Something seriously wrong when a Baptist pastor tweets insults to liberals re Hobby Lobby.

[madfloridian]

On July 4th he was quoted by the Burbank leader as having said this on Twitter.

On Twitter, Pastor Nick Reed of the Victory Burbank Church, said he had difficulty finding a spot due to the shoppers inside Hobby Lobby, not protesters outside. He said by 12:30 p.m., only about 10 protesters remained.

"I am sorry liberals have nothing better to do on July 4th," he Tweeted, ending with the hashtag #getalife.

Here is more from his Twitter feed that I found tonight:

Nick Reed @NickReedLA · Jul 4

I find it funny how liberals try and marginalize themselves with lies and exaggerated statistics!

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Burbank, CA
Nick Reed @NickReedLA · Jul 4

One protesters sign says "no bigotry in burbank" aren't they being a bigot by protesting a company that is exercising their belief!?

I grew up Southern Baptist. Now I am not part of that church. But I do know that I never knew them to be against birth control until the last few years. Al Mohler, head of the Southern Baptist Seminary, pushes the birth control is a sin theme.

And now another Baptist minister openly tweets insulting stuff about liberals protesting a company mixing their religion with lawsuits that will harm many women.

I do not think Jesus ever said anything about birth control being a sin. It is part of our modern way of life.

[Beaverhausen]

1. I thought that store wasn't opening until yomorrow

It's right down the street from me but I haven't driven by in a few days.

[madfloridian]

2. They were protesting the grand opening. At the link there's a sign behind them.

[delrem]

3. This guy isn't talking religion.

He's another right-wing whack-job, that's all.

[madfloridian]

4. He's a pastor.

You are right, he is being political with his words....but it does reflect on his church.

[delrem]

9. It reflects badly.

I lived among self-identified "evangelical reborn Christians" for two years, way long ago.
The greatest lesson learned was that the religious denominations that "evangelical reborn Christians" draw from explicitly disown reason. That is, their pastors do. They explicitly put reason in second place, so not just contradiction but also basic coherence can be overthrown by heebee-jeebee shit.

"heebee-jeebee" would no doubt seem harsh and uncalled for by these "reborn Christians", who I'd still welcome as friends.

I think it's a problem that will never go away, madfloridian.
It's one we have to understand and deal with - but there'll never be a wand to make it vanish (not that I'd suggest that *you*, of all posters to DU, would expect there to be one).

Here is what an evangelical reborn Christian said to me, when I asked her. Paraphrasing a memory from decades ago! : "But I lay on my bed, staring at the ceiling, for months, and was beyond despair and about to die, when I received the call of Jesus. And now I'm alive." No way to say no to that. I was totally dismayed at the right-wing extremism of her pastors.

[Snarkoleptic]

16. I saw this bumper sticker a few weeks ago. luvit

[OriginalGeek]

5. I don't find it odd at all that a Baptist preacher is acting like an asshole

every one I ever met was.

Thankfully I haven't had any interaction with any of them in years.


(I'm obviously not claiming I've met every one)

[xfundy]

6. Southern Batshits never cared about contraception

or even abortion, really, until they tried to form a united front of 'christians' for political ends, which necessarily included catholics, which they always and still mostly claim in private is a 'false' religion. They thought they could take in mormons, too, in spirit, till the Mitt hit the fan.

[madfloridian]

20. Good point.

I have seen the head of the Louisville Seminary, which trains SBC pastors, on TV saying that Catholics would not enter heaven. Now they are aligning with them in their war on women.

Unfortunately women on the right are actually celebrating having their rights taken away by so-called righteous men.

[catbyte]

7. Why doesn't the IRS yank tax exempt status from fuckers like this?

[JI7]

8. there are people on this site who agree with him

[delrem]

10. That sounds ominous.

very, very ominous.

care to name names?

[AverageJoe90]

13. Care to name names here?

You can send me the stuff privately thru DU Mail, as there's no rule against talking about people privately, IIRC. Links are preferred, but not required, if you don't have any on hand.

[delrem]

15. I wasn't addressing you. nt

[Warpy]

11. Jesus was equally quiet on abortion and homosexuality

and neither of those things made it into any of the versions of ten commandments in the various bibles.

Nick Reed needs to stop confusing himself with god. I look forward to the day his own sins are exposed for the whole world to see.

They eventually will be, too. Nobody this sanctimonious gets away with a secret life.

[NanceGreggs]

12. "I do not think Jesus ever said anything about birth control being a sin."

I'm sorry you missed it. He said birth control was a sin, right after he said homosexuality was a sin.

He was quite outspoken on both topics.

Read your New Testament - it's all there.

< for the Bible-thumping impaired.

[Phentex]

17. lol

[madfloridian]

18. ......

[dem in texas]

14. Don't forget why we have Southern Baptists

They split away from the American Baptists because they did not want blacks in their church.

[TBF]

19. I think such tweets should be directly fowarded

to the IRS.

I'm not seeing political neutrality here. I am seeing organizations that are expressing political opinions and need to be taxed as such.

[madfloridian]

23. Agree, a new one today. See post 22.

[madfloridian]

21. My twitter response to his tweets.

https://twitter.com/madfloridian/status/485995921323614208

I think Jesus loves liberals. Would he approve of Pastor @NickReedLA and his criticism? Would he disapprove of birth control? Doubt it.

Things like this, BTW, are part of why I am no longer a Baptist.

[madfloridian]

22. Pastor Nick still after liberals today.

https://twitter.com/NickReedLA/status/486166607224242176

Nick Reed ?@NickReedLA

The liberals response to Hobby Lobby is a reminder of 2 Cor. 4:4! Pray for an Awakening! #truth

About 2 Corinthians 4:4, a link to various translations.

http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-4.htm

One example:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Those whose intellects The God of this world has blinded, because they do not believe, lest the light of The Gospel of the glory of The Messiah, who is the image of God, should dawn upon them.

I'd rather be blinded than mindlessly believe that Jesus hates gays and birth control and other womens' rights.

[Orsino]

24. Dumbass thinks he won something...

...and that the Big Money currently targeting women will have some sort of mercy on the day it comes for him.