Should This ‘Pastor’ Be Charged With Assault?
It seems some knuckledraggers believe that nothing works quite as well as beating the all-powerful love of Jaaaayzus into a kid. Raw Story provides the disgusting details:
A pastor at the Bible Baptist Church in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey is coming under fire after his church posted a video of him claiming to have converted a “smart aleck” youth by “punching him in the chest as hard as I could.”
Pastor Eric Dammann begins by saying that he met a young man in Calgary named “Ben,” who was “a nice kid, but one of those — he was a real smart aleck. He was a bright kid, which didn’t help things — made him more dangerous.”
“We were outside one day at youth group,” Dammann continues, “and he was just trying to push my buttons. He was just kind of not taking the Lord serious [sic].”
“So I walked over to him and went BAM! Punched him in the chest as hard as I could. I crumpled the kid. I just crumpled him.”
“Then I leaned over and said, ‘Ben, when are you going to stop playing games with God?’ I led that man to the Lord right there,” he concludes.
Is it just me, or is there a sorta kinda pattern emerging that suggests that ultra-fundamentalists in the various “Western” religions see physical violence as one of their core values? Just sayin’…
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William January 11th, 2015 at 21:28
Sometimes extreme fundamentalism is it’s own punishment.
William January 11th, 2015 at 22:28
Sometimes extreme fundamentalism is it’s own punishment.
John_St_John January 11th, 2015 at 22:47
This is the past the Republiklan American Evangelical Christofascists would like to return civilization to. As would the hyper religious ultra fanatical Islamist of the Fertile Crescent and South East Asia.
John_St_John January 11th, 2015 at 23:47
This is the past the Republiklan American Evangelical Christofascists would like to return civilization to. As would the hyper religious ultra fanatical Islamist of the Fertile Crescent and South East Asia.
bpollen January 11th, 2015 at 23:21
I’ve heard of Yahoo Serious (damn Aussies), the World Serious (damn Giants) but have never heard the Lord Serious… is that a Baptist thing?
bpollen January 12th, 2015 at 00:21
I’ve heard of Yahoo Serious (damn Aussies), the World Serious (damn Giants) but have never heard the Lord Serious… is that a Baptist thing?
Dwendt44 January 12th, 2015 at 00:36
If he did indeed punch the kid ‘as hard as he could’, a blow to the chest, if hard enough and in the right area could easily kill someone, particularly a smaller person/child.
Dwendt44 January 12th, 2015 at 01:36
If he did indeed punch the kid ‘as hard as he could’, a blow to the chest, if hard enough and in the right area could easily kill someone, particularly a smaller person/child.
Candide Thirtythree January 12th, 2015 at 02:57
Hardly ever happens, the fundies literally get away with murder as long as they claim it was for their god.
Candide Thirtythree January 12th, 2015 at 03:57
Hardly ever happens, the fundies literally get away with murder as long as they claim it was for their god.
fancypants January 12th, 2015 at 09:22
this is right up mike’s ally
red-diaper-baby 1942 January 12th, 2015 at 11:08
It’s hard to beileve that this guy was once a semi-serious candidate for President. Can’t you just imagine him in the White House, making decisions that affect the whole country and indeed the whole world! The only one even harder to imagine in that role is “She who shall not be named”, the famous word-salad chef.
fancypants January 12th, 2015 at 11:24
Don’t look now but old huckleberry is hooking up with the Koch bros. and other bible thumpers for a presidential run in 2016
The debates ( should mike show up ) could prove to be interesting
Dwendt44 January 12th, 2015 at 11:42
That’s all we need, a cleric as president. One more step toward a theocracy.
fancypants January 15th, 2015 at 07:55
I wouldn’t sweat it something tells me mike was given a choice at fox news….
Quit or be fired So mike had to make his exit look like he’s going to be president ?
rg9rts January 14th, 2015 at 10:14
Comic relief for the Gopee clown car….
whatthe46 January 12th, 2015 at 18:53
that’s just fk’n stupid.
tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 16:58
that is just fkin perfect!
fancypants January 15th, 2015 at 07:48
I agree mike should have given 2 weeks notice to the public before he left fox news. Now what are we going to watch on Saturday night ?
fancypants January 12th, 2015 at 10:22
this is right up mike’s ally
red-diaper-baby 1942 January 12th, 2015 at 12:08
It’s hard to believe that this guy was once a semi-serious candidate for President. Can’t you just see him in the White House, making decisions that affect the whole country and indeed the whole world! The only one even harder to imagine in that role is “She who shall not be named”, the famous word-salad chef.
fancypants January 12th, 2015 at 12:24
Don’t look now but old huckleberry is hooking up with the Koch bros. and other bible thumpers for a presidential run in 2016
The debates ( should mike show up ) could prove to be interesting
Dwendt44 January 12th, 2015 at 12:42
That’s all we need, a cleric as president. One more step toward a theocracy.
fancypants January 15th, 2015 at 08:55
I wouldn’t sweat it something tells me mike was given a choice at fox news….
Quit or be fired So mike had to make his exit look like he’s going to be president ?
rg9rts January 14th, 2015 at 11:14
Comic relief for the Gopee clown car….
whatthe46 January 12th, 2015 at 19:53
that’s just fk’n stupid.
tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 17:58
that is just fkin perfect!
fancypants January 15th, 2015 at 08:48
I agree mike should have given 2 weeks notice to the public before he left fox news. Now what are we going to watch on Saturday night ?
m2old4bs January 12th, 2015 at 11:12
YES! And not only for assault, but also for child abuse. This guy is no spiritual leader in any sense. Nothing but a bully.
m2old4bs January 12th, 2015 at 12:12
YES! And not only for assault, but also for child abuse. This guy is no spiritual leader in any sense. Nothing but a bully.
rg9rts January 14th, 2015 at 10:12
So he made a convert….just like ISIS …at the point of a sword so to speak.
rg9rts January 14th, 2015 at 11:12
So he made a convert….just like ISIS …at the point of a sword so to speak.