Bishop David Allen Richey #fundie

Bishop David Allen Richey #fundie joemygod.blogspot.com

I'm not afraid of the many disasters that are happening simultaneously in our world. I'm not afraid of all the wars that are currently raging on almost every continent on the globe. The potential for nuclear accidents globally doesn't frighten me. What terrifies me are good men and women saying and doing nothing when politicians we voted into office are making moral laws that contradict everything a Holy God stands for.

If someone desires to indulge in bestiality, anal sex, homosexuality or any other perverted sexual act, why does it have to be made a law? More important, why have more than 50 percent of Americans bought into the lie that it has to be legalized?

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old comment by Anon-e-moose

"why have more than 50 percent of Americans bought into the lie that it has to be legalized?"

Because the majority voted* for those particular legislators.

And don't you dare claim to speak for others, when your own religion isn't exactly as pure as the driven snow in such matters as sexual misdemeanours, bish. Two words: Paedophile Priests.

Ergo, you have no right whatsoever to even have an opinion on what you're complaining about. QED. The Catholic Church's own wrongdoings completely negates your own right of freedom of speech. 'Moral high ground', and all that jazz.

Can you say the word 'Hypocrisy', bishiepoos? I know you can.

*- Religious clergy aren't allowed to vote here in the UK (along with those in the House of Lords, prisoners, and the insane). Is it the same for those in the US?

--EDIT--

Re. the differences in voting rights in the US & UK: Ah, I see. Well the House of Lords is somewhat different from Congress (ours is a Parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch, and all that jazz), but clergy can vote in the US? So much for 'Separation of Church and State' then. ;)

Appreciate the heads up, though, good peeps. We can learn from each other indeed. And learning can only be a good thing.

Now, if only the likes of the bish here can learn to STFU, until he & his religion can put their own moral house in order. One word: Hypocrisy.

old comment by Horsefeathers

"What terrifies me are good men and women saying and doing nothing when politicians we voted into office are making moral laws that contradict everything a Holy God stands for."

First of all, quit bitching and read Romans. Your god put the government in place and you're supposed to shut your mouth, follow the rules and like it.

Second of all, if your omnipotent god has a problem with what they're doing I'm sure he could handle it. Since he's not, I can only conclude that he either does not have a problem with it, isn't actually omnipotent and can't do anything about it or he doesn't exist.

"If someone desires to indulge in bestiality, anal sex, homosexuality or any other perverted sexual act, why does it have to be made a law?"

I wasn't aware any law was enacted that makes such acts compulsory.

"More important, why have more than 50 percent of Americans bought into the lie that it has to be legalized?"

Bestiality is being legalized?

I think you're full of shit, dear Bishop.

old comment by TWoozl

You moron. Bestiality is being slowly but surely outlawed (Honestly, it should be; An animal can't in any circumstances vocalize consent. Except maybe that talking snake in your Bible). Heterosexuals engage in anal sex far more regularly than you would be willing to admit, and *it is not illegal*. The laws declaring it illegal have been recognized as unconstitutional for quite some time now.

Do you know why 50+ percent of Americans have "bought in"? It's because they've cashed out of their church teachings about how they should hate their neighbour despite Jesus telling them to love their neighbour and turn the other cheek.

Irrelevant fuckwit.

old comment by Brendan Rizzo

So you don't care about all the starving children in Africa, all the Islamic terrorists and countries which support them, and all the dictatorships in the world that to this day, 63 years after the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, go unchallenged, nor do you care about the sheer prominence of stupidity and worthlessness of the American political system or the disaster of an economy that has been going on for nearly three years, yet people voting for more civil rights for minorities is an utter disaster according to you. Talk about not having one's priorities in order. Had you been alive fifty years ago the Civil Rights Movement would've been considered a travesty, and two hundred years ago you would have been at the forefront of those saying that liberalism and democracy would cause the downfall of civilization. Get. A. Fucking. Grip.

old comment by Doubting Thomas

If someone desires to indulge in bestiality, anal sex, homosexuality or any other perverted sexual act, why does it have to be made a law?

That's what I want to know. With the exception of besitality would could be considered animal abuse, why do fundies think that sexual practices they disagree with have to be made illegal? I notice you didn't mention pedophilia, but I know that's a touchy (pun partially intended) subject with you priests these days, isn't it?

