Wanna see what happens at a Promise Keepers protest?

[ChickMagic]

Here's my buddy, Dave, at the protest. It's one of my favorite pictures. He got prayer circled.

[WCGreen]

1. The circle jerks

[GOPisEvil]

2. Aw, Jeez guys, no need to worship me or anything.

Whatever floats their boats, I guess.

[Mad_Dem_X]

4. It *does* look like they're bowing down to him!

LOL Promise Keepers are imbeciles.

[ChickMagic]

15. That's what I find so funny

Look! Our new lord and master! Dave's sign was the icing on the cake.

[Democracy White]

3. *snork*

I think this is funny. Really. I'm LOLing at the library right now.

I wanna be prayer circled!!! Just so I can chuckle.

Seriously though, these dudes are scary.

Dee

[bertha katzenengel]

6. How are they scary?

They're just following their beliefs. I don't see them stoning the OP's friend.

They're friendly compared to the Phelpsians, who would club you with their picket signs if they weren't cowards.

[Midlodemocrat]

9. They believe that the man is the head of the household

in all ways. I think they are pretty scary, myself, frankly. I got married because I wanted a partner, not a boss.

[Kraklen]

10. Organized sexists.

Not completely unlike a klan rally.

[Democracy White]

12. I don't know, I guess the whole cult-like mentality

is what struck out at me. I've had people pray over me, which is a nice gesture in itself, I don't mind that. I just think that the group in the pic looks like a herd following it's herder. I don't know how to explain, I'm not in a good position right now as I am going through issues of my own and my mind doesn't want to work.

Dee

[bertha katzenengel]

23. It's okay, D.W.

I read your other post, about your morning. I'm sorry - very unfortunate, very crazy-making, I know. :hug:

[Democracy White]

41. My dad told me earlier that I shouldn't grant her any favors.

Dee

[Lilyhoney]

31. The power of prayer and touch,

are very powerful and I would not want theese people "praying" around me.

Take a few deep breaths regarding your issues and be well.:hi:

[ChickMagic]

16. I dunno

The women at the protest (myself included) were pretty darn scared. We'd stand back to back in case of attack. They were rather Phelpsian toward women.

[bertha katzenengel]

24. I'm sorry to hear it.

My brother-in-law and several of his friends are PKs. His wife and both sisters-in-law are atheists. He's never tried to run roughshod over my sister; never tried to rule over her in any way. They have quite an equitable relationship.

I don't know why he's a member, unless it's to give himself one more way to hang with his buds.

[ChickMagic]

20. Oddly enough

I was protesting the bishops conference in Dallas and found myself on the same side of the fence as the Phelps crowd (strange bedfellows). The cops roped them off from normal people. A friend and I enraged them by doing an insane "sodomite dance" every time they yelled "Sodomite" at the bishops. But they never hit us over the head.

[Scout]

5. Operation Rescue assholes...

used to do this to the cars driven by the clinic escorts. They'd circle around our cars and pray for them. (Well, they were praying for the people who had driven the cars, but we would tease them.)

Go ahead and pray people, at least you won't be harrassing someone.

[sniffa]

7. so did he trick them?

or are they praying for him, since he's not a beLiever?

[KG]

8. pathetic.

do these guys have some 'issues' or what?

[johnnie]

11. I tell ya...

I sure hope God wasn't busy with something like tending to a grieving family over the loss of a loved one when these guys bothered him with asking for Dave's salvation. :eyes:

[ChickMagic]

14. No kidding

Dave's an atheist. He isn't against their religion, only their sheeplike devotion to a corrupt organization.

[sniffa]

17. so did he trick them

or what's going on here?

[ChickMagic]

18. No, he didn't trick them

They were praying for his salvation. Women protesters were verbally threatened rather than prayer circled.

[Bunny]

19. Seriously? These "men" verbally threatened the women protesters?

Pretty f*cking ironic, isn't it?

[ChickMagic]

21. Yes indeed

We had to stand back to back to protect each other.

[Bunny]

Yep, those big strong men, who were put on this earth by the Lord

himself, to protect and rule over women. Why am I not surprised? :eyes:

[ComerPerro]

13. Too bad he didn't bring enlistment forms

Looks like an able-bodied group of young me there.

