A series of videos of Baptist pastor Steven Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona have gone viral as he talks about the solution of AIDS being the exterminations of all homosexuals and bisexual citizens. He explained that AIDS could be solved by Christmas with a simple holocaust for homosexuals. The videos are below.
Anderson takes off on this sermon to recognize “AIDS Awareness Day.” That led to his sermon entitled “AIDS: The Judgement of God” where he explains that Leviticus 20:13 compels the faithful to kill gay, lesbians, and bisexuals. He explains that, in his reading of the section, “I actually discovered the cure for AIDS.” Here is the thrust of his solution:
“If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.”
Anderson added
“And that, my friend, is the cure for AIDS. It was right there in the Bible all along — and they’re out spending billions of dollars in research and testing. It’s curable — right there. Because if you executed the homos like God recommends, you wouldn’t have all this AIDS running rampant.”
What is chilling that Anderson refers to how many kids are in the audience as he spews this hateful sermon, including teaching them that “all homos are pedophiles” and screaming “No homos will ever be allowed in this church as long as I am pastor here.”
Anderson previously attracted attention by explaining why women have to be entirely silent in church. Not even an amen:
If your stomach can take it, here is the full sermon:
“A straight man who sleeps around is OK but a gay married couple is not.”
The risk is far, far less for heterosexuals, as noted above.
“Men Who Have Sex With Men Have a 140-Fold Higher Risk for Newly Diagnosed HIV and Syphilis Compared With Heterosexual Men in New York City
Compared with MSW, MSM differed significantly on all demographics and reported a higher prevalence of condom use at last sex (62.9% vs. 38.3%) and of past-year HIV testing (53.6% vs. 27.2%) but also more past-year sex partners. MSM HIV and P&S syphilis rates were 2526.9/100,000 and 707.0/100,000, each of which was over 140 times MSW rates. Rates were highest among young and black MSM. Over 4 years, HIV rates more than doubled and P&S syphilis rates increased 6-fold among 18-year-old to 29-year-old MSM.”
Science isn’t a SJW, Max.
“Unity”? Is that what this blog is supposed to be all about in your opinion Olly? You advocate an echo chamber? Really? Differing opinions is what made this blog interesting. We see much less of that nowadays, which is not a positive thing. And when we do have a few that express differing opinions there are those who pipe up and complain about the ‘disharmony’. Somehow I would like to think JT still wants a lively comments section with differing opinions.
Like I said Pogo…
A straight man who sleeps around is OK but a gay married couple is not. Pure and simple fear based biased homophobia in Federal policy. FYI gays aren’t the only ones that get HIV/AIDS.
Inga, who here has claimed to be a true Christian? Please confine your criticism to what others actually say or do.
Still, I am no less qualified to speak about Christianity than you are to speak about “fundamentalists”. About the reasonable variations within Christian belief, I suspect we both could learn a lot. But it is clear, even with my little knowledge, that the “pastor” cited at the beginning of this thread is unacceptable, even among those you call fundamentalists. I think that the clearest picture we have of the Christ whom Christians are called to emulate is of one who would call sinners to believe, repent, and sin no more.
However, when it comes to willful disobedience WRT sexuality in general and homosexuality specifically, I direct you to this explanation, rather than attempt my own clumsy clarification:
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/popp/111114
The nice thing is, God loves us both — even as flawed as we are.
HIV tests used to screen donor blood are not accurate if you have been infected with HIV recently, and you can infect others if your blood is transfused to them.
The risk for transmission of HIV into the blood donation pool is higher among gay men, especially those who have many partners.
“Men who have sex with men and women are less than half as likely to be HIV-positive as men who have sex with men only (16.9% vs. 33.3%; OR = 0.41, 95% CI: 0.31, 0.54), but more than five times as likely to be HIV-positive as men who have sex with women exclusively (18.3% vs. 3.5%; OR = 5.71, 95% CI: 3.47, 9.39). They are less likely to engage in unprotected receptive anal intercourse than men who have sex with men only (15.9% vs. 35.0%; OR = 0.36, 95% CI: 0.28, 0.46). Men who have sex with men and women in samples with high racial/ethnic minority proportions had significantly higher HIV prevalence than their counterparts in low racial/ethnic minority samples.“
This blog is as predictable as the sunrise. It doesn’t matter the topic; this story should offend everyone equally but that’s not good enough. The usual suspects toss in the ideological ‘red meat’ and ***poof***, no more unity. Those usual suspects will then look upthread to point fingers at someone else.
