2012 #43
That should be everyone's concern. These RR weasels, Segami Dec 2012 #40
. . . said the guy who's faithful to a religion awash in historic and present bloodshed. HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #18
Hey I didn't get the "How To Be A Homo" class... SomethingFishy Dec 2012 #21
maybe billion + murdered by xtians the past 2000 years. even before guns doh nt msongs Dec 2012 #22
It's idiots like this guy that turned me away from organized religion auburngrad82 Dec 2012 #23
Nope. It happened because a gun possessed a person like a demon does The Straight Story Dec 2012 #24
I'd pay for the privilege of telling this asshole to STFU nc4bo Dec 2012 #25
They are all Fred Phelps now. Ganja Ninja Dec 2012 #26
Actually most gun shows do not allow you to have a loaded weapon exboyfil Dec 2012 #27
That would be MY definition of insanity. Buns_of_Fire Dec 2012 #33
We need a new word for these bottom feeding scumbags.. Permanut Dec 2012 #28
Why can't these idiots be victims just once? rbrnmw Dec 2012 #29
So did his mom correct this instruction exboyfil Dec 2012 #30
I guess preaching YOU'RE "god's" open hatred for anyone not like you...... wandy Dec 2012 #31
There really aren't words for "humans" like this ambulatory turd. hifiguy Dec 2012 #32
This man is mentally ill. He demonstrates hysterical tendencies. He should be on a watch list for Lint Head Dec 2012 #34
He has a congregation of people who agree with him. Mariana Dec 2012 #36
Yes. Warren DeMontague Dec 2012 #41
People who willingly embrace delusion hifiguy Dec 2012 #46
Millions of people have followed lunatics before. Fascists were good at it. And Neo fascists are Lint Head Dec 2012 #49
Another hit from the Pat Robertson "Lesbians and Atheists caused 9-11" songbook. Warren DeMontague Dec 2012 #38
Evolution has not been kind to him. marmar Dec 2012 #44
Bang Bang Mister preacherman. Is that what you want because I don't understand you. icymist Dec 2012 #45
I Am Shocked...SHOCKED to Learn Dirty Socialist Dec 2012 #47

srican69

(1,426 posts)
1. shooting happened because sun rises in the east .... the two are correlated aren't they?
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 03:47 PM
Dec 2012

fucking asshole

srican69

(1,426 posts)
16. and their target market doesn't include rational thinkers - they get to say what they want.
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 03:59 PM
Dec 2012

Isn't that pretty nice use of self-selective messaging that is highly effective.

Here is all of religion for you in a nutshell.

Fact A . Therefore hypothesis B.

Mariana

(14,856 posts)
37. Charlatan? How do you know he isn't sincere?
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 05:26 PM
Dec 2012

These beliefs aren't exactly rare in this country, you know.

CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)
2. Another pastor who's never read a single word of Jesus' teachings.
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 03:48 PM
Dec 2012

This guy needs to open his Bible at the New Testament and read the Sermon on the Mount.

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
48. Your bible doesn't have all the hateful and cruel stuff Jesus said???
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:30 PM
Dec 2012

What Jesus allegedly said in the bible is totally contradictory.

"I come not in peace, but with a sword" is only the beginning of his hateful, evil, vindictive sayings.

The book, called the Bible, is filled with passages equally horrible, unjust and atrocious. This is the book to be read in schools in order to make our children loving, kind and gentle! This is the book they wish to be recognized in our Constitution as the source of all authority and justice! -- Robert Green Ingersoll, The Gods, (1872)


Samples from only one of the Gospels, John:

Jesus believed the stupid and vicious story from Numbers 21. (God sent snakes to bite the people for complaining about the lack of food and water. Then God told Moses to make a brass snake to cure them from the bites.) 3:14

"God so loved the world, that he gave his His only begotten Son."
As an example to parents everywhere and to save the world (from himself), God had his own son tortured and killed. 3:16

People are damned or saved depending only on what they believe. 3:18, 36

The "wrath of God" is on all unbelievers. 3:36

Jesus believes people are crippled by God as a punishment for sin. He tells a crippled man, after healing him, to "sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." 5:14

Those who do not believe in Jesus will be cast into a fire to be burned. 15:6

Jesus says we must eat his flesh and drink his blood if we want to have eternal life. This idea was just too gross for "many of his disciples" and "walked no more with him." (They are called Protestants nowadays.) 6:53-66

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There are plenty of examples in the other 3 gospels.

