NC preacher resigns
Pastor Accused of Running Out Dems Quits
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. – A Baptist preacher accused of running out nine congregants who refused to support
President Bush resigned Tuesday. (Story.)
Good. Now maybe the congregation can get back to the business of being a church instead of a local party ops office.
[THX: beast_o_bourbon.]
lullaby pit 
Why Good?
Sam, if his departure is “good” because he shouldn’t be mixing politics and preaching, I agree, but if it’s “good” because he’s a Bush supporter, that’s hypocracy at its finest. Would you be as pleased at his exit and as unhappy with his comments if he had been a Kerry supporter?
I think I know the answer, but I wanted to make the point.
Leffew
Re: Why Good?
If he were a Kerry supporter I’d be even madder. I’m sick of preachers who think it’s their damned job to legislate their morality. If a priest or priestess in MY religion were to do something like this we’d strip them, tar/feather them, and chase them completely out of the county.
As a “devout” church goer for only the first 18 or so years of my life it wasn’t until moving to NC at age 32 and attending the occasional western NC service that I was truly surprised and saddened by what I heard coming out of someone’s mouth as they stood behind the pulpit.
At my grandmother’s funeral the minister praised her for leading a “virtuous” life and with the next breath added that Elizabeth Taylor was headed to hell for living exactly the opposite.
Referring to Madalyn Murray O’Hair, I heard another preacher say to the congrgation he was glad someone finally killed that “witch”.
So other than adding to my already existing disappointment, I’m not surprised by what happened in Waynesville. Predictably, the preacher backed down and reconsidered after the story came out. Typical.
(don’t you miss NC?)
But… many churches are party ops offices these days.
And the trend of the past 10 years has been a monotonically increasing one (with no sign of changing).
I miss some of it. I most definitely do not miss ALL of it.