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Archae

(46,318 posts)
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 11:35 AM Jul 2014

Another anti-gay activist caught in gay sex scandal...

An Archbishop, no less.

Anti-Gay Archbishop Under Investigation For Sexual Misconduct

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Wednesday, 7/2/2014 11:15 am

John Nienstedt, the Catholic archbishop who championed the failed effort to ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota, is facing a church investigation over allegations of inappropriate sexual relationships with other men, including priests and seminary students.

(snip)

During the campaign to ban marriage equality, Neinstedt said Satan is behind gay rights and called homosexuality a “grave evil.”

He has criticized the film Brokeback Mountain as an attack on Jesus Christ that would bring down society and described homosexuality as the “result of psychological trauma” that “must be understood in the context of other human disorders: envy, malice, greed, etc.”

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/anti-gay-archbishop-under-investigation-sexual-misconduct#sthash.F4zwa4nB.dpuf

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Another anti-gay activist caught in gay sex scandal... (Original Post) Archae Jul 2014 OP
Ah, yes, SATAN! MADem Jul 2014 #1
The funny thing about Satan... Archae Jul 2014 #2
You'd think the whole horns/tail/pitchfork paradigm MADem Jul 2014 #5
AAAggghhhhh!!! Archae Jul 2014 #6
Hee hee... "NSFW" or for sensitive eyes, children or small animals!!! nt MADem Jul 2014 #8
It makes sense that the bible gives no description of satan.... wandy Jul 2014 #7
Damn I saw Arch-Bishop and was hoping it was Dolan Drale Jul 2014 #3
Is Anyone Surprised By This Sort Of Thing Any More, Ma'am? The Magistrate Jul 2014 #4

Archae

(46,318 posts)
2. The funny thing about Satan...
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 11:44 AM
Jul 2014

This is how he is usually portrayed:



Yet according to the Bible, this is how he actually looks:






















The Bible never describes what Satan looks like.
The "popular" imagery is actually a bastardization of the Roman semi-god, "Pan."

MADem

(135,425 posts)
5. You'd think the whole horns/tail/pitchfork paradigm
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 11:56 AM
Jul 2014

would get a makeover! I mean, he's not without power, Old Satan is--some nice threads, maybe a facial, good hair style, a manicure...all those things can go a long way towards making people take you seriously or find you appealing! Maybe he's only trying to appeal to 47 percent of the crowd!



It's not terribly believable to think that people could be lured by someone who is as clumsy looking as the dorks they use to portray the devil.

I guess the "straight and narrow" types fear that if the devil LOOKS good, he'll hold some appeal....!

Hilarious picture, that! The moustache is an especially nice touch! Of course, when "Satan" shaved it, he looked like....thisssss!!!

wandy

(3,539 posts)
7. It makes sense that the bible gives no description of satan....
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 12:46 PM
Jul 2014

As the good Archbishop so well illustrates the image of satan may well be a picture of the fairness and compassion you show your fellow man.
That reflection you see in the mirror.

Drale

(7,932 posts)
3. Damn I saw Arch-Bishop and was hoping it was Dolan
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 11:46 AM
Jul 2014

because you know he's doing things behind closed doors that would make even the kinkiests among us blush.

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