# Omnibus Religious Fucks in the NEWS **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066 "2022-02-07T18:33:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 37
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/721 "2024-07-09T12:46:08Z")
Hail Satan! That or maybe freezing rain. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/722 "2024-07-10T09:15:58Z")
> **[Religious group accused of killing Elizabeth Struhs believed ‘God would heal’...](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/10/religious-group-accused-of-killing-elizabeth-struhs-believed-god-would-heal-her-diabetes-queensland-court-hears-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other)** > > Members of Toowoomba religious group the ‘Saints’ face judge-only trial on murder and manslaughter charges ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/723 "2024-07-10T16:35:07Z")
Evil MFer thread is down the hall. Or I suppose we could petition to have the threads merged. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/724 "2024-07-10T16:51:11Z")
I prefer them separate (and one could post the same story in both), since to me there’s an added dimension of evil stupidity when these schmucks proclaim their stupid evil is ordained by their God (who amazingly always agrees with them). ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/725 "2024-07-10T23:25:09Z")
Understandable, since they created Him in their own image and likeness. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/726 "2024-07-11T01:08:56Z")
Onward Christian soldiers. > **[Missouri church apologizes for full-page bulletin encouraging young men to...](https://www.christianpost.com/news/church-apologizes-for-bulletin-inviting-youth-to-join-militia.html)** > > A Catholic church in Missouri has issued an apology after its bulletin mistakenly featured an advertisement calling for the formation of a militia The ad, displayed in the June 16 bulletin, urged ... ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/727 "2024-07-11T01:39:36Z")
He’s blaming it on a 12 year old girl seducing him ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/728 "2024-07-11T10:28:41Z")
“She was 12, but dressed like a 15 year old!” ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/729 "2024-07-12T04:53:40Z")
A megachurch in Lexington, Kentucky has decided to permanently close after the senior pastor was revealed to have had a sexual “relationship” with a minor, beginning when she was 15 years old. The church had been renamed a few years ago after two of that church’s pastors, a man and a woman, were themselves behaving in an inappropriate manner, although it did appear to have been consensual. I’d be hesitant to put ANY business, secular or not, in that building now! > **[Lexington City Church announces closure amid financial struggles and...](https://www.wtvq.com/lexington-city-church-announces-closure-amid-financial-struggles-and-investigation/)** > > That investigation involves former pastor Zachary King, who allegedly admitted to having a sexual relationship, for a year-and-a-half, with a 15-year old, according to an arrest citation. Here’s a conservative Christian pastor’s take on it. > **[Pastor Zachary King. Lexcity Church Permanently Closes Over Scandal. SHOCKING...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaNuuzpZ-rM%2F)** > > SUPPORT ME ON PATREON!https://www.patreon.com/notbysightnewsSUBSCRIBE TO ME ON RUMBLe!https://rumble.com/c/c-4494715MY STORY ON GOING BLIND & HOW I OPERATE M... ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/730 "2024-07-12T12:57:15Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I prefer them separate (and one could post the same story in both), since to me there’s an added dimension of evil stupidity **when these schmucks proclaim their stupid evil is ordained by their God** (who amazingly always agrees with them).- “Vengence is mine” sayeth The Lord. “I’ve been deputized!” sayeth the Idiot Follower. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/731 "2024-07-13T00:11:30Z")
An Alabama youth pastor did what you would expect, then added death threats toward his own wife: > **[Blount County youth minister arrested for alleged sexual abuse of child...](https://www.wvtm13.com/article/blount-county-youth-minister-arrest-church/61560675)** > > A Blount County youth minister is facing multiple charges in the repeated sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl inside of a church and other locations, court documents allege. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/732 "2024-07-13T00:31:19Z")
Too bad no drag queens were around to kick his ass. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/733 "2024-07-13T04:13:55Z")
A youth pastor; who’da thunk it? I expect other victims to come out of the woodwork. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/734 "2024-07-13T06:29:36Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > A youth pastor; who’da thunk it? At this point I’m surprised whenever a youth pastor _isn’t_ a child molester. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/735 "2024-07-13T14:59:18Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > At this point I’m surprised whenever a youth pastor _isn’t_ a child molester. There was a time in my life when I was deeply into evangelical/fundamentalist Christianity (I’m not any more), and I worked in such a role for a period of time. Never molested any children. Never wanted to. Yes I know, the plural of anecdote is not data. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/736 "2024-07-13T15:21:24Z")
Hyperbole aside, I am genuinely aware there are many youth pastors that are good and decent people. And I don’t mean to denigrate them or blame them for the sins of others. But as Dan Savage is fond of pointing out, if the people accusing drag queens of sexually grooming children applied the same metric to clergy and youth pastors, every church in America would be shut down. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/737 "2024-07-13T15:31:37Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > But as Dan Savage is fond of pointing out, if the people accusing drag queens of sexually grooming children applied the same metric to clergy and youth pastors, every church in America would be shut down. Preach. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/738 "2024-07-13T22:50:02Z")
I’m sure most of them have only the best interests of the children at heart, just like Catholic priests. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/739 "2024-07-15T23:27:30Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Too bad no drag queens were around to kick his ass. And strange how it’s never a drag queen making headlines like this, despite all the cries from certain conservative types! 🤔 > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > A youth pastor; who’da thunk it? One of my friends found religion after high school and married a youth pastor. He skeeved me out the first time I met him; finding out about his profession sealed it for me. ☹ (My own interactions with youth-oriented clergy were mostly positive, considering that I went to a Catholic elementary school. Although sitting here thinking back, it has occurred to me that if a student ‘messenger’ needed to deliver or retrieve something from one of the priests, somehow it always ended up being a group of two or three little messengers that went to his office.) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/740 "2024-07-16T22:14:43Z")
Several years ago, a church I attended a few times (in this case, Evangelical Free) when I was in college had a scandal involving their youth pastor. I wondered how they handled it, and in this case, the entire website was taken down except for the home page, which said something like, “This is a very painful and traumatic time for our congregation. Please keep us in your prayers.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066.md?page=38)