Sorry to upset your diagnosis, Max, but I ain’t been here long enough to have run across those prior discussions.
I would likely have skipped them, even so.
When you guys go all “BURN THE WITCH!!1!” or pray the SJW/LGBT Rosary and I tune out.
http://www.scottgustafson.com/Images/Proverbs/full_images/See_no_evil.png
Max, I’m blown away by this “I don’t care” attitude. That explains a lot.
An is
The term you are searching for is “disassociation”…
… “I’ve never heard of this person.”
Annie, like we’ve never ever have discussed LGBT issues on this site and have never ever mentioned the FRC and Scott Lively.
Disassociation…
Meanwhile the CDC is examining an adjustment in Federal policy toward the LGBT community and blood donation. The CDC is thinking about lifting the ban of gay donors who are abstinent for a year or more… But a man who’s married to a woman and has a mistress is OK. FYI, by law, ALL blood donated for the purpose of giving to another person Is already screened… Be it from a man or woman. Just another example of how gay people are continually marginalized by Federal laws and policies…
I have never heard of Scott Lively either. I also don’t watch Fox News or listen to Rush Limbaugh. I do like Fox Business channel and Bloomberg though when I get the chance. In fact, I rarely have the television or radio on, unless we are listening to music or streaming a show or seeing a recorded dvr show. Skipping through the commercials….woooo hoooo!
Not everyone fits into your pat little stereotypes. LBGT issues are not anything I care one way or the other about……except for the annoyance factor of people trying to get into my face.
Never heard of Scott Lively until he was brought up here. Not even interested enough to google him either.
“I am somewhat surprised, indeed skeptical, over assertions that no one has heard of Scott Lively.”
Lefties go troll hunting and find trolls.
Lefties have their 2 minute hate.
Rinse. Repeat.
Now troll is “famous.”
But I don’t read any lefty news and so I have never heard of Lively or Anderson before today.
Their combined reach can’t be 1/5000th of Islam.
But here we are, discussing the toothless ones (and i don’t mean dentition).
Saying that people have a “right” to stick their weenie in someone’s rear end is the kind of stuff that gives “rights” a bad name in the rest of the world. No wonder the third world types are scared of America.
Oh, and in case anybody actually cares about real people as opposed to symbolic people, 14 gay guys have now been infected with HIV by other gay guys during the 4 hours since this thread began.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Pogo,
You may be suffering from epistemic closure.
“Us “lefties” find these religious nut jobs in conservative circles…”
Conservatives find lefty religious nut jobs (i.e., the SJWs) in lefty circles.
@ Karen
This is definitely a time when affirming the right of Free Speech is very hard
I do agree with you. Hateful speech is protected. Burning the American Flag is protected.
However, I think you he does cross the line in advocating the death or extermination of other people. Just as when Nazis call for death to the Jews. Black Panthers call for death to white people. http://www.examiner.com/article/new-black-panthers-threaten-to-kill-white-people-on-twitter …and numerous other examples of people actively trying to get people to do violence for religious and racial grievances, it is the same when this so called Pastor promotes death to homosexuals.
You can hate. You can say awful things that disgust people. You can be the abhorren Westboro group. You can protest abortion and hold up gory signs. All of this is permitted. You are not permitted to promote death and destruction. Ask for other people to join you in killing or inciting a riot.
I am somewhat surprised, indeed skeptical, over assertions that no one has heard of Scott Lively. He is one of the most prominent Christian fundamentalists in the country, a former director of the American Family Association and a vocal opponent of LBGT rights. And frankly, although I agree that Mr. Anderson has “issues,” his sermons on homosexuality are repeated (albeit without reference to execution) regularly in fundamentalist churches around the country. In short, the problem is larger than two dozen “toothless converts.” Hatred routinely spews from the mouths of people with full sets of teeth.
I should add that I am not one who believes that “moderates” of any religious persuasion have a duty to publicly denounce fruitcakes in their ranks. However, I also do not believe that one should be coyly defensive about the dangers of religious fundamentalism when its roots are in a faith other than Islam.
Max, I find it amazing that these people haven’t heard of Scott Lively. That is actually disturbing. Low information, or willfully blind?
Sorry, I do not pay any attention to the 2 Minute Hate stories from Democrat “news” organizations.
Lefty media finds obscure hatey guy, now not obscure to lefties.
Shocker!
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/03/scott-lively-anti-gay-law-uganda
Meet the American pastor behind Uganda’s anti- gay crackdown.