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(48,121 posts) Wed Nov 28, 2012, 02:20 PM Nov 2012

Megachurch Pastor Rick Warren To Piers Morgan: Being Gay Is Like Taking Arsenic

Megachurch Pastor Rick Warren To Piers Morgan: Being Gay Is Like Taking Arsenic

Appearing on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight last night, influential megachurch pastor Rick Warren said that being gay is like consuming poisonous arsenic… or having the desire to punch a man in the nose. Like homosexuality, both things are “natural,” Warren said, but we should never act upon them.

After a tense exchange over homosexuality and whether it is biological, Warren admitted that “it wouldn’t bother me if there was a ‘gay gene’ found,” because regardless of whether we deem it “natural,” it is still wrong.

He explained: “I have all kinds of natural feelings in my life and it doesn’t necessarily mean that I should act on every feeling. Sometimes I get angry and I feel like punching a guy in the nose. It doesn’t mean I act on it. Sometimes I feel attracted to women who are not my wife. I don’t act on it. Just because I have a feeling doesn’t make it right.”

“Not everything natural is good for me. Arsenic is natural,” he concluded.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/megachurch-pastor-rick-warren-to-piers-morgan-being-gay-is-like-taking-arsenic/

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Megachurch Pastor Rick Warren To Piers Morgan: Being Gay Is Like Taking Arsenic (Original Post) The Straight Story Nov 2012 OP

Listening to Rick Warren is equvalent to taking arsenic. GoCubsGo Nov 2012 #1

Will he be at the inauguration again? zipplewrath Nov 2012 #2

They should invite Pat Robertson (joke, kids). nt morningglory Nov 2012 #6

IT WAS ONLY ONE PRAYER! joeybee12 Nov 2012 #3

+1 Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #23

Listening to Rick Warren is like taking Sominex. longship Nov 2012 #4

Falwell redux CurtEastPoint Nov 2012 #5

I wonder what is in his closet. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #7

something dark and unnatural JanMichael Nov 2012 #10

Nothing Christ-like about him. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #12

Didn't this idiot do something at the last Presidential inauguration? sarcasmo Nov 2012 #8

I hope people realize now how toxic he is. Marrah_G Nov 2012 #9

I really hope this douche will not be part of the inauguration this time... JCMach1 Nov 2012 #11

I'm quite confident that he'll have no part in it. MineralMan Nov 2012 #15

warren's church is active in uganda, stirring up anti-gay hatred & violence. i also believe HiPointDem Nov 2012 #13

Yeah Rick Warren advocates mass murder in Uganda. Initech Nov 2012 #18

i take it that's sarcasm. but actually the role of churches in conquest & pacification is HiPointDem Nov 2012 #19

I live not too far from Saddleback. Initech Nov 2012 #21

Warren and his attitude are more toxic than arsenic. MineralMan Nov 2012 #14

Yeah but..... PD Turk Nov 2012 #16

Keep talking Rick. Let the world see what a bigoted piece of shit you are. Initech Nov 2012 #17

Being Rick Warren is like being a septic tank overflow. forestpath Nov 2012 #20

Not very reachy-outy of him. Starry Messenger Nov 2012 #22

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)

1. Listening to Rick Warren is equvalent to taking arsenic.

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Wed Nov 28, 2012, 02:23 PM

Nov 2012

Arsenic poisons you. The shit Rick Warren preaches poisons your mind.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)

2. Will he be at the inauguration again?

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Wed Nov 28, 2012, 02:25 PM

Nov 2012

They going to honor him by inviting him back? Or do they have someone else in mind this time?

morningglory

(2,336 posts)

6. They should invite Pat Robertson (joke, kids). nt

Reply to zipplewrath (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 02:31 PM

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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

3. IT WAS ONLY ONE PRAYER!

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 02:26 PM

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That apologist meme bears repeating, I think.

Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)

23. +1

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 04:40 PM

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longship

(40,416 posts)

4. Listening to Rick Warren is like taking Sominex.

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Wed Nov 28, 2012, 02:30 PM

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CurtEastPoint

(18,652 posts)

5. Falwell redux

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Wed Nov 28, 2012, 02:31 PM

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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

7. I wonder what is in his closet.

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Wed Nov 28, 2012, 02:54 PM

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JanMichael

(24,890 posts)

10. something dark and unnatural

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #7)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 03:05 PM

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I don't want to know; he's a horrible person.

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

12. Nothing Christ-like about him.

Reply to JanMichael (Reply #10)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 03:54 PM

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sarcasmo

(23,968 posts)

8. Didn't this idiot do something at the last Presidential inauguration?

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 02:57 PM

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Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)

9. I hope people realize now how toxic he is.

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Wed Nov 28, 2012, 02:58 PM

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JCMach1

(27,560 posts)

11. I really hope this douche will not be part of the inauguration this time...

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Wed Nov 28, 2012, 03:07 PM

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MineralMan

(146,318 posts)

15. I'm quite confident that he'll have no part in it.

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Wed Nov 28, 2012, 04:05 PM

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HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)

13. warren's church is active in uganda, stirring up anti-gay hatred & violence. i also believe

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 04:00 PM

Nov 2012

that warren is some kind of spook/intelligence agent, myself, and his church's activities in the hot spot of africa (uganda/rwanda/congo) are acts in furterance of empire.

Initech

(100,087 posts)

18. Yeah Rick Warren advocates mass murder in Uganda.

Reply to HiPointDem (Reply #13)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 04:23 PM

Nov 2012

That Martin Ssempra that he works with to stir up the shit would make a great James Bond villain.

HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)

19. i take it that's sarcasm. but actually the role of churches in conquest & pacification is

Reply to Initech (Reply #18)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 04:27 PM

Nov 2012

pretty well known, & saddleback is one in a long line.

Initech

(100,087 posts)

21. I live not too far from Saddleback.

Reply to HiPointDem (Reply #19)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 04:32 PM

Nov 2012

I've long known about what he's doing in Uganda and who he's working with. The man is a truly rotten, vile scumbag who does not practice what he preaches and uses Jesus for financial gain and profit. I cringed when I found out he was speaking at the inauguration. He's no better than Pat Robertson or the rest of those lunatics.

MineralMan

(146,318 posts)

14. Warren and his attitude are more toxic than arsenic.

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 04:04 PM

Nov 2012

Feh!

PD Turk

(1,289 posts)

16. Yeah but.....

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Wed Nov 28, 2012, 04:16 PM

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Some of the best times I've had in my life I think I may have ingested a small amount of arsenic

Initech

(100,087 posts)

17. Keep talking Rick. Let the world see what a bigoted piece of shit you are.

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Wed Nov 28, 2012, 04:17 PM

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forestpath

(3,102 posts)

20. Being Rick Warren is like being a septic tank overflow.

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Wed Nov 28, 2012, 04:32 PM

Nov 2012

Starry Messenger

(32,342 posts)

22. Not very reachy-outy of him.

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 04:36 PM

Nov 2012

People swore themselves blind here that having him speak at the Inauguration would moderate his views and/or make his career fade. Looks like neither happened.

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