[4_Legs_Good]

22. You have to understand these people LOVE being "persecuted"/"ridiculed"

it gets them more points for getting into heaven.

What are "promise keepers" anyway?

david

[chaska]

25. That is seriously messed up....

what a bunch of freaks.

[TeddyKGB]

26. Hey, it's freedom of religion and assembly. Why protest?

Sure, they're morans - but leave 'em alone.

Dave might get a throng of anti-atheist protestors at his house after this.

[ChickMagic]

30. I generally don't protest this sort of thing

I was just interested in how we'd be received. At the time, the guy who runs Promise Keepers was having an affair and divorcing his wife. They were also mysteriously missing millions of dollars collected from the faithful. We just thought these guys should know this before they emptied their wallets.

[TeddyKGB]

36. Been happening since church was invented

Seriously, if these people are gonna believe in an Invisible Man That Lives Above The Clouds, they'll be suckers for anything.

George W. Bush, for example. The Republican Party, for another. As far as church people go, as long as they're not hurting anyone, I'm pretty libertarian on letting them do what they want.

[China_cat]

42. You protest anything that overtly proposes violence.

And PK does. Man is the head of the household and must take back his dominion...NO MATTER HOW HE HAS TO DO IT. Men rule and women and children are to shut up and take whatever the master hands out.

(PK was just here in Charleston. They openly advocated beating 'recalcitrant' wives, the right of men to 'take' marital privileges even if the wife doesn't agree (iow, rape) and physical punishment of children.

I was hoping someone would blow up the convention center.

[Ratty]

27. I love new verbs!

"Prayer circled!" Gotta remember that one.

[Rabrrrrrr]

28. Buncha braindead fascist idiot moron fucks spewing their theology of hate

and misogyny and irreverantly giving up their brains, given to them by God, in order to follow some even more clueless evil leader fuck.

Promise can go fuck themselves. Oh, wait - I bet they do! But it's not homosexual when they do it, it's "Godly bonding of the Godly male-archetype norm" or something like that, I'm sure.

Fuck them.

"Look at me! I'm special because I'm a unique individual who's exactly like every other guy in my organization! Who wants some Amway?"

[sakabatou]

29. Who the hell are these people?

Never heard of them.

[ChickMagic]

33. More than you want to know

Of course, they aren't going to tell you what a sleazeball McCartney is.

http://www.promisekeepers.org/

The History of Promise Keepers
“Way back before Promise Keepers had a name, we looked up the word integrity in Webster's Dictionary. He gave six definitions: ‘utter sincerity, honesty, candor, not artificial, not shallow, no empty promises.’”
-- Bill McCartney

The name “Promise Keepers” also derives from the covenant that God fulfilled through Jesus Christ. In Christ, God kept all the promises that he made to mankind and we rely upon God as the original Promise Keeper to keep our promises.

[Taverner]

32. At the risk of defending PK

Yes, they do espouse that the man is the head of the household. This is sexism, pure and simple.

But the majority of PK'ers are evangelicals who are looking for male bonding.

Yes, they are crazy, I'll give you all that. Most evangelical Christians are - but in the grand scheme of things, who's worse? The PKs or the current misadministration? OR Dobson?

Focus, people, focus.

These guys are Focus on the Family - lite.

[GOPisEvil]

34. The PKs ARE this misadministration.

If they want something, they call Georgie-Boy and they get it.

[Taverner]

37. I don't think they're equal equal

I've worked with people who are promise keepers, voted for Kerry, etc.

Basically the blue collar, christian Democrats. You know, the kind of people both sides fight over every election.

If you want to set your sights on the enemy, point that laser towards Dobson...

[ChickMagic]

38. Great minds think alike!

I said the same thing when you did! :hi:

[Taverner]

39. I would argue that Dobson is the misadministration

These guys aren't...although they most certainly helped it come along...

[ChickMagic]

40. These guys LOVE Dobson!

They get to hit their kids without the guilt messing up God's plan.

[ChickMagic]

35. Oh, I know.

It's from before this administration. Back when we could afford stuff like this. These people ARE the administration now.