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Pat Robertson: If a Man Cheats It’s Not His Fault, It’s His Wife’s

May 16, 2013 by 1 Comment
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Pat Robertson: “If a Man Cheats It’s Not His Fault, It’s His Wife”. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Pat Robertson’s ignorance continues to show. Responding to a question from a viewer about a cheating spouse, he said that married men “have a tendency to wander” and it is the wife’s job “to focus on the positive and make sure the home is so enticing, he doesn’t want to stray,” the Huffington Post reports.

Pat Robertson: “Does he provide a home for you to live in. Does he provide food for you to eat? Does he provide clothes for you to wear? Is he nice to the children… Is he handsome?”  ”Stop talking about the cheating!” “He cheated on you, well, he’s a man.” This is the wisdom emanating from the lips of a so-called man of God.

In other words, if a married man cheats, it’s not his fault. It’s his wife’s and he shouldn’t even feel guilty. He also said she should be grateful she lives in America. Wonder which version of the Bible Pat Robertson reads?

Pat Robertson: If a Man Cheats Its Not His Fault, Its His Wifes
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Sanford FL Pastor Cedric Cuthbert Arrested for Child Pornography

May 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Rev. Cedric Cuthbert, pastor of historic St. James AME Church in Sanford, Fla., was arrested on child pornography charges.

Police said the Rev. Cedric Cuthbert was looking at the porn on a computer at a Disney resort where he worked. Investigators also said that was the same computer where the Cuthbert, a pastor at the St. James AME church in Sanford, wrote his sermons.

Authorities said he is being held at the Orange County Jail without bail, and was ordered to be held in isolation due to the nature of the charges.

Cuthbert, 49, faced a judge on the charges of soliciting a child for unlawful sexual conduct and possession of a sexual performance by a child. Source

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Man Yelling ‘Fake Preacher’ Stabs Four at St. Jude Thaddeus Church in Albuquerque NM

April 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment

SHOCK:  Four people were stabbed at the St. Jude Thaddeus Church in Albuquerque, NM, about 12:15 p.m. Sunday. KOAT Action 7 News reports, shortly after communion, a man charged the choir shouting, “fake preacher,” and began stabbing choir members. Two of the victims are listed in critical condition.

KOB is also reporting that four people were stabbed. The suspect, who is reportedly in his 20s, is being questioned by police after he was apprehended by parishioners.

UPDATE#1 (04/29/13) — Lawrence Capener has been identified as the suspect in the St. Jude Thaddeus Church stabbing, reportedly attacked choir director Adam Alvarez, then subdued for several parishioners, with three stabbed in the process.

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Atlanta Megachurch Pastor Wiley Jackson Waives Arraignment On Securities Fraud Charges

April 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Atlanta megachurch pastor Wiley Jackson waived his arraignment Friday in DeKalb County Court on securities fraud charges. Jackson, who is the senior pastor at Gospel Tabernacle Church, and his brother, Rodney Jackson, were named in an eight-count indicted last December over a questionable investment Genesis LLC.

Former members of Gospel Tabernacle invested money with company, which was not licensed to issue investment contracts.

The indictment lists Abbey Shanks, Jo-Lynn Gilliam and Sharon Stone as investors who lost money in the venture.

It is not clear when Pastor Wiley Jackson will be brought to trail on the charges.

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Rick Warren: Matthew Warren Committed Suicide with Unregistered Gun Bought on Internet

April 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Rick Warren: Matthew Warren Committed Suicide with Unregistered Gun Bought on Internet (Saddleback Church)

Pastor Rick Warren said his son, Matthew Warren, committed suicide with an unregistered gun he purchased on the Internet. The serial number was reportedly scratched off the gun, making it virtually impossible to trace.

“I pray he seeks God’s forgiveness,” wrote Warren, a best-selling author and the head of Saddleback Church, referring to whoever sold his son the gun. “I forgive him.”

Law enforcement authorities have the gun they believe Matthew Warren used to kill himself, according to Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jim Amormino.

Amormino said he could not say from where, or whom, the 27-year-old got the weapon. But he did confirm the gun was not registered, adding that its serial number had been scratched off.

