“The whole reason we’re having the fights [at the church] is so we can bring people in and tell them about God,” one fighter says. “The hope is that through the fight I can create a relationship with the person I’m fighting and extend Christ to him.”
You know you might think that a loving god would allow you to win the fight WITHOUT getting kneed in the groin first.
I'm just saying.
You know I am no expert on religion, but exactly HOW is pounding somebody's face in helping them to understand the teachings of Jesus? I totally missed that passage in the New Testament.
But hey if you are not horrified enough, then you will be when you learn that the pastor in the video, one Paul Burress, is also accused of trying to convince church members to swing with him and his wife.
This is from a letter sent to Victory Church leadership from a former member:
In 2009, I was at Paul Burress’s house, where I was asked to perform a back-rub on Jill Burress, who had removed her shirt and bra. Paul made sure that my hand made contact with the side of a breast by moving it there with his own hand. Paul also made sure that I touched her bare bottom. This happened on 2 occasions that year. Also in 2009, Paul showed me fully nude photos of his wife, and also showed me a pornographic video of him having sex with his wife. This occurred on several occasions that year. I was a single, 21 year-old at the time.
Damn, mixed martial arts, sex, and pornography. Boy church sure has changed from the days when I was attending.
Ugh. Just ugh.
ReplyDelete"Boy church sure has changed from the days when I was attending."
ReplyDeleteUh no it hasn't. People are just less abashed about hiding what has always gone on behind closed doors.
Thank goodness :)
-Oz
Tell the truth now Gryphen .... have you ever yelled out, Oh God! during sex?
ReplyDeleteOn the advice of my attorney I refuse to answer that question.
DeleteFrom the Tweet of God:
DeleteGod @TheTweetOfGod · Sep 1
For me the nice thing about orgasms is that when people have them, they usually give Me a shout-out.
Good Answers! Aren't we all a bit irrational when getting our toes curled?
DeleteIt's no longer just "punching someone's lights out" it is inflicting lasting brain damage, new studies show.
ReplyDeleteWhat is wrong with us that we would grift for gold in the name of God with guns and now kick boxing?
ReplyDeletePseudo-christiany domionists give Christians, many times, undeserved criticism.
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I don't consider these places to be churches. They're just buildings where creeps try to get money from ignorant people and pay no taxes. So let's not say that it has anything to do with religion because it does not.
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Oh, come all ye faithful ...
ReplyDeleteGryphen, howsabout you do a little tiny hint dropping post about the 3 "big stories" you're sourcing right now? Many of your most faithful are just clamoring for the teensiest little scrap of info.
ReplyDeleteJust a LITTLE hint! On any of em, all of em, that you're working on!
Don't make me beg. Or bribe you with resurrection biscuits.
Please no. Every time he does, somebody figures it out and gets to his informants and shuts them down - fear or money
DeleteNow THIS seems like a religion the PayMe's could heartily endorse. Maybe they could open their own branch in Wasilla? Sex and violence all those "family values" this clan enjoys. Chuckles Sr. could start a junior prayer group, and Chuckles Jr. could check out the young women to be his next pregnant wife-to-be. Taaahd could recruit women for his "business" and $carah could rake in the donations. Perfect for this grifting, greedy, lazy assed family of inbreds.
ReplyDeleteMy sentiments exactly.
DeleteThink of the money they would save in taxes, oh right they don't pay taxes.
DeleteA very nice new interview with Thompson this AM:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.gofundme.com/ekkm9w
(right below the top one)
So holding swingers orgies to tell people about god didn't work so now he resorts to his next favorite hobby to tell people about god?
ReplyDeleteTwisted!
Well, okay, that was... odd.
ReplyDeleteI'm not too sure about the MMA, but I do like the idea of the titty and ass rubbing for jesus shit.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly what Jesus tried to stop - the circus that was going on in the churches at his time. They were selling stuff and hawking their wares and bodies in the churches and during worship times.
ReplyDeleteThe more times change, the more they stay the same. SMH
Brings a new meaning to "Go shout it from the mountain tops" and "christian" porn? Isn't that a big no no in the Commandments? Coveting your neighbors wife/husband/sheep?
ReplyDeleteThis just raised the peeeew factor off the charts. Pugilism and Fornication to get the seats filled? Look at the bright side, the Palins will start going to church everyday!!!!