Atheists like me are often accused of "painting Christians with a broad brush," accusing all Christians of beliefs and behaviors only done by a tiny minority.
Well, let's start fixing that right now.
You may have heard/seen a Union County, North Carolina pastor, Bobby Leonard, saying from his pulpit that he would not convict a rapist if his victim were wearing shorts. And he allowed his "comments" to be videoed and posted on line. "If you dress like that and you get raped, and I'm on the jury, he's gonna go free…I can't help if you don't like it, I'm right. Cause, y'know, a man's a man. A man's a man." Apparently he believes that the power of women's shorts are greater than the power of a god-fearing man.
According to his church's statement of faith, they believe the Bible (KJV) to be inerrant, so I think it safe to call them "fundamentalist evangelicals." But should not this "pastor" hold a Biblical worldview? Should not he, rather than letting the rape perpetrator go free, condemn him as a violator of the Tenth Commandment. Surely the victim, the shorts-wearer, have a husband, or if still living at home a father, and be that man's property? And does not the Tenth Commandment say: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. Should not the miscreant be taken out to the gates of the city and then stoned to death?
If that is not an option, should not the miscreant be forced to marry the victim and to care for her for the rest of her days, as it says elsewhere in the Bible? No where does it say "he's gonna go free." ("Let my people go," doesn't qualify.)
Clearly this "pastor" is a Christian, one elected to high office in a Christian church. Also clearly, he is an asshole, putting his own mores above God's, shorts not even being mentioned in the Bible, even the KJV. So, I will not paint all Christians as such, but instead declare a subcategory of Christians I will call Christian Assholes™.
I am sure there are myriad other bristles in our broad brush used to paint Christians, like the prosperity gospel goons, maybe Christian Bloodsuckers™ is a good label for them. If you want to join in this effort, please feel free to define more categories of Christians so we will no longer be accused of "painting all Christians with a broad brush."
"There are many bristles in the Atheist's broad brush." (Steve 3:7)
Oh, by the way, the church's Tabernacle Christian School has received voucher dollars every school year since 2014-15 for a grand total of $3,649,766 in public taxpayer funds. The taxpayers of North Carolina are supporting the efforts of this Christian Asshole™. I wonder if they approve?
PS In what Hell are elderly men going by the child's name of Bobby? Are Robert or Bob too mature for their liking? Egad.
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