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		<title>Comment on Southern Baptist leader condemns North Carolina preacher who called for gay concentration camps by Richard Willmer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Willmer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 07:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, Zoe - many of the problems of the kind reported here are the result of &#039;book worship&#039;: the Bible becomes the man-made idol, and God is crucified.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, Zoe &#8211; many of the problems of the kind reported here are the result of &#8216;book worship&#8217;: the Bible becomes the man-made idol, and God is crucified.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Southern Baptist leader condemns North Carolina preacher who called for gay concentration camps by Zoe Brain</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zoe Brain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 04:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Warren - thank you for doing all that you can do.

The problem is, you&#039;re just one man. This blog, while &#039;hardly private&quot; and read avidly by genuine truth-seekers, is a whisper. If the issue truly was important to them, they&#039;d be shouting, as they so often do.  Their actions, or inactions, belie their words.

As for the Bible being Evil - much of it is. Much of it contains the distilled quintessence of Good though. 1 Corinthians 13 comes to mind, and Matthew 22:39-40 makes things even clearer. &quot;All else is commentary&quot; as Rabbi Hillel said.

Idolators - those who worship an object, a Book, comprise much of politically active Christianity today, possibly the majority of it. One only has to look at the political adverts, the open letters to Congress from &quot;Christian&quot; groups.

For Evil to triumph, it is sufficient that good men do nothing. Or make private statements (unctuous hand-winging and tut-tutting optional) to those of like mind, while publicly saying something quite different.

Just don&#039;t be discouraged, OK? Open your eyes, smell the coffee, and don&#039;t try to excuse them though. It&#039;s hypocricy you&#039;re seeing, phariseeism. I bet they were no more aware of what they were actually doing than the head of the SBC is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Warren &#8211; thank you for doing all that you can do.</p>
<p>The problem is, you&#8217;re just one man. This blog, while &#8216;hardly private&#8221; and read avidly by genuine truth-seekers, is a whisper. If the issue truly was important to them, they&#8217;d be shouting, as they so often do.  Their actions, or inactions, belie their words.</p>
<p>As for the Bible being Evil &#8211; much of it is. Much of it contains the distilled quintessence of Good though. 1 Corinthians 13 comes to mind, and Matthew 22:39-40 makes things even clearer. &#8220;All else is commentary&#8221; as Rabbi Hillel said.</p>
<p>Idolators &#8211; those who worship an object, a Book, comprise much of politically active Christianity today, possibly the majority of it. One only has to look at the political adverts, the open letters to Congress from &#8220;Christian&#8221; groups.</p>
<p>For Evil to triumph, it is sufficient that good men do nothing. Or make private statements (unctuous hand-winging and tut-tutting optional) to those of like mind, while publicly saying something quite different.</p>
<p>Just don&#8217;t be discouraged, OK? Open your eyes, smell the coffee, and don&#8217;t try to excuse them though. It&#8217;s hypocricy you&#8217;re seeing, phariseeism. I bet they were no more aware of what they were actually doing than the head of the SBC is.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Southern Baptist leader condemns North Carolina preacher who called for gay concentration camps by Bernie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bernie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 03:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Grandma, I fear they are all cowering. What truly bothers me that IF he is SO convicted, then why take down the website? 

I still think Mark Sandlin&#039;s idea is epic, once again, http://www.thegodarticle.com/15/post/2012/05/a-sinfully-beautiful-response-to-ncs-latest-gay-bashing-minister.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Grandma, I fear they are all cowering. What truly bothers me that IF he is SO convicted, then why take down the website? </p>
<p>I still think Mark Sandlin&#8217;s idea is epic, once again, <a href="http://www.thegodarticle.com/15/post/2012/05/a-sinfully-beautiful-response-to-ncs-latest-gay-bashing-minister.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thegodarticle.com/15/post/2012/05/a-sinfully-beautiful-response-to-ncs-latest-gay-bashing-minister.html</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on Southern Baptist leader condemns North Carolina preacher who called for gay concentration camps by StraightGrandmother</title>
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		<dc:creator>StraightGrandmother</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 02:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Bernie :)
Great idea, I&#039;ll so it. AND I am going to probably pick out that one Southern something (?) I&#039;ll find it.

I am 1,000% with Zoe on this. I don&#039;t consider an entry on a blog condemning this &quot;Pastor&quot; enough. Where is the big gang of pastors joining up for the press conference where they take turns speaking out denouncing this? That is what they do when they want to denounce any Civil Rights legislation for Sexual Minorities. They seem to get together real quick for that, and in big numbers in front of the press. 

