Anti-gay church gets message from God?
Submitted by matthillnc on Sat, 06/24/2006 - 7:55am
Cross-posted from MattHillNC.com | The Q-triad Blog
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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Good one, Matt.
There's such amazing irony in acts of nature. My guess is God wouldn't waste his time or his lightning worrying about idiots like these people. Though s/he might see some humor in making their steeple look like a flaccid phallus.
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