And people wonder why I gave the whole stupid thing up?
Several Southern Baptist Ministers across the nation are leading prayers
in their congregations asking God to kill Obama and "leave his children fatherless." They reference Psalm 109:8 as a biblical commandment for
all Christians to pray for Obama's quick death. John Avlon interviews
two of the ministers and reports:
Praying for President Obama's death has become a sick cottage industry
for some evangelicals on the lunatic fringe. Bumper stickers, T-shirts,
and teddy bears are sold with the wholesome-sounding slogan "Pray for
Obama" but tagged with the more troublesome "Psalm 109:8"--which reads
"May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership" followed
by "May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow."
In Wingnut circles, it's known as the "Imprecatory Prayer." Offered not
just from select pulpits, but increasingly expressed through tweets and forwarded via email, this decidedly un-Christian Christian subculture
has found its most enthusiastic advocates in a few Obama Derangement Syndrome-afflicted preachers--notably Orange County's Wiley Drake and
Arizona's Steven L. Anderson.
Pastor Wiley Drake kicked off this Presidents' Day Weekend with an email
blast to his supporters saying "Imprecatory Prayer is now our DUTY" and announcing a daily teleconference call to advance the cause. Drake has
been an enthusiastic advocate of imprecatory prayer since he announced
that God answered his call with the murder of Kansas abortion clinic
doctor George Tiller in church last May. "George Tiller was far greater
in his atrocities than Adolf Hitler," Drake said at the time, "so I am
happy. I am glad that he is dead." This emboldened him to add "the
usurper that is in the White House ... B. Hussein Obama" to the list said
in his church on Sundays.
It is often reported that self-identification as a Christian is
declining in America. Those in the republican "family values" right wing
claim its because of the left wing waging a "War on Christianity and
Christian Values". Could it be that folks are really turning away from Christianity because of lunatics like these calling themselves
Christians and giving the rest of us a bad name?
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