Remember Dr Gary Cass of the kooky Christian Anti-Defamation Commission? Back around the beginning of the year, Cass warned that President Obama’s inauguration involved so many ‘mos — ‘mo marching bands, ‘mo balls, ‘mo choirs, ‘mo bishops — that he felt the event should be Rated P for Perverse.
Then Cass reached into some orifice and pulled out his Top Ten Instances of Christian Bashing in America, 2008. Number 10 was Prop 8 the Musical, starring Jack Black as JC, and number 1 was “Radical Homosexuals Assault Prop 8 Marriage Supporters in California.” Uh-huh.
Kyle, at Right Wing Watch, notes that Dr Cass is now blaming the recent shooting of the Reverend Fred Winters on “anti-Christian hostility and the lack of guns in church.”
Sadly, not kidding:
The tragic church shooting and death of Reverend Fred Winters, pastor of First Baptist Church , Maryville Illinois, has once again raised the under-reported issue of violence directed at Christians and churches … Anti-Christian hostility is reaching a new, more violent level. Churches used to be sanctuaries that were regarded as sacred, unfortunately now all church leaders must be prepared to defend their congregations and themselves from violent acts even with the use of deadly force.
Self-defense is not just a right, but a Christian duty. Jesus told his followers, “If you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.” Jesus did not send his disciples out unprotected into a hostile world. In a world filled with gun violence, Christians must be prepared to respond with appropriate force to defend their family, neighbors and themselves.
It is not virtuous for Christians to be a soft target for the hateful and deranged. Church leaders have a moral duty not to tempt a crazed gunman to come and shoot up their congregation by being unprepared.
Rev Winters was unfortunately gunned down in cold blood in mid-sermon by a person suffering from some form of mental illness. That this point doesn’t seem to matter to the the gun-crazed Christianist, Dr Cass, should give us pause to reflect.
Think back to last year when then presidential-hopeful Obama noted, “They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”
Maybe this is why the kooky Dr Cass is still pushing his equally kooky Seven Reasons Barack Obama is not a Christian.
Click for Printable Version