“(The fact) the serial number is scratched off … is going to make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to trace,”  Amormino said. Source

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Pastor Rick Warren’s Son Matthew Warren Commits Suicide at Age 27

April 6, 2013 by 7 Comments
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Pastor Rick Warren’s Son Matthew Warren Commits Suicide at Age 27. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Pastor Rick Warren’s son, Matthew Warren commits suicide at age 27. He is the youngest son of Warren, who is the senior pastor at Saddleback Valley Church. Rick Warren will best be known for his bestselling book, “The Purpose Driven Life.” Matthew Warren is said to have grappled with mental health issues for quite some time. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. This begs the question, if he wrestled with mental illness for so long, how did he get a gun?

Saddleback Church issued a statement urging prayers for Rick and Kay Warren. The statement also said, “At 27 years of age, Matthew was an incredibly kind, gentle and compassionate young man whose sweet spirit was encouragement and comfort to many. Unfortunately, he also suffered from mental illness resulting in deep depression and suicidal thoughts. Despite the best healthcare available, this was an illness that was never fully controlled and the emotional pain resulted in the decision to take his life.”

Rick Warren has made some controversial statements in the past about gay marriage. I hope his critics will be respectful in this time of bereavement for the family at his son’s sudden passing. This can’t be easy for any family. There are a lot of condolences flooding Rick Warren’s Facebook page. The MailOnline reports the Orange County Sheriff Coroner’s office said that the estimated time of death was Friday at 10 a.m.

Here’s the original statement that was sent to church staff members:

To my dear staff,

Over the past 33 years we’ve been together through every kind of crisis. Kay and I’ve been privileged to hold your hands as you faced a crisis or loss, stand with you at gravesides, and prayed for you when ill. Today, we need your prayer for us.

No words can express the anguished grief we feel right now. Our youngest son, Matthew, age 27, and a lifelong member of Saddleback, died today.

You who watched Matthew grow up knew he was an incredibly kind, gentle, and compassionate man. He had a brilliant intellect and a gift for sensing who was most in pain or most uncomfortable in a room. He’d then make a bee-line to that person to engage and encourage them.

But only those closest knew that he struggled from birth with mental illness, dark holes of depression, and even suicidal thoughts. In spite of America’s best doctors, meds, counselors, and prayers for healing, the torture of mental illness never subsided. Today, after a fun evening together with Kay and me, in a momentary wave of despair at his home, he took his life.

Kay and I often marveled at his courage to keep moving in spite of relentless pain. I’ll never forget how, many years ago, after another approach had failed to give relief, Matthew said “ Dad, I know I’m going to heaven. Why can’t I just die and end this pain?” but he kept going for another decade.

Thank you for your love and prayers. We love you back.

Pastor Rick

From the coroner’s office:

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Rick Warren’s son, Matthew Warren, died from self-inflicted gun shot wound

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Bishop Oliver Clyde Allen III, Husband Rashad Burgess Make Ebony Magazine’s 10 Coolest Families in America

April 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Bishop Oliver Clyde Allen III, Husband Rashad Burgess Make Ebony Magazine’s 10 Coolest Families in America (Vision Church of Atlanta)

Ebony Magazine’s list of the Ten Coolest Families in America will certainly upset some folks because the First Family of The Vision Church of Atlanta is a gay couple — Bishop Oliver Clyde Allen III and his husband, Rashad Burgess. They are the proud parents of 11-week-old Caylee LaTanya Burgess-Allen.

Oliver, from Los Angeles, met Rashad at a conference in 1999. While he was initially struck byRashad’s beauty, they didn’t become a couple until 2002. Rashad came out to his family between the ages of 18 and 21; he was six years into his liberation when he met his mate. Through his relationship with Rashad, Oliver came out to his own family. Oliver’s family wasn’t immediately accepting.

“My family is close,” Oliver says. “My mother initially didn’t know how to embrace it. After getting to know Rashad, and seeing that he was a responsible man who not only loved me but was willing to take care of me and build a life with me, she developed respect for him.”

