RE: What's the most face-palm-worthy statement you have ever heard from a priest/preacher
August 19, 2015 at 6:02 pm
(August 19, 2015 at 12:15 pm)drfuzzy Wrote:(August 19, 2015 at 12:06 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Anything by either Hovind - they're interchangeable - Ham, Pendleton etc are low-hanging fruit. Too easy. So for my money I'd probably go with that pastor who got caught bragging about punching a kid in the chest for Jesus.
I saw that one, Stimbo. It was mind-boggling.
Here's another: A Priest talking about the glories of circumcision:
One was describing how the early church tried to require Gentiles to become circumcised in order to be Xtian. He was talking about what a wonderful practice it is, what a glorious way to remind men that they have a relationship with God. He said "I feel sorry for uncircumsized males. They don't have the joy of being reminded, every few hours, that they are special to god."
I turned to a friend and said "did he really just say, every time I take a piss . . . " [Friend] "Yep. That's exactly what he said."
A couple of points on this one:
1. Circumcision WAS sign of Israel's covenant with God.
2. Priests tend to be reasonably well educated having a bachelor's degree and another four years of seminary.
So, this was probably either a wry observation, a bit of hyperbole about the circumcision covenant or both.
And in the context of his talk on the subject of circumcision in the early Church, it may have sounded stupid (to you), but he was technically correct.
