Anti-gay church gets a message from God?
I don’t know… but it is very possible. Hey… if God supposedly caused Hurricane Katrina because of us “abominable homosexuals” or if God really did create AIDS to cure our “sinful lifestyles,” then maybe God did this, too.
Yesterday, during the horrible rains and storms which hit the Piedmont-Triad area of the state, Berean Baptist Church got an electrifying shock when lightening hit the church’s steeple.
According to an article from the Winston-Salem Journal, the church’s pastor, the Reverend Ron Baity said: “We were just very fortunate, because the way it hit, it could have easily set the church on fire,
In a news report on WXII Newschannel 12, Reverend Baity told reporters they were lucky that “the Lord spared” the rest of the building.
Does anybody find it just the least bit ironic that one of the most virulently anti-gay and prejudiced churches in town would get hit by lightening? Maybe God is saying they should learn to be more neighborly and kind. But, who knows… I’m not God and (although he sure thinks he speaks for God’s every thought) Rev. Baity doesn’t know why it happened either.
Berean Baptist Church, as well as Rev. Baity, has been one of the most outspoken religious groups when it comes to LGBT issues. Back in 2002, when the old GLSEN Winston-Salem chapter approached the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education in order to have sexual orientation and gender-identity included in anti-harassment and non-discrimination policies, Berean showed up at the following meeting.
They made sure to tell the Board what “God would want” and made doubly sure to remind the Board members “what the Bible said” about such “sinful lifestyles” as homosexuality. (This is, of course, in addition to the horribly anti-gay statements already made by Board members Buddy Collins and Jeannie Metcalf).
Maybe the lightening strike at Berean Baptist wasn’t God’s doing. Oh… I know… maybe Satan did it! Or maybe… it could just be natural (the church’s steeple is, after all, one of the highest points in its area).
But… It is kind of fun to think God is trying to tell the prejudiced church and its pastor something or another.
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6 Responses to “Anti-gay church gets a message from God?”
Good grief, you people are really low. Things like that happen! Would you really want someone to go pulling things out of your life and showing how God did this to you because you were wrong? There are such things as coincidences, you know. Look at Job. There was nothing wrong with him, yet he lost everything! All his friends tried to tell him about how God was punishing him for his sins, and all the time, God was mocking them for their ignorance. Think about this…
By marie l. on Nov 20, 2006
Oh lord… Do you not see the sarcasm in the writing? Whoa.
You said: “Would you really want someone to go pulling things out of your life and showing how God did this to you because you were wrong?”
umm… It happens all the time, hun. Did you know that 9-11 was apparently the gays fault? Ask Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson for more details.
By Matt on Nov 20, 2006
There are a few things to consider, which everyone seems to have forgetten…
-all politics aside…
-all beliefs in what constitutes as sin aside…
– We are ALL sinners…
– No sin is more or less than any other sin. No sin is greater… and if they were to be messured… Except for God’s number one commandment, the greatest of sins, would be to worship any god before the god of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob…
All that said… What would Jesus do? No man (no matter his/her sin) may come to the father, except through Jesus Christ. And Jesus taught us to love one another, no matter our sin. After all, he didn’t come to save the rightous, he came to save those of us lost in sin. He spent his time with theives and liars. Hypocrates, prostitutes, and beggars… but one thing he NEVER did, was to turn anyone away from his love, and his teachings.
It doesn’t matter whether or not you believe that this was an act of god, what matters is that you love and that you teach the gospel.
By mel on Nov 24, 2006
Seriously, folks… the whole “act of God” thing was sarcasm.
By Matt on Nov 24, 2006