"Prince of Peace", my ass.

MNBrewer

(8,462 posts)
3. They think the same thing about the cause of hurricanes and tornadoes.
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 03:49 PM
Dec 2012

Speaking of acting like an animal...he says authorities should take the body of the suspected shooter, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, “and string him up in public and set his body on fire and leave it out there to let the birds pick his bones.”

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
4. I want there to be a hell.
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 03:50 PM
Dec 2012

I know there isn't, but I really, really, really want one just for sick fucks like this.

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
5. Hmmm.... Then what was the Catholic Church teaching that led all of those priests to sexually abuse
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 03:50 PM
Dec 2012

all of those children? Looks like the biggest lesson being taught at Pastor Sam Morris's church is how to be an ignorant, bigoted ass.

LeftinOH

(5,354 posts)
14. Well, "Fundies Say The Darndest Things" is a website
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 03:55 PM
Dec 2012

- and it's exactly as demented as you'd expect.

aandegoons

(473 posts)
19. I did not know that.
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:03 PM
Dec 2012

I wonder if I have the constitution to wander over there. I will have to think on that a little while.

Mariana

(14,856 posts)
12. Who exactly is surprised by this?
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 03:54 PM
Dec 2012

He's jumping on the bandwagon with Huckabee and Bryan Fischer. How many sermons were there yesterday where the pastors said the exact same things? I bet there were a whole bunch of them.

Mariana

(14,856 posts)
42. Which he's apparently spread to his congregation.
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 05:29 PM
Dec 2012

I imagine if they'd walked out en masse, that would be in the story. So, it's probably that they sat there, listening attentively to the wise words of their spiritual leader.

 

Segami

(14,923 posts)
40. That should be everyone's concern. These RR weasels,
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 05:28 PM
Dec 2012

as well as FOX Noise (mind) Programming are the breeding grounds of disguised hate propaganda.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
18. . . . said the guy who's faithful to a religion awash in historic and present bloodshed.
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:02 PM
Dec 2012

. . . said the guy who's faithful to a religion that uses a device of torture and execution as it's symbol.

. . . said the guy who's faithful to a religion that pays fealty to hatred, uses fear as a weapon, decries science to believe a story, shames completely normal behavior as abnormal and is hypocritical beyond measure when it comes to practicing the teachings of Jesus.

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)
21. Hey I didn't get the "How To Be A Homo" class...
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:03 PM
Dec 2012

Am I missing credits? How ever did I manage to graduate without the "How To Be A Homo" class?

"Never had a mass shooting at a gun show".
Yeah but you did have a 10 year old shoot himself in the head while his father and a fucking "gun safety expert" watched.

You know there is nothing I like better than a man who supposedly is a representative of the lord of peace and love, Jesus Christ, use a shooting like this to spread fear, hate and his own brand of lunacy.



auburngrad82

(5,029 posts)
23. It's idiots like this guy that turned me away from organized religion
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:05 PM
Dec 2012

I have a real problem with the direction that organized religion has gone over the last few decades. I quit attending church (Baptist) back in the 70s when the preacher started preaching hate against Catholics and Jews. I haven't been back since.

I read the Bible every night. I feel I'm fairly spiritual, even if my beliefs might not fall in line with the status quo (I'm quite open to the beliefs of other religions as well as Christianity). But people like this are the reason I dislike organized religion.

The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
24. Nope. It happened because a gun possessed a person like a demon does
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:09 PM
Dec 2012

Take away guns, people are nice.

It is something in the metal, maybe an ancient curse (like in a syfy movie) - the guy that pulled the trigger, not his fault at all.

