The Appalling Sermon That Crossed All Boundaries

Burning Bibles, spewing hate, and spouting idiocy

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This week, I came across a Tweet that will leave you questioning the very foundations of common sense.

In the world of religious extremism, where reason goes to die and intolerance flourishes like a weed in an abandoned garden, Pastor Duncan Urbanek is a preacher I’ve come across before — mainly for his incredible knack for saying the incredibly stupid. He once preached about how men should burn their wives’ pants to remove the temptation for them to crossdress. And, of course, he regularly calls for the execution of members of the LGBTQ community. According to Newsweek, In a recent sermon, Duncan Urbanek explained how he prays for gay people:

“I don’t care which way you do it, Lord. Just kill ’em right now. Break their teeth in their mouth. Let ’em have a slow, painful death.”

And he justifies it all using the Bible.

What a loving guy.

This zealous individual, donning the title of “teaching elder” at the Pure Words Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, proudly showcases a buffet of absurdity that leaves me questioning the very notion of sanity. Pastor Duncan’s church holds an annual “False Bible Burning” event where they burn Bibles that aren’t the King…