In 2002, the two married on the shores of Hilton Head, South Carolina. “Completely private,”Oliver reminisces. “We went out to the beach around five a.m. wearing all white. We had a wooden chest with a Bible in it. We had music playing. We lit two torches on the beach and read our vows to each other. We also took communion together.”

For their seventh anniversary, they decided to get legally married in one of the few places in the United States that allows that freedom to same-sex couples: Washington, D.C. Rashad figured they would just sign some papers and it would be done. “It wasn’t that simple. It turns out, you have to have a real wedding in D.C., with a pastor licensed in D.C., so we ended having up having a ceremony with some of our closest friends. It was unexpected; it was great.” Source

We aren’t taking sides, we are just putting this out there. We believe marriage equality should be the norm. We are also aware that many conservatives and some in the black community who are against same sex marriage.

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Pat Robertson: ‘Simple’ Foreigners More Like to Experience Miracles, Than ‘Too Educated’ Americans

April 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Pat Robertson: ‘Simple’ Foreigners More Like to Experience Miracles, Than ‘Too Educated’ Americans. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Right wing evangelical Pat Robertson was asked why miracles occur in Africa and not in the United States his response was basically because we are overly educated. Um, really?

“Well, we are so sophisticated, we think we’ve got everything figured out, we know about evolution, we know about Darwin, we know about all these things that says God isn’t real, we know about all this stuff,” Robertson lamented, “in many schools, in the most advanced schools, we have been inundated with skepticism and secularism.”

Unlike these too-educated Americans, “overseas they are simple and humble” and are more ready to accept miracles. Source

Pat Robertson: Simple Foreigners More Like to Experience Miracles, Than Too Educated Americans
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Obamas Attend Easter Service at St. John’s, Pastor Luis Leon Criticizes “Captains of the Religious Right”

March 31, 2013 by 2 Comments
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Obamas Attend Easter Service at St. John’s, Pastor Luis Leon Criticizes “Captains of the Religious Right” (Photo credit: St. John’s Church)

President Obama and his family attended Easter services at St. John’s Church in Washington D.C.,and it wasn’t without controversy. The right wing is fuming over comments made by Rev. Luis Leon during his sermon when he talked about “the captains of the religious right.” Yes, we know them all too well. The right wing will say the pulpit is no place to make a political statement when it’s a criticism against their believes and views. When it’s a slam against President Obama, it’s okay with them.

According to a press pool report of Leon’s sermon, the minister criticized what he called ”the captains of the religious right.” People often want things to go back to the way things used to be, before “work got difficult and faith got confused, and life got more confusing,” Leon said, according to the pool report.

“You cannot go back,” Leon said, citing the words of Jesus. “It drives me crazy when the captains of the religious right are always calling us back … for blacks to be back in the back of the bus … for women to be back in the kitchen … for immigrants to be back on their side of the border.”

Since taking office, the president has also visited a number of African American churches, where he has almost always chosen to worship quietly, speaking only once.

Although as the Obamas have never become members of one congregation in the District, they have started to develop a spiritual tradition, largely visiting churches close to the White House. Source

Of course, Rev. Luis Leon will be dismissed by right wing lunatics as being an Obama supporter who is misleading his flock. Um, as if they weren’t. Rev. Jeremiah Wright will creep into the discussions the right wing will have about Rev. Leon’s comments. I would venture to say, they will even try to compare the two men. They won’t try to understand what Rev. Luis Leon meant by his criticism of the “captains of the religious right,” they will just run crazy in their narrow-minded criticism.

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Norfolk VA Pastor David William Smith Arrested for Child Pornography

March 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Pastor David William Smith, who leads the Trinity Lutheran Church and School in Norfolk, Va., was arrested Wednesday on charges of possession of child pornography.

Smith, 35, is facing 10 counts of possession of child pornography. A police release said Pastor David William Smith was arrested after an investigation by the police department’s computer crimes section.

Pastor David William Smith has served as senior pastor from 2010 to the present. There is no mention on the church’s Facebook page about Pastor Smith’s arrest.

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