If this screen shot is real (and the sentiment is anyway, so it doesn't matter)...I can't laugh, I can't smile, I can't snark. This is hateful and it's ruined my morning. Yay for the inaug. shinging a light on this man.
Look, if Obama wants him at the inauguration, that's fine, as long as he doesn't appoint him to the Supreme Court or appoint him Secretary of Curing Sodomites. But why take this off the Web site? Either own it as something you believe, or don't believe it. Don't try to hide it.
I thought now that smart people were in the White House we wouldn't waste our time talking about self deluded religious types and the elaborate money making schemes they cook up.
Anyone with a basic knowledge of Photoshop will see that this is a fake. They managed to match the correct font but the size is wrong. Additionally, there is a misspelling, and of course the overall poorly written nature of the paragraph is in stark contrast to the rest of the site.
As proof, check out the Web Archive. For those who are unfamiliar with it, the Web Archive stores past versions of website, going back many years. A simple search of Warren's website in the past shows that no such paragraph existed.
Nice try to sling dirt and mud. Rick Warren is a Christian leader who is actually making more of a difference to the world's poor and hurting than all of the commenters on here. Or did you not know about his HIV/AIDS work in Africa?
If you want to criticize a kooky wannabe-Christian, shout at Fred Phelps. He's a genuine nut-job, and he's so crazy that you don't have to make anything up!
@UbadahKollenda: Rick Warren is doing good works in Africa, although his support of abstinence-only sex education hasn't worked out so well in Uganda, i'm told.
But it's what he says in the US that has us all so riled. The only difference between him and members of the (more visibly) rabid religious right is a bland smile and his recently retired Hawaiian shirts--he himself has said there are no theological differences between him and James Dobson. Nothing anyone's criticized him for here is made up.
If I was ever to open up a gaybar -- unlikely, admittedly -- you'd better believe "Saddleback Church" would be high on the list of names for it. Right before "Mountin' Men".
I know discrimination is a horrible thing, but part of me can't help but think that being excluded from a some shitty stuccoed suburban mega-church is more of a favor.
@Botswana Meat Commission FC: Ditto. The rabbi at my synagogue is gay and we have all kinds of Jews and married-to-Jews there. It's f*cking fun as hell!
@BookishLookish: yeah, but he's the most public, at least for now. Here, i brought a spare barf bag from my last flight back to see the biologicals. We're gonna need 'em.
Keep in mind - you can attend a church without being a member. So I think in the above, Warren is saying people can certainly attend his church if they are godless homos, but they can't join. If they want to join, they should renounce homosexuality, get a pair of pleated khakis and a plaid shirt, marry some frigid pale faced church-going lady and live in a sexless, loveless marriage while getting bl*wj*bs at bathhouses and airport restroom. That's the kind of members they want! Sign me up!
Unrepentant sinners will be permitted to attend Saddleback Church if they tithe a percentage of their income commensurate with the enormousness of their sins.
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She sounds so grateful to Rick Warren for treating her like she's a human being.
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As proof, check out the Web Archive. For those who are unfamiliar with it, the Web Archive stores past versions of website, going back many years. A simple search of Warren's website in the past shows that no such paragraph existed.
Nice try to sling dirt and mud. Rick Warren is a Christian leader who is actually making more of a difference to the world's poor and hurting than all of the commenters on here. Or did you not know about his HIV/AIDS work in Africa?
If you want to criticize a kooky wannabe-Christian, shout at Fred Phelps. He's a genuine nut-job, and he's so crazy that you don't have to make anything up!
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But it's what he says in the US that has us all so riled. The only difference between him and members of the (more visibly) rabid religious right is a bland smile and his recently retired Hawaiian shirts--he himself has said there are no theological differences between him and James Dobson. Nothing anyone's criticized him for here is made up.
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