The House of Rep. Chaplain just asked God to destroy the wicked..

[grasswire]

...and to judge those who sin.

I'm surprised they haven't gagged him for begging God for retribution for Republicans. He was quite serious!

[sybylla]

1. Another fine example of christian love

coming from the mouth of one if its good and rightous followers. Rabid theocracy, here we come.

[Kahuna]

13. Jesus actually tells us to pray for those who would do us..

harm. So, you're just as wrong as that chaplain.

[sybylla]

18. Praying for them to see the light and praying for them to die are

two extremely different things. Sounds like old testament xtianity to me. I ask you to cite chapter and verse where Jesus is said to ask for condemnation of the wicked.

on edit: are you saying that all "wicked" people are intending to do us harm?

[Az]

2. Can we get a clearly defined list of just who is wicked

Not sure I am on that list or not.

[GiovanniC]

11. I Know I Am

n/t

[damnraddem]

3. Yes, couldn't this be construed as a threat ...

against Dubya?

[CityZen-X]

4. If He Is In D.C.......

he better find himself a good bomb shelter! And if his god doesn't send the hellfire, then his god isn't God.

[wuushew]

5. Why do we even have a chaplain in Congress?

seems to me a huge slap in the face for non-Christian politicians and wholly incompatible with the establishment clause of the constitution.

[sable302]

6. it's just 'fundie speak'

It's from Psalms 145:18ff

The LORD is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth. He fulfills the desire of all who fear him, he also hears their cry, and saves them. The LORD preserves all who love him; but all the WICKED HE WILL DESTROY . My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.


That sort of stuff just happens in a free form prayer like that, especially if the minister is a fundie.

[Az]

7. Ok, tell me not to be nervous now n/t

[sable302]

12. don't worry

the 'wicked' are probably just people who get gay marriages or post on DU. Those type of folks.

[Marius]

8. Nothing wrong with that.

Wouldn't you want God to destroy the wicked (Dubya, Ashcroft, all of Dubya's administration, terrorists, rapists, murderers, etc)? I don't know about you...but I do. I'm sure the chaplain isn't a die-hard Christian, though.

I'm a Christian and I believe in God, btw. I'm no RW fundamentalist, though.

[ButterflyBlood]

9. do you think he was referring to that?

pretty much only fundies pray for destruction.

[Marius]

10. No. I'm sure he wasn't.

Sigh. Hypocrites.

[blindpig]

14. INCOMING!

good thing that shit don't work, otherwise the WH would be a smoking hole

[Az]

17. The gods like having atheists about

It gives them something to shoot at. - Terry Pratchet, Small Gods.

[allalone]

15. remember the twilight zone

where the guy invented a machine to turn all the bad people really small? And he was one of them?

[rucky]

16. did a lightning bolt hit Tom Delay right then?

i guess we'll have to pray harder.

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. I will pray for him.

http://www.geocities.com/greenpartyvoter/liberalchristians.htm

[OneTwentyoNine]

20. Basically turning Government into a daily Church Service....

Whats the separation of Church and State at about now--the thickness of a human hair? Every day its another smack down on citizens by elected religous zealots.

One of the worse is our own kook, Sen Sam Brownback.

David