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docwebsterOr, dear friends, all of the above.
"The Hammer" had this to say at the 109th Congress prayer meeting:
"A reading of the Gospel, in Matthew 7:21 through 27.
Not every one who says to me, "Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven; but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
Many will say to me on that day, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?"
Then I will declare to them solemnly, "I never knew you: depart from me, you evil doers."
Everyone who listens to these words of mine, and acts on them, will be like a wise man, who built his house on a rock:
The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew, and buffeted the house, but it did not collapse; it has been set solidly on rock.
And everyone who listens to these words of mine, but does not act on them, will be like a fool who built his house on sand:
The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew, and buffeted the house, and it collapsed and was completely ruined."
Now, I know there's no evidence he was talking about the tsunami. But he was either tactless to a degree not seen since the days of Attila The Hun, or he was talking about the tsunami in which case he's pretty much saying those godless heathens got what they deserved.
I mean, bloody hell.
"The Hammer" had this to say at the 109th Congress prayer meeting:
"A reading of the Gospel, in Matthew 7:21 through 27.
Not every one who says to me, "Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven; but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
Many will say to me on that day, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?"
Then I will declare to them solemnly, "I never knew you: depart from me, you evil doers."
Everyone who listens to these words of mine, and acts on them, will be like a wise man, who built his house on a rock:
The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew, and buffeted the house, but it did not collapse; it has been set solidly on rock.
And everyone who listens to these words of mine, but does not act on them, will be like a fool who built his house on sand:
The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew, and buffeted the house, and it collapsed and was completely ruined."
Now, I know there's no evidence he was talking about the tsunami. But he was either tactless to a degree not seen since the days of Attila The Hun, or he was talking about the tsunami in which case he's pretty much saying those godless heathens got what they deserved.
I mean, bloody hell.
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Date: 2005-01-06 08:02 pm (UTC)Although it does remind me of a story:
Early 1950s, small Bible Church in Dallas Texas. Preacher gives long sermon based on this scripture, along the lines of "If you do this, you get this, if you do this you get this." Builds to dramatic climax and shouts "and Sinner what will YOU have?". From the back of the church pipes up a very clear voice "Pabts Blue Ribbon". Dead silence falls, then from one side of the church someone snickers, then someone else, then one man bursts into gales of laughter and it sweeps the church. The preacher just looks around and and says, "Congragation dismissed", no collection, no benediction. Television was fairly new, and a very popular commercial was for said beer to the tune of _Ten Little Indians_. Preacher consoled the childs' parents by telling them that at least she had been listening and sorta understood parts of it. The child was nearly 3.
Delay doesn't even have that much going for him.