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)
25. I'd pay for the privilege of telling this asshole to STFU
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:12 PM
Dec 2012

with his utter nonsense.

These types of people should be shamed into oblivion, after taxing and fining their churches into bankruptcy.

Ganja Ninja

(15,953 posts)
26. They are all Fred Phelps now.
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:12 PM
Dec 2012

All they have to do now is show up at the kids funerals with their "God Hates _________).

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
27. Actually most gun shows do not allow you to have a loaded weapon
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:20 PM
Dec 2012

"No one’s even thought about the fact that these shootings only happened at places where guns are banned. Have you noticed that? They have never had a mass shooting at a gun show, where you can find over a thousand loaded guns at one time.”




It is posted for "insurance" in some cases and because of local statute in other cases. I talked to my friend, the radical NRA member, about it. He said that it would not be "safe", but that you are safe because the gun show provides security and, in some cases, the dealers are also armed. The guns for display are definitely not loaded (or should not be loaded since mistakes have happened). Many gun enthusiasts are nervous because some attendees think nothing about pointing such guns at them as they examine the merchandise and get a feel for it (can't say I blame them). In many (most?) cases the guns are secured as well.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,175 posts)
33. That would be MY definition of insanity.
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:51 PM
Dec 2012

Even though, from what I've seen at the few gun shows I've been to, most of the attendees would probably wind up taking out each other. God help the person who'd toss a firecracker in there...

Permanut

(5,602 posts)
28. We need a new word for these bottom feeding scumbags..
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:24 PM
Dec 2012

but "hate weasel" is really getting close. I'm stealing it for now.

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
30. So did his mom correct this instruction
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:26 PM
Dec 2012

in the times she Homeschooled him?

When good old Charles Whitman climbed up into that tower after 12 years of God fearing public school education, what happened with him? How about the 14 yeear old that opened up at Bishop Neumann in Pennsylvania and wounded her classmate or the teacher that shot his prinicpal at Epsicopal High School in Florida - both schools private Christian based.



wandy

(3,539 posts)
31. I guess preaching YOU'RE "god's" open hatred for anyone not like you......
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:42 PM
Dec 2012

is the surest way to put an end to mass killings.
And we wonder why things have become such a mess.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
32. There really aren't words for "humans" like this ambulatory turd.
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:43 PM
Dec 2012

The cowshit stuck to the bottom of a farmer's work boot has more intelligence and integrity. Gads, I feel sick to my stomach...

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
34. This man is mentally ill. He demonstrates hysterical tendencies. He should be on a watch list for
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 05:00 PM
Dec 2012

possible danger to other people. He should not be allowed to own a gun. He should have anger management classes.

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
49. Millions of people have followed lunatics before. Fascists were good at it. And Neo fascists are
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 10:43 PM
Dec 2012

even better. A religiously fanatical theocratic fascist sociopath would know how to cynically control others based on their own beliefs. This man was obviously taught religiously bigoted concepts in childhood. These concepts were instilled so deeply that he must make others fear so he can feel comfortable with himself. He has a fear of Hell which he must foist onto others otherwise he is dooming himself because his theology tells him to go out and be an Apostle or he will go to Hell. I know these types of folks. I was raised in the South where it is prevalent.

They are not all mentally ill. I'm sure some feel they have been misled by others and this charismatic preacher convinces them he has the answer. Or, they were raised bigots and racists and homophobes and he is reinforcing they're bigotry.

icymist

(15,888 posts)
45. Bang Bang Mister preacherman. Is that what you want because I don't understand you.
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 05:44 PM
Dec 2012

Everybody who isn't agreeing with your set of rules and so called laws are somehow against you and therefore against all of humanity? Sit down dude, you have a lot to learn. If you listen to what I've heard on the TV about how everyone NEEDS to send $1,000 to a certain preacher, every night, you can charge it on your credit card, God told me that you can do this; and you come here spreading your crap about evolution and how this latest shooting was because we were pulling your heartstrings about gun control and other political stuff (really?! God is really going to care about your politics?!) well, what does that have to say about your god and your religion? Answer me this man, don't side step the question.

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