RNC breaks precedent with explicitly partisan prayer

[Zorro]

After telling attendees of the Republican National Convention that “Our enemy is not other Republicans but is Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party,” a South Carolina pastor offered the most explicitly partisan prayer heard at a major party convention in modern times.

Pastor Mark Burns, a prosperity preacher and televangelist from Easley, S.C., was invited by the Trump campaign to deliver the Monday benediction that concluded the contentious daytime proceedings on the first day of the RNC in Cleveland. “We are electing a man in Donald Trump who believes in the name of Jesus Christ,” Burns told delegates, before closing his eyes in prayer.

The benediction itself, which included Burns’ praise to God for “giving [Trump] the words to unite this party, this country, that we together can defeat the liberal Democratic Party,” was immediately denounced on Twitter by liberal and conservative Christians who called it “blasphemous” and “idolatrous.”

Shortly after Burns left the stage in Cleveland, the Interfaith Alliance issued a statement calling his benediction “inappropriate” and declaring that “invoking religion to launch such attacks devalues faith.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pastor-mark-burns-rnc-trump-000000245.html

I really despise these assholes.

[liberal N proud]

1. They threw themselves in the pit years ago.

[chillfactor]

2. what an asshat...

may his GOD send his soul to hell!

[meow2u3]

3. That's a curse, not a prayer

It's also blasphemous. I know I shouldn't feel or think this way, but part of me hopes that blasphemous preacher rots in hell.

[elleng]

4. conservative Christians who called it “blasphemous” and “idolatrous.”

[stopbush]

5. Well, blasphemy is a victimless crime after all.

[CanonRay]

6. Yeah, well Stonewall Jackson called on God

To defeat the Union too. We all know how that ended

[msongs]

7. I have a hard time believing that Trump cares about religion in general or jesus in particular

[Warren DeMontague]

9. And even with that, he's still an asshole.

Just goes to show ya, not all of us who don't give a flying philadelphia fuck about religion or jesus aren't as wonderful as I am.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. Carson pretty much laid it out, they're running against HILLARY RODHAM SATAN

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[GulfCoast66]

10. We have been de-humanized

Carson was not engaging in hyperbole last night. He, and the rest of them truly think we are Lucifer's minions here on earth.

I grew up in an evangelical environment. They truly believe that Lucifer is stalking the earth look for servants and that all liberal have heard his call and are agents of evil.

It is easy to laugh at them, but this is life or death to many of them. And they are too obtuse to see that they have nominated a total narcissist as their nominee. He spews hate for the correct groups so he is sent by jesus.


The good news is that they are going to lose in a landslide. The bad news is that some of them will look to bring on the end times.

[Her Sister]

11. & now they will pronounce some sort of Christian sharia laws to get Lucifers