# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/141 "2022-08-21T01:04:38Z")
Any “religious” person with more than $1M in jewelry is not religious. I don’t recall Jesus asking to collect bling. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/142 "2022-08-21T12:07:16Z")
Jesus said as much. Mathew 6:19-21: > Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:[20] But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: [21] For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/143 "2022-08-21T18:56:46Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > How many of those church goers will have the scales fall from their eyes and see this ““pastor”” is nothing but a grifter? Somewhere between one and none, praise jeebus! Dan ---
**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:** [August 21, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/144 "2022-08-21T19:08:08Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > How many of those church goers will have the scales fall from their eyes and see this ““pastor”” is nothing but a grifter? - Give 'em time. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/145 "2022-08-21T19:11:42Z")
I’m thinking 15 to 20, served consecutively. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/146 "2022-09-26T16:05:34Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/florida-pastor-facing-multiple-child-sex-crime-charges/ar-AA12g3QU?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=b3c420d0d001472a8e8a5197622a1075](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/florida-pastor-facing-multiple-child-sex-crime-charges/ar-AA12g3QU?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=b3c420d0d001472a8e8a5197622a1075) Kung Fu pastor > The arrest affidavit stated that the 42-year-old [pastor] admitted to sexually abusing the two victims during a recorded phone call that he had with them. The call was recorded by police. The affidavit also stated that Douge abused his victims in the church as well as his dojo. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/147 "2022-09-26T16:17:43Z")
And this: [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/prosecutors-claim-that-mystikal-forced-his-alleged-rape-victim-to-pray-with-him-before-sexually-assaulting-her/ar-AA12eCzR?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=b3c420d0d001472a8e8a5197622a1075](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/prosecutors-claim-that-mystikal-forced-his-alleged-rape-victim-to-pray-with-him-before-sexually-assaulting-her/ar-AA12eCzR?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=b3c420d0d001472a8e8a5197622a1075) > In addition, the woman says Mystikal threw rubbing alcohol on her before calling for a few “Hail Marys.” She eventually escaped and was treated at the Baton Rouge General Hospital for injuries. ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/148 "2022-09-27T01:51:22Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Any “religious” person with more than $1M in jewelry is not religious. I don’t recall Jesus asking to collect bling. Why would you say that? Unless you’re conflating “being religious” with “being a Christian.” ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/149 "2022-09-27T02:45:14Z")
Yes, I think you can assume I meant Christianity with me throwing in Jesus. I know there are other religions, but not many others take advice from Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/150 "2022-09-27T03:38:11Z")
Yeah, I have a hard time not judging people like that “Christian” pastor reprimanding his congregation, saying they don’t love him because they didn’t buy him an incredibly expensive watch (video made the rounds here as well as Reddit). I’m just as baffled by conspiculously-consuming Buddhists. I’m assuming both Jesus and Buddha are rolling their eyes and simultaneously crying at the greed of their followers. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/151 "2022-09-27T14:34:25Z")
Allah and Yahweh are right there with them. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/152 "2022-09-28T00:09:39Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ex-el-cajon-religious-teacher-dustin-steven-sniff-sentenced-to-over-21-years-in-prison-for-sex-crimes/ar-AA12gQOc?cvid=091f2627b9484ad18aadd85f8ab16e3d](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ex-el-cajon-religious-teacher-dustin-steven-sniff-sentenced-to-over-21-years-in-prison-for-sex-crimes/ar-AA12gQOc?cvid=091f2627b9484ad18aadd85f8ab16e3d) > At his sentencing hearing, Sniff said in a statement, “Many times in my life, I showed people the person I aspired to be, but in reality I wasn’t. I also lied and manipulated people to get what I wanted.” A common trait amongst his people. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/153 "2022-09-28T18:59:29Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/churches-defend-clergy-loophole-in-child-sex-abuse-reporting/ar-AA12kvHz?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=e5d91d2d7d594f13bfe98dfeef4514fe](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/churches-defend-clergy-loophole-in-child-sex-abuse-reporting/ar-AA12kvHz?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=e5d91d2d7d594f13bfe98dfeef4514fe) The church protects the abusers, not the abused. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/154 "2022-09-29T18:05:09Z")
This bit would be funny if it wasn’t so horrifying: > [@](#): > > In 2003, as the Catholic clergy sex abuse scandal swept the nation, a bill seeking to rid Maryland of the privilege in child abuse cases evoked a strong rebuke from Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, then the powerful archbishop of the Diocese of Washington, D.C. > > “If this bill were to pass, I shall instruct all priests in the Archdiocese of Washington who serve in Maryland to ignore it,” McCarrick wrote in a Catholic Standard column. “On this issue, I will gladly plead civil disobedience and willingly — if not gladly — go to jail.” > > The bill withered under McCarrick’s attack and never emerged from committee. Similar legislation proposed in 2004 suffered the same fate. Today, the clergy-penitent privilege in Maryland remains intact, even though McCarrick has been defrocked for sex crimes. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/155 "2022-10-06T16:47:12Z")
> **[Alabama pastor indicted on rape, sex abuse charges](https://www.foxnews.com/us/alabama-pastor-indicted-rape-sex-abuse-charges)** > > An Alabama pastor was indicted on Tuesday on rape and sex abuse charges. Two of the charges involved victims between the ages of 12 and 16. > A grand jury indicted Gregory Renee Adams, 64, [on five counts of rape], two counts of sodomy and two counts of sexual abuse by force, according to court documents. Two of the charges involved victims who were between the ages of 12 and 16, according to the indictment. Jail records show that Adams was arrested Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/156 "2022-10-12T20:10:22Z")
> **[USAFA cadet forced to choose between her religion and key training told the...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/10/11/2128285/-USAFA-cadet-forced-to-choose-between-her-religion-and-key-training-told-the-issue-is-being-Jewish)** > > In its latest slap in the face to its Jewish cadets, the ever-religious-diversity-challenged Air Force Academy this year scheduled its “Commandant’s Challenge,” the most important training day of the semester, on October 5, perfectly timed to fall... At this point, I’m all for the Commander-In-Chief ordering the immediate transfer of the entire command structure at the Air Force Academy. Send them to Diego Garcia. Or Thule AFB. Courts-martial need to be convened on the lot of them. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/157 "2022-10-13T10:01:43Z")
I thought this was just going to be a case of thoughtless scheduling but nope - according to the cadet’s parents: > [@](#): > > She was asking a senior USAFA cadet in her chain of command for his advice as to what to do and he told her that the issue was her “being Jewish”. He suggested she at least “make an effort to try Christianity” and invited her to one of their cadet squadron twice-weekly bible studies which he apparently operates with others. > > Our daughter was shocked and immediately told him that she had no interest in changing her Jewish faith. The senior cadet told her in reply that she shouldn’t think of it as “converting away from Judaism” but rather that “Christianity is just enlightened Judaism”! Doesn’t sound very enlightened… ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/158 "2022-10-13T11:20:11Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I thought this was just going to be a case of thoughtless scheduling but nope - according to the cadet’s parents: It’s a floor wax and a dessert topping. Command gave not one thought to any non-Christian religious observance, and the senior cadet is a classic evangelical ass. If he were a non-ass (evangelical or otherwise), he would have said something like “look, it’s bad scheduling but we can’t do anything about that at this point. If I were you I’d do the challenge because of its affect on your standing in the Academy, but you’ll have to make the choice.” And not mention Christianity at all. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/159 "2022-10-13T13:22:51Z")
And pass up the chance to convert a heathen? Are you mad? Supply Side Jesus would be very unhappy with you. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/160 "2022-10-13T13:56:29Z")
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