One blog entry, not even by the President of the Baptists Association, meh. It&#039;s nice, but it is still &quot;meh&quot;
Where is the ecumenical crowd of Pastors on the dais preaching their condemnation in front of the news cameras? Did I miss them on CNN?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Bernie <img src='http://wthrockmorton.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Great idea, I&#8217;ll so it. AND I am going to probably pick out that one Southern something (?) I&#8217;ll find it.</p>
<p>I am 1,000% with Zoe on this. I don&#8217;t consider an entry on a blog condemning this &#8220;Pastor&#8221; enough. Where is the big gang of pastors joining up for the press conference where they take turns speaking out denouncing this? That is what they do when they want to denounce any Civil Rights legislation for Sexual Minorities. They seem to get together real quick for that, and in big numbers in front of the press. </p>
<p>One blog entry, not even by the President of the Baptists Association, meh. It&#8217;s nice, but it is still &#8220;meh&#8221;<br />
Where is the ecumenical crowd of Pastors on the dais preaching their condemnation in front of the news cameras? Did I miss them on CNN?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Schism at Exodus International? by Michael Bussee</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Bussee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 02:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>UPDATE:  Several Exodus affiliates are no longer linked to the Exodus website:  Frank Worthen&#039;s ministry, Andy Comiskey&#039;s &quot;Desert Stream&quot; and OUTpost.  There may be others.   

OUTpost and the Worthen ministry (formerly Love In Action) were two of the founding Exodus ministries.  So far, Exodus has not made a comment about why these affiliates are no longer listed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>UPDATE:  Several Exodus affiliates are no longer linked to the Exodus website:  Frank Worthen&#8217;s ministry, Andy Comiskey&#8217;s &#8220;Desert Stream&#8221; and OUTpost.  There may be others.   </p>
<p>OUTpost and the Worthen ministry (formerly Love In Action) were two of the founding Exodus ministries.  So far, Exodus has not made a comment about why these affiliates are no longer listed.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Southern Baptist leader condemns North Carolina preacher who called for gay concentration camps by Richard Hesting</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Hesting</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 01:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ignorance is a choice</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ignorance is a choice</p>
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		<title>Comment on Southern Baptist leader condemns North Carolina preacher who called for gay concentration camps by Supports worley</title>
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		<dc:creator>Supports worley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 00:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Im from nc, the Bible belt, and as far as I think we still have free speech. Or it seems every one does talking about him but heaven forbid he says what he thinks  or what the kjv Bible says. at least he didn&#039;t want to do what was done with such at sodom &amp; gomorrah...rain fire and brimstone out of heaven</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Im from nc, the Bible belt, and as far as I think we still have free speech. Or it seems every one does talking about him but heaven forbid he says what he thinks  or what the kjv Bible says. at least he didn&#8217;t want to do what was done with such at sodom &amp; gomorrah&#8230;rain fire and brimstone out of heaven</p>
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		<title>Comment on Southern Baptist leader condemns North Carolina preacher who called for gay concentration camps by Warren Throckmorton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Warren Throckmorton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 22:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Zoe - The citation from Bob Stith was on the record and this blog is hardly private.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zoe &#8211; The citation from Bob Stith was on the record and this blog is hardly private.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Southern Baptist leader condemns North Carolina preacher who called for gay concentration camps by Warren Throckmorton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Warren Throckmorton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 22:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Danny - I think you need to start your own blog since you have so many good ideas about how I should run mine.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Danny &#8211; I think you need to start your own blog since you have so many good ideas about how I should run mine.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Southern Baptist leader condemns North Carolina preacher who called for gay concentration camps by Danny</title>
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		<dc:creator>Danny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 22:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, it only took 3 days for Throckmorton to acknowledge this story, but at least he didn&#039;t feel the need to package it with some off-setting comment by Dan Savage, as he did with the &quot;crack that wrist&quot; pastor a few weeks ago.

Throckmorton, you write thousands of words on Thomas Jefferson and David Barton, but you have very little to say about this. Perhaps it is because you know in your heart that everything this man says is Biblically justified.  The Bible endorses mass extermination of peoples.  God actually requires this on many occasions.   There is genocide in Genesis and there is genocide in Revelation, some of it by God&#039;s own hand and some at his express direction.  And there is genocide in numerous books in between.  So how can you call Pastor Worley&#039;s final solution &quot;disgusting&quot;?  If his sermon is disgusting, then so is the Bible.

Instead of posting endlessly on your battle with Barton, explain how you can reconcile your self-identification as a Christian with your stubborn refusal to endorse the mass extermination of sodomites and other sinners.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, it only took 3 days for Throckmorton to acknowledge this story, but at least he didn&#8217;t feel the need to package it with some off-setting comment by Dan Savage, as he did with the &#8220;crack that wrist&#8221; pastor a few weeks ago.</p>
<p>Throckmorton, you write thousands of words on Thomas Jefferson and David Barton, but you have very little to say about this. Perhaps it is because you know in your heart that everything this man says is Biblically justified.  The Bible endorses mass extermination of peoples.  God actually requires this on many occasions.   There is genocide in Genesis and there is genocide in Revelation, some of it by God&#8217;s own hand and some at his express direction.  And there is genocide in numerous books in between.  So how can you call Pastor Worley&#8217;s final solution &#8220;disgusting&#8221;?  If his sermon is disgusting, then so is the Bible.</p>
<p>Instead of posting endlessly on your battle with Barton, explain how you can reconcile your self-identification as a Christian with your stubborn refusal to endorse the mass extermination of sodomites and other sinners.</p>
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