More important, why have more than 50 percent of Americans bought into the lie that it has to be legalized?

Because we have do-gooder fundies running around trying to make things which are none of their business illegal. We shouldn't have to legalize things which should never have been outlawed in the first place.

old comment by Skatepunk

It's only a matter of time before DOMA gets repealed, and same-sex marriage can be recognized on the federal level (or at least same sex unions).

It's come to the point where no one will care if you are "morally opposed" to homosexuality. You can't force those kinds of morals. It's the same reason no one agreed with that "justice of the peace" who was "morally opposed" to interracial marriage just 2 years ago.

Republican Rudy Giuliani says the Republican Party needs to stay out of people's bedrooms if they hope to win elections.

And this issue, combined with the stalemate in congress, shall deem the Republican Party unfit to rule until it makes some SERIOUS changes. So far both parties, but ESPECIALLY the Republican Party, are willing to destroy this country rather than make an agreement on how to fix the economy.

I smell a blue, blue 2012.

old comment by John

If God's worried about "bestiality, anal sex, homosexuality or any other perverted sexual act", let him put a stop to it. Why would the Almighty Creator of the Universe need Bishop Dave's or anyone else's help? Oh yeah ... God of the Bible never does anything the easy way when he can rig up some bizarre, hare-brained, Rube Goldberg invention to accomplish the same thing (and then it doesn't work in the long run anyway). Look at Noah. God poofed the universe into existence in six days, but when he wants to kill off the sinful humans, does he poof them back away? No. He makes Noah build a boat, gather animals from all over the world, makes a mess of the planet and makes Noah put the animals all back again. And did sin disappear? No. Did he think righteousness would be inherited from Noah, like eye color?

old comment by tmarcl

I actually agreed with you up to this point. Until you said this:

a Holy God stands for.

Had you said, "The Constitution" or the "Founding Fathers," I'd have agreed with you a hundred percent. But your god? I'm sorry, I've read about your god, and he has no place in American politics.

old comment by tmarcl

@Anon-e-moose:

*- Religious clergy aren't allowed to vote here in the UK (along with those in the House of Lords, prisoners, and the insane). Is it the same for those in the US?

Felons can't vote in certain states in the US. I'm not sure about the insane (a quick google search didn't turn up anything - but I've never heard of a "competency check" for voters).

As for the clergy - given our "separation of church and state," there is no way for the government to say, "clergymen can't vote." By doing so, they would be in effect, violating the first amendment (technically establishing an atheist (as opposed to secular) government. Clergy, so long as they meet all other requirements (are over 18, registered to vote, and not felons) are able to vote.

old comment by M

Bishop, get the fuck out of my Catholicism. I though our religion was supposed to combine faith with works. If you would rather freak out about gays (who tend to be absolutely fucking harmless) or anal (which can be done fairly cleanly with the proper tools) than do something about the truly shitty things that go on in this world, you don't deserve to be a Christian, much less a Catholic.

Good men and women understand the separation between church and state; if you'd like to hold yourself to religious standards beyond the laws of man, then go to it -- who would I be to break the First Amendment to stop you?

The legality of an act does not have anything to do with its morality, bastard. I would also like to inform you that Christ, judging from the folks he hung out with while alive, probably wouldn't give a fuck. He hung out with hookers, tax collectors, lepers, blue-collar fisherman, and Gentiles like the Samaritans; I doubt he cares about whether Adam and Steve down the street are fucking. I think he really only cares that they love each other. Love God, love thy neighbour, you know, all shit Jesus actually talked about?

old comment by Lucifer

@Berny
"As for bestiality, it is still a criminal offense, much like pedophilia and necrophilia, since none of them involve the mutual consent of adults. Please learn to tell the difference. "

Technically, neither pedophilia nor necrophilia are illegal, since those words describe the attraction to people who have not started puberty and dead people respectively, not the actual act of acting on the attraction, at least if we are going by the clinical definitions. Acting on them (with someone under the age of consent in the case of pedophilia. I'm not sure if a 16 year old [age of consent in more than half the states in the US ] who happens to have not started puberty for some reason [I don't even know if that's possible without some other factor that would make them legally unable to consent ] would be considered "fair game" or not) on the other hand is illegal, which is what I think you were going for.

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Bishop David Allen Richey #fundie joemygod.blogspot.com

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