But then the Rev. Wiley S. Drake, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Buena Park, Calif., urged his supporters to use Psalm 109 to focus prayers directed at the "enemies of God" - including the leaders of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
Drake was urging the use of imprecatory prayer - prayers for another's misfortune or for vengeance against God's enemies. Now such prayer is the talk of blogs and letters to the editor.
Drake's targets were Barry W. Lynn, Joe Conn and Jeremy Leaming of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
Drake has used his radio show and a church letterhead to endorse Huckabee. The AUSCS has asked the IRS to pull Drake's tax exemption. Non profit organizations are not allowed to openly endorse or support political candidates.
Huckabee made a mild rebuke against Drake.
"The saving of souls rather than the damning of them would tend to be more my hope," he said.
Could a Christian ever could commit the type of terrorists crimes that befell us on 9/11.
ReplyDeleteWiley Drakes prayer to god that misfortune befalls those who are opposed to him is an example of how religious people can rationalize mass murder in the name of God.
Like suicide bombers whose last words are praises to God, Christian "terrorist" are cut from the same cloth.
When you believe that God is on your side it naturally follows that those who oppose you are on the side of the devil and deserve to be punished.
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