No Longer Quivering
This is a series we run every Thursday. The questions are things that people who may not know much about the Quiverfull movement or even Fundamentalist or Evangelical Christianity ask about the lifestyle. Examining some of the questions involving Quiverfull theology and life can only shine a light on the toxic nature of this lifestyle choice.
It seems that in some ways this year, 2016, has been horrible in one aspect – the deaths of many music icons, writers and actors. Most people have lost someone they enjoyed either the music or the artistry of. This year for me one of the bands I loved as a teenager lost a member to heart failure and another is now in a rehab facility in recovery from a serious stroke. So when this week dished up the deaths of singer George Michael, and actresses (and daughter and mother) Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds I was waiting for the usual thing to happen. It did. The usual hateful suspects used the sad news to bash the deceased and fear monger.
The list of those folks included Faithful Word Baptist church pastor Steven Anderson, Billy Graham’s son Franklin Graham and that pastor so insecure of his masculinity Tim Bayly. I am sure there will be more.
We always expect this kind of behavior from Westboro Baptist because hating everyone is what they do, famous or anonymous, who isn’t a member of their church. Anything to bring them national publicity.
Here’s my question. Why do they feel compelled to always have this hideous knee jerk reaction to celebrity deaths? Why do this? Why not just not comment on these things if you are not affected? What are they hoping to gain besides cementing their reputations as unloving?
If you’re going to say anything at all publicly why not simply say you’re sad and you are thinking about/praying for the family to be comforted in this awful time? Seems more ‘Christ-like’ than immediately trying to use it to scare others into repentance.
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