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Lucinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 08:05 PM
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Palin's pastor urges flock to pray for the media
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Palin's pastor urges flock to pray for the media
By MARTHA MENDOZA
AP National Writer

WASILLA, Alaska (AP) -- A little sermon about - and for - the messenger seemed to Pastor Larry Kroon an appropriate message on Sunday morning.

"It's been an interesting week," laughed Kroon, pastor at the Wasilla Bible Church, as he welcomed attendees. The nondenominational congregation where Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her family worship was carrying on services as usual this Sunday, but with a few extra guests. <snip>

Kroon began services asking any reporters who might be in the crowd to respect church members' opportunity to worship. "This isn't the place to be fishing for interviews," he said.
He then asked the 300 congregants at the first of two morning services to pray for all of the candidates for president and vice president, and to be thankful that all four are willing to provide the nation with their public service.

He urged churchgoers to "pray for the press." Kroon said the media are to be "cherished and respected," citing 19th century philosopher Alexander de Tocqueville's works describing a free press and freedom of religion as essential pillars of democracy. <snip>


He urged congregants to do their own thorough research and investigations when deciding who to vote for. He added that it was wrong for anyone to have judged Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., without first reading what Wright actually said.
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 08:07 PM
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1. wow
how Christian of him



do I really need the :sarcasm:
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kurth_ Donating Member (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 08:07 PM
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2. He said it only because the media was there
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 08:08 PM
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3. Isn't this the same church where they are "praying away the gay"?
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 08:20 PM
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5. The gay? Damn it!
I was all set to fly up there and have them pray away my gray. x(
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 09:51 PM
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6. LOL! I'm sure it's a one-stop shopping kinda deal
Gay, Gray, whatever.... :rofl:
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99th_Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 08:09 PM
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4. When you're not "praying away the gay" that is. ~nt~
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:06 PM
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7. He's probably semi defending Wright
because he has the "Northern Exposer" version on DVD for $19.95

The Wright controversy was stupid. Anyone that has heard a fire and brimstone sermon or read the "O' People of Israel" lectures in the Old Testament would understand that the whole thing was a bunch of nothing and that Wright's brand of preaching has a bout 4,000 years of history.

It's a who cares but since white people were taken to account, then it's a problem. They like the hate their preacher goes on about but WASPY whites are off limits.
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