Oh, so all is forgiven...
Or I could title this entry, "I will kill gay men, but I shouldn't say that out loud where people can hear it".
Apparently, evangelist Jimmy Swaggart is now saying that he really didn't mean to say that he would kill gay men who looked at him in a romantic way. He said it "was a tongue-in-cheek statement best left unsaid". Really? You think?
I don't buy it. I think he knew exactly what he was saying and when it got published in blogs and the press, he just couldn't take the heat for it. If you think I'm exaggerating, put yourself in this scenario. You are kidnapped and taken to some remote place. You are tied up and left alone with Swaggart and his followers. Just how safe would you really be? Would your life be in danger? That's as plainly as I can put it.
Keep in mind that after he said, "If one ever looks at me like that, I'm going to kill him and tell God he died", his congregation offered laughter and applause, according to news reports. That just blows my mind. What follower of God would think that was funny? They are laughing at the prospect of ending another person's life. It baffles me.
9/29/04 - IRS asked to review Swaggart tax exemption after gay remark
My original posting on this
Other sources
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A complaint filed with a Canadian broadcasting council has prompted evangelist Jimmy Swaggart to say he regrets talking about killing gay men in a televised worship service.
Audio clips purporting to be of the Sept. 12 Swaggart service have circulated on gay-oriented Web sites, with Swaggart saying "I've never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry."
"And I'm going to be blunt and plain: If one ever looks at me like that, I'm going to kill him and tell God he died," Swaggart says, to laughter and applause from the congregation. [...]
Expressing regret, Swaggart is quoted in The Times-Picayune on Tuesday saying the remark "was a tongue-in-cheek statement best left unsaid. I won't make it anymore." (source)
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read this article... interesting..
http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/religion/televangelists/jimmy-swaggart/
Consider the fact that he has people in the audience who applaud during a sermon when he say he'd kill someone for just looking at him. Sort of says it all doesn't it.
You might be right, but what he says is very very disturbing. It is a well known fact that many homophobes and gay bashers have repressed homosexual feelings.
I also know that Mr. Swaggart has many demons. This is not the first time that he has had problems. In 1987 he confessed to his congregation that he had been with a prostitute. That was the beginning of downfall of his ministry. At the time, he was bringing in big dollars and had a big presence on TV. That all ended after that.
I think he is gay. Repressed sexuality. Look at his past.