Phoenix Pastor Draws Protests After Telling Church He Prays for Obama's Death

Source: Fox News

A Phoenix-area pastor has started to draw protesters to his congregation after he delivered a sermon titled, "Why I Hate Barack Obama," and told his parishioners that he prays for President Obama's death.

Pastor Steven Anderson stood by his sermon in an interview with MyFOXPhoenix, which reports that the pastor continues to encourage his parishioners to join him in praying for the president's death.

"I hope that God strikes Barack Obama with brain cancer so he can die like Ted Kennedy and I hope it happens today," he told MyFOXPhoenix on Sunday. He called his message "spiritual warfare" and said he does not condone killing.

But a small crowd of protesters gathered around his church Sunday, calling Anderson's words "incomprehensible." And MyFOXPhoenix reported that the sermon, which has drawn widespread attention, led to death threats against the pastor.


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Before I hit you with my account of this Sunday's evening service at Tempe's Faithful Word Baptist Church -- home to Obama-death-wish preacher Steven Anderson, and his spritual follower, AR-15-toter and Obama-hater Christopher Broughton -- I should run down some significant points picked up during my post-service chats with both.

First off, despite what some analysts suggested on CNN's Rick Sanchez show this Friday, August 28, Anderson insisted to me that he had not been paid any visits by the U.S. Secret Service. Broughton specifically denied that the Secret Service or any other law enforcement agency, such as the FBI, had spoken with him. However, both men stated that Broughton, who's now infamous for appearing with a loaded AR-15 outside where President Obama was speaking to the VFW on August 17, was present at Pastor Anderson's service the night before, for the sermon where Anderson hoped the President of the United States met an untimely end.

Broughton previously mentioned on moonhowler extraordinaire Alex Jones' radio show that Anderson's his pastor. CNN's Sanchez specifically stated that Broughton was present for the anti-Obama Anderson sermon in question, and both Broughton and Anderson confirmed this to me. (Anderson said he was the one who informed CNN.)

Anderson indicated that he hasn't agreed to be on Rick Sanchez's show yet -- despite Sanchez saying that he has. He said CNN wanted to tape a segment with him, but that he's only willing to go on live, so he won't be edited.

He also mentioned that he has received a number of death threats since news of his fatwa-style imprecations aimed at Obama had spread through the Interweb. Interestingly, this did not give Anderson any pause about wishing another man's wife to be a widow or his children to be fatherless.

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bastard/2009/08/my_chat_with_steven_anderson_c.php

YouTube of the sermon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to6hd3zTq2E&feature=player_embedded
The video of Anderson's infamous August 16 sermon. The wackiness begins about 13 minutes in.


Cristopher Broughton (left) and Pastor Anderson outside church Sunday night: Anyone else thinking of a certain Gnarls Barkley tune?

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ETA: the nutjob who got national attention for being armed outside of Obama's speech here in Phoenix goes to this hateful so-called "church"

pics of the gun toter...

a RW nutcase who shows up to a meeting armed and prays for the death of the President?

How soon before Hannity has these two "great Americans" on his show?

A Hateful "Sermon" Against President Obama

Maybe you've heard about this "sermon" or maybe you haven't. But before we go any further let me just say one thing: this guy is absolutely nuts.

Steve Anderson, the "Pastor" at Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe Arizona is out of control and the Secret Service is on to him.

Anderson preached a sermon a few weeks ago called, Why I Hate Barack Obama". Some transcription highlights (more like lowlights) are below along with the full video of the sermon and a CNN Report about it.

Ok, where do I begin? Let me first say that the reason I decided to post this is to expose this guy as a looney. CNN and other media outlets have reported it so it has gained a decent amount of traction. You may say this guy isn't worth reporting on but The Brody File sees it as a moment to clarify the difference between true Bible believing Christians and crazies like Anderson.

It should be noted that while there is an argument to be made against President Obama's policies on abortion and other matters, there just is no place for this type of talk. Not from the pulpit, pews or anywhere else for that matter. For people skeptical of Evangelical Christians, I post this story so you fully understand that you SHOULD NOT lump Steve Anderson into the group of Bible believing Christians. His message is absolutely empty of God's grace and mercy. God doesn't want pastors or anybody for that matter to pray for someone's death. God is looking to give people the free gift of eternal life and have people join him in His kingdom forever.

http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2009/08/31/a-hateful-sermon-against-president-obama.aspx

and are distancing themselves from Anderson. And well they should. As they become more and more associated with crazy, violent behavior, the more people will be turned off by them.

But remember, Pat Robertson advocated, not too long ago, for the assasination of Chavez. I guess it's not looney when it's the leader of a foreign country.

But he also prayed to God to open up some more vacancies on the Supreme Court, i.e. asked God to whack some of the justices Pat didn't like. I think the religious nutjobs did that at their two annual meetings/conventions concerning the courts and "justice." What was that called?

TlalocW

also religious felt about this asshole and his asshole flock.

other matters.."


MMMMMmmmmmm maybe, but there is also an argument to be made FOR loving your neighbor and making sure he or she is fed and clothed and has access to medical care (just in case prayer alone doesn't take care of the whole problem). How come CBN and the rest never talk about those things?

:wow: Just.Can't.Comprehend. :wow:

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They look like twins in that photo?

....You know under Cheney/Bush they would have been....what is stopping them now..

And asked them when they will hold themselves accountable instead of trying to thump a bible on everyone elses head.

Roman 13:1-8.


Let every soul be subjected to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God; the powers that are ordained by God. Whosoever resisteth this power, resisteth God, resisteth the ordinance of God: AND THEY SHALL RECEIVE TO THEMSELVES DAMNATION.



This means that anyone or any preacher that attacks President Obama is willfully disobeying their Bible and their God.

it is confused, deranged, and dislocated, because it inherited the violent elements from Judaism and the Habiru tribe (Hebrew), a group which worshipped a volcano god called Yahweh (BTW Judaism under Moses likely was spawned from the non-violent ancient Egytian sun worship of Aten).

Certainly, Christianity evolved anew as a more peaceable version of Judaism, via the "New Covenant" but it had all the Jesus fabrications embellished with it. In doing so, it becomes little more than a wierd hybrid sect of Judaism, a religious version of a 'Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde'.

"Jesus" was essentially a mythological figure, historically there is no convincing evidence to establish his existence with a reasonable amount of certainty. Of the two most recognized Roman historians of this time frame, Tactitus was not much considered a reliable source, and as for Josephus, there is significant doubt for the authenticity in all of his citations about Jesus.

About the only thing that can be considered historically accurate is the fact that "Jesus" was a very common first century name in and around Palestine at that time.

So IMHO it more likely the invention of Jesus and his miracles were largely borrowed from elements of the Ancient Egyptions, Greeks, Romans, and numerous other pagan belief systems that predated Christianity for many centuries.

It's not surprising that nutballs become priests in the bipolar religion.

Yet, they were all quite real.

With Jesus, you have two historians, four oral histories that became the Gospels, and a horde of disciples. Maybe someone named Jesus or someone very like him lived, maybe not. Either way, Saying you have no record of existence and therefore he was likely mythical is just silly.

Unless...he's really...


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say they're "praying for someone's death"..but, this only shows what fucking hypocrites use religion for their own heinous use.

Fuck the asshole who wants to bring down our President.

And fuck that asshole standing next to him.

Makes me wonder if some Haggard-like action took place behind closed doors.

They say one thing and then get caught at a rest stop doing what they abhor.

If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be----a Christian.

Mark Twain

I feel sorry for him.