smirk's buddy rev. Moon's charming of black preachers

[donsu]

charms them right out of their crosses

http://www.houstonpress.com/Issues/2006-03-09/news/hairballs.html



A Moon Swoon
One Houston preacher gave up the cross for the cult

Our sister paper SF Weekly recently did a story on the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's extravagant attempts to make inroads among black churches by offering preachers such things as free vacations to faraway countries. Dozens of ministers have heeded Moon's call to throw out their crosses and replace them with crowns, the symbol of Moon's church.

The Reverend Bennit Hayes of the Gloryland Missionary Baptist Church in Sunnyside was cited as a minister who had a drawerful of discarded crosses from his parishioners (although the article didn't directly accuse him of taking free trips).

A Moonie in Houston?

Q. Has Reverend Moon paid for your travel expenses?

A. Naw, naw, naw, naw. See, that's one of the most misconceived things that most folks think. That just 'cause you're black you got to have folks pay for your travels.

Q. That's not what I meant.

A. Naw, naw, naw. I want you to just get what I'm saying. I came in paying my own way, up until the time I became a member of the executive committee. And once I got on the executive committee, my travels paid for by the committee...I'm a giver. A lot of the black pastors do come on board for the free ride. That's a fact. But most of us come in here giving.
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read on to see the good preacher say:

Q. Reverend Moon has called gays "dung-eating dogs." What do you think of that?

A. That's a little extreme for me. I wouldn't call them that. They're all children of God.

Q. But that kind of statement doesn't turn you off Reverend Moon?

A. Naw, naw. That's the human in him. That's what makes him not totally divine.

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we have some seriously insane people in america. they shouldn't have closed down our mental hospitals.

[Neil Lisst]

1. Rev. Moon, Richard Mellon Scaife, Rupert Murdoch - axis of evil

Those three are critical to the rightwing propaganda machine.

[AtomicKitten]

2. crazy mo-fos - the lot of them

[blm]

3. Moon has compromised many black ministers and few newsmedia will report

on it or his longtime alliance with the rightwing religious leaders like Tim LaHaye, James Kennedy and Jerry Falwell,

[tenshi816]

4. "That's what makes him not totally divine."

Does the good reverend mean that Rev. Moon is "somewhat" divine then? "Sort of" divine? "Mostly" divine but still with a skosh of humanity?

Sweet Jesus, this ignoramus calls himself a man of God.

[blm]

5. There are more of them out there, too, but media won't talk about it.

Cuz Moon is one of the uber-honchos of the Republican party.