Man tackled by parishioners, handcuffed at Kansas church after Jesus-like prayer -“He has long hair and a beard.”
“They’re our brothers and sisters. When we stop seeing people that way it’s so easy to start making laws or enacting policies that harm them.”
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And when the police arrived they started questioning him about whether he agreed with Trump on deportations and Gaza. The police questioning people on their political views seems to be becoming standard in the USA.
Oh yeah, this guy is a real hatemonger.
Remember, with Trump in power cops don't need to pretend anymore.
Jesus was a Capricorn
He ate organic food
He believed in love and peace
And never wore no shoes
Long hair, beard and sandals
And a funky bunch of friends
Reckon we'd just nail him up
If he came down again
'Cause everybody's gotta have somebody to look down on
Who they can feel better than at any time they please
Someone doin' somethin' dirty decent folks can frown on
If you can't find nobody else, then help yourself to me
Jesus Was A Capricorn - Kris Kristofferson
-- Abraham Whistler
I can't get past the fact you rhymed food with shoes.
you may want to take that up with the author
He would probably be crucified at a democratic rally as well, lol
What? No. Rashida Talib is literally a palestinian house representative who has been saying all this for awhile now. Dems can and should be doing more, but both sides aren't the same here. If she somehow took the stage at CPAC she would without question be attacked.
For saying other things
Feed the hungry, house the homeless and welcome the stranger.
Dude, just stop. This took two seconds to find and frankly it's a weird hill to die on. It's okay for a hot take to be wrong, just accept it and think of this moment before your post your next.
John 14:6
Matthew 15:18-19
Matthew 5:32
Matthew 18:21-22
It's absolute folly to claim that Jesus would be totally cool with either side of the American political debate - democrat or republican. Both these sides want to follow themselves and their heart, and not what's right.
Matthew 16:24-25
Even though I am a Christian and would like to emulate Jesus, I wouldn't even dare claim Jesus would be on my side in terms of opinions. We should strive to be on Jesus' side.
Jesus Christ.
They are all sheep who wish to be wolves.
Authorities?
A pastor isn't much of an authority, is he? I'm from the UK, so the religious are seen more as kooks.
The UK has a national church.
You have a national religion.
Not all of your religious are seen as kooks
I suppose my meaning is the "strongly religious" - as in the ones who include it as part of their identity - are seen as kooks.
The King is pretty strongly religious and sees it as a core part of his identity
And he's a kook.
Always has been.
Yeah, no way We're letting a long haired, bearded freak into our church....
I wanted to reply with a picture of black Jesus, but holy shit, image searche yields just page after page of garbage AI art. Mostly from etsy. Often without nipples, because AI still can’t figure out brown nipples on brown people
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/stained-glass-window-historic-depiction-of-jesus-as-person-of-color-rhode-island-2282905
because AI still can’t figure out brown nipples on brown people
I needed that laugh
Don't let the man get you down
A catholic is surprised the catholic church is an authoritarian shithole.
He's learning
He was a theology teacher. I think he knows. The article says he knew that church was conservative but thought they might be the best group to hear his message because they don't hear such from anyone else.
Not even Jesusy.
More people need to be doing this at churches. Its the easiest way to fix the free speech narratives:
"why are churches trying to ban the words of jesus?" "These are public spaces that get tax breaks for being public spaces, why is there censorship in these places"
Yes, but also, the craziest people will say either A. That the pastor should be the one preaching (like the people in this case did) or B. That that’s really just politics (even if you’re literally quoting there Bible), and politics should stay out of the church
Sure the media will say things. But like half of these maga chuds go to church. Its about making them question the media by affecting their churches. When the media is lying about things they can see, it makes them doubt.
*glances around nervously*
""Look at me, I'm a grad student. I'm 30 years old and I made $600 last year!"
clutches pearls
Fucking legend.
I’m an Episcopal priest, and I’m trying to imagine how I’d respond to this. The only time I’ve ever had to ask someone to leave was when a, say, mentally unbalanced man came into the church and screamed profanity at me in the middle of the service and told me that I needed the permission of the Korean consulate to preach (this was a white guy in a Navy sailor’s cap, in Hawai’i where I live—not sure what his deal with Korea was). He did this twice over a couple years and I have a person who works with unhoused veterans in my parish who’s told me that she’d been instructed not to interact with the guy because he was deemed too dangerous. So, asking him to leave was a safety issue. But no one tackled him.
I’d like to think that I’d let this guy have his say. If he’s not cussing anyone out or getting violent, I’d probably let him talk and then invite him to hang out and talk some after the service. I sure as shit wouldn’t demand him to “respect my authoritah” or see him tackled to the ground. That is something I can’t wrap my head around.
Didn't think I'd ever find a priest on here.
It sounds like it happened before the service anyway. So don't really know what disruption he was causing, unless people thought it was a protest or something.
Hey father! How long have you been doing your job? And how's it changed in the time you've done it?
Been a priest almost 14 years. As for the change question, are you asking me about my own personal experience of doing the work of a priest, or how has the church at large changed during my time?
Personal experience would be really interesting if you could share?
Sorry for late-reply/paleo-posting this one. I’d say the biggest personal change I’ve experienced since my ordination is how “broad” a lot of my thinking has become as I’ve delved deeper into the traditions of the Church. Christianity is so much more (good) weird than we often allow it to be, to our detriment. And we don’t have to abandon the traditions in order to become “progressive.”
I came from a Southern Baptist upbringing that was very homophobic. I began to question that alongside my shift into Anglican/Episcopal Christianity. My studies into the ancient aspects of the Church wound up making me far more open to various Queer identities than I would have imagined as a teenager. So that’s a big change.
The other is that I’m absolutely convinced that Christianity is supposed to be about telling people that they no longer have to try and save themselves. God loves us as we are, a place in His kingdom is ready for us. We just wind up robbing ourselves of something liberating when we keep thinking that God has abandoned us and throwing each other under the bus. Jesus doesn’t save some at the expense of others. He saves all of us.
That's really interesting thanks so much for sharing
Seems like some apologies and confession seems to be in order here and not by Jimbo. Wow!
What an unfortunate coincidence that this man, Jimbo Gillchrist, has almost exactly the same name as Jim Gilchrist.
Quantum entanglement.
A church to the antichrist. You will treat the sorjourner as your own.
Is the recording available anywhere? Even so, massive yikes.