Really, Chan Chandler says so!
This story has been making the rounds in the liberal blogosphere over the course of the day:
For those that thought that there has not been a full scale war lanched against liberals; for those who didn’t take the radical right’s promise to “eradicate liberals” seriously, I present to you, Exhibit A: East Waynesville Baptist Church has just kicked out all its Democratic members.
In honor of Rev. Chan Chandler, I hereby “excommunicate” all Christians who voted for Bush in the last election. After all, a vote for Bush was a vote against being a peacemaker, in opposition to Jesus’ teachings on the subject. Furthermore, a vote for Bush was a vote for torture, and I don’t know what Bible you’re reading, but mine doesn’t say “blessed are those who torture their perceived enemies.”
And then there are all of those pesky scriptures on wealth that Mr. Bush seems to conveniently forget. I’m guessing that encouraging greed by telling people that tax revenues are “their money” and then giving a disproportionate amount of those revenues to the very rich while the cost of living increases for the poor and middle class might not have been EXACTLY what Jesus was thinking when he said “blessed are the poor.”
So, I guess that, if you add his HIS excommunications, and MY excommunications, well, the only people who have a chance to go to heaven are Nader voters (UPDATE: oh wait, I just reread the story and he said ANYONE who didn’t support Bush - so now, between the two of us, we have everyone covered)!
Maybe we should rethink this whole excommunication thing? I seem to remember that Jesus somewhere mentioned something about not judging lest you be judged…
May 9th, 2005 at 9:16 pm
I can’t believe that a church is that backwards and ignorant. I am from the south, and incidents such as this only enforce an old stereotype of southerners. Thankfully, I live in a very eclectic town that is filled with many different people, cultures, and ideals. I heard on the local news today that mass E-mails were being sent out to boycott Waynesville. The only thing this will accomplish is destroy the economy for a very small town that relies on the tourism income that is seasonally received. The East Waynesville Baptist Church does needs to lose its tax exempt status if there going to preach politics.