If you think fatwahs were only from Islamofacist..think again.

[and-justice-for-all]

You don't need to worry about religious terroism from abroad, oh no..we got our own religious terrorist right here in the US of A.


Americans United Deplores California Pastor's Renewed 'Death Prayer' Campaign
Friday, February 15, 2008

IRS Target Wiley Drake Asks Followers To Engage In Imprecatory Prayers Against Americans United Staff Members

Controversial Southern Baptist Pastor Wiley Drake has again urged his followers to pray for the deaths of staff members at Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Last August, Americans United filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service about Drake’s use of church letterhead and a church-based radio program to endorse presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Federal tax law forbids tax-exempt groups from endorsing or opposing candidates for public office.

In a Feb. 5 letter, the IRS notified Drake that his First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park is being investigated.

In response, Drake issued a Feb. 14 e-mail appeal to followers to engage in “imprecatory prayers” (curses) against Americans United and three of its staff members.

Said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United executive director, “We deplore Pastor Drake’s reckless and repugnant antics. Introducing this kind of religious extremism into American life is reprehensible.

“We have asked the IRS to investigate what we believe to be Drake’s violation of federal tax law,” Lynn continued. “If Drake thinks he is innocent, he has more than adequate legal representation, and there is ample opportunity to make his case.

“Trying to turn God into some sort of heavenly hit man is repugnant,” Lynn concluded. “There is more than a whiff of the Taliban in this action”

Wrote Drake, “In light of the recent attack from the enemies of God I ask the children of God to go into action with Imprecatory Prayer. Especially against Americans United for Separation of Church and State…. Specifically target Joe Conn or Jeremy Learing and their leader Rev. Barry Lynn. They are those who lead the attack.”

Drake directed his followers to Psalms 109 (as well as Psalms 55, 58, 68, 69 and 83) for examples of imprecatory prayers.

Verses from those texts ask God to bring death and destruction to those targeted.

“Let his days be few; and let another take his office,” says one passage. “Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg.”

Another passage says, “Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell.”

Drake waged a similar campaign last year after Americans United filed its complaint against him with the IRS. Religious leaders from a wide variety of faiths repudiated the pastor’s tactic.

Drake is a prominent pastor in the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. He recently completed a term as second vice president of the group, its third highest post. He currently is running for president of the denomination, which became increasingly political after a fundamentalist takeover in the 1980s.

http://www.au.org/site/News2?abbr=pr&page=NewsArticle&id=9669

I think these folks would be happier living in Saudi Arabia or Iran.

[progressoid]

1. Reminds me of this quiz;

Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and Usama Bin Ladin have a lot in common. Take the quiz and see if you can identify statements by each of these "leaders."

In today's wars, there are no morals, and it is clear that mankind has descended to the lowest degrees of decadence and oppression.
*Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson
*Usama Bin Ladin

America is polluting the whole world.
*Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson
*Usama Bin Ladin

The government is committed to supporting God's religion, the country remains a strong bulwark for religion, and the people are among the most protective of God's religion, and the keenest to fulfill His laws.
*Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson
*Usama Bin Ladin


etc: http://www.funnystrange.com:80/quiz/

[YankeyMCC]

2. Course not

[PassingFair]

3. Sounds like those people are casting spells.

“Imprecatory prayers”, indeed!

[arcane1]

4. "Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg.”

Ah, God, you love children so much!!!

[JNelson6563]

5. theocracy is the end goal

Hopefully we could revive the inquisition, taking a page from the Taliban, the Taliborn-agains could do executions and stuff in football stadiums. Fun stuff.

Oy.

Julie

[Warpy]

6. Sounds like Drake is terrified he's gonna lose those faith based bucks

from all of us unwilling taxpayers. He might have to drive a Toyota instead of a Lexus. He might have to put off changing the granite countertops in his kitchen because black is out of style now. Shoot, he'll have to cut the reception list for his daughter's wedding in half to only 1000 guests.

Those miserable fools at PFAW are really going to mess with his finances once Stupid is out of office and they get somebody who believes all that separation of church and state nonsense from the founding fathers!

[Kolesar]

7. On the altar of the Catholic Church, hang large felt banners that say "Love"

But WTF do they know about Jesus?