Quite bizarre video here of a right-wing pastor in Oklahoma getting punched and reacting in a very odd way.
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November 30th, 2005
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I was expecting to find something odd in his response. However, I do not see what is so odd about a man of the clergy praying for the man that did this to him, and praying for God’s forgiveness for the man. Actually, that is a response I would expect.
Yeah same here… waht was the odd part?
Based on what I saw and heard, I think I like that guy. Given the circumstances, IMHO, I think he reacted in a very Christ-like manner. I hope the flock took his subsequent words to heart. God knows they should remember it next time they go to the polls in Tulsa. (Unfortunately, they wouldn’t find many worthy candidates, Republican or Democratic. Kucinich maybe?)
Wouldn’t Jesus have preemptively beat the shit out of the attacker? Then spread freedom all over his family?
I was quite impressed by that pastor. Imagine if Christians actually behaved that way on a regular basis.
I have my own limits for “turn the other cheek,” but that aside, this pastor said, “We don’t forgive because we want to. We forgive because it is the right thing to do.” An excellent example of practicing what one preaches.
And yet the local (to the preacher) gossip is that the preacher was boffing the man’s wife. Turning the other cheek during the sermon was easier than facing that argument with the loud speakers on!
Based on what? According to the news reports I read the preacher did not know the assailant and the assailant punched Oral Roberts’ son 15 years ago during a broadcast rehearsal. Wouldn’t you think the guy would tell reporters why he punched the preacher if it was due to adultery?
Oliver – I really am curious as to what was so bizarre and odd about this.