On Sunday, New Hope Baptist Church Pastor Curtis Knapp told his parishioners in Seneca, Kansas the government has the power to kill all gay people, and is angry it won’t. Reading from Leviticus, Knapp concluded that gays “should be put to death,” and asked his parishioners, “You got a better idea? A better idea than God?” The sermon was titled, “Homosexuality and the Need for National Revival.”
David Edwards at The Raw Story reports:
“They should be put to death,” Knapp declared. “‘Oh, so you’re saying we should go out and start killing them, no?’ — I’m saying the government should. They won’t, but they should.”
“You say, ‘Oh, I can’t believe you, you’re horrible. You’re a backwards neanderthal of a person.’ Is that what you’re calling scripture? Is God a neanderthal, backwards in his morality? Is it His word or not? If it’s His word, he commanded it. It’s His idea, not mine. And I’m not ashamed of it.”
“He said put them to death,” he continued. “Shall the church drag them in? No, I’m not say that. The church has not been given the power of the sort; the government has. But the government ought to [kill them]. You got a better idea? A better idea than God?”
“And should be put to death, that’s what happened in Israel, that’s why homosexuality wouldn’t have grown in Israel,” Pastor Knapp says. “It tends to limit conversions, it tends to limit people coming out of the closet. ‘Oh, so you’re saying we should go out and start killing them?’ No, I’m saying the government should. They won’t, but they should. Say, ‘I can’t believe you, you’re horrible, you are a backwards Neanderthal of a person.’ Is that what they are calling scripture? Is God a Neanderthal backwards morality? Is this his word or not? If it’s his word, he commanded it. It’s his idea, not mine, and I’m not ashamed of it.”
Kansas is not the south, it’s America’s Heartland. It’s “The Sunflower State.”
It’s time we get religious leaders to denounce these small town backwards extremists who are contributing to the emotional torture of LGBTQ children.
The church does not appear to have a website or its own Facebook page, but here’s their page at Sermon Audio.
As usual, a strong thank you to Jeremy Hooper at Good As You for finding this audio and first reporting the story.
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Pastor Curtis Knapp is a disgusting human being who totally warps and twists the words of the bible to support his own personal hatred and bigotry. Perhaps he should read his bible a little more closely particularly the book of Exodus in the old testament and the part about the Ten Commandments. I think there might be one in there that says something about, "Thou shall not kill"! In fact I'm pretty certain it's in there!
He's actually not twisting what the Bible says, it does in fact in leviticus discuss killing not only gay people, but as well as people who curse their parents, people who commit incest, and people who rape animals as well as the animals themselves. The Bible does state Thall Shalt Not Kill in the ten commandments, but when you actually read the Bible it's full of killing. I think someone counted somewhere over 350 pieces in the Bible mentioning murder or mass murder, that's not counting how it promotes slavery and rape as well. I believe the Bible promotes a mixture of bad and good messages, which in turn confuses people. They'll say one thing to agree with the Bible then say the exact opposite to further agree with the Bible, without even noticing they contradicted themselves. Some Christians are actually "Christ-like", while others, like this horrible excuse for a man, take it to whole new levels and only really care about the parts where you get to kill people who don't live and think like you. Sorta dampens the notion of free thought huh?!
When gay are asked, "Why do you have Pride parades and celebration?" we only need point to this superstitious hate. We celebrate because we are alive.
Several centuries ago in the Western World people were burned at the stake, hung, beheaded, drowned, and tortured in various and creative ways simply for holding a different religious view point than those in power.
This bigot proves that attitude is alive and well today. There are many like him today who advocate the imprisonment or death of those with religious views different than their own.
God does not make mistakes. We are all of sacred worth and worthy of his grace. This pastor is a disgrace to his collar, his church and the vows of doing no harm. Killing is against the commandments. For too long the majority have tried to treat the minorities like second class citizens. Only God has the power to make judgments. Hitler tried to rule using the same ideas.
As Gaga says "God makes no mistakes".
Neanderthal?
No, Mister Knapp. Your God is a figment of a Bronze Age imagination. That's a step up from mammoth-gnawing cavemen, but not by much. They had achieved the first hurdles of agriculture and beer brewing, but other than that, they're not much to emulate in the twenty-first century.
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