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Chris Pratt attends an anti-gay church with a history of child molestation and ex-gay therapy
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I believe they are referring to the headline of the article, not this thread specifically
Shitty post
Remember the pepsi ad?
So you are going after Chris Pratt and not the other people for what reason?? Not a good look OP, it's distracted from what is the actual point (these celebrities) are all attending a shitty church; you are just jumping on the "let's look for something to take down Chris Pratt" bandwagon that has propped up recently.
While he and any person that goes to this church are idiots let's not start acting as if the Church is this inclusive institution or something. Growing up here in the north east my church would routinely spew anti lgbt rhetoric and that's in a progressive place so I can only imagine what the Midwest has to offer. Just because liberal cities have inclusive churches it doesn't change the fact that as a whole the religion has fought to keep the lgbt community oppressed.
For sure but that 100% did not stop her brand from growing in 2018
I have attended a couple services of their recent outpost in Boston which meets in a nightclub in the downtown theater district. It is a hell of a production and extremely glitzy, feels like Instagram church and it definitely is not for me. Wasn't aware of their virulent homophobia or the molestation charges tho, certainly wouldn't be going back
yeah, they write and record a lot of extremely popular praise music
You know why.
Feed the twitter outrage machine and the "I totally knew!" from the public. Who don't actually know anything, but just want to tell you they do.
And that's coming from an atheist who will fight corrupt institutes and all the child exploitation within religions.
This isn't really all that much at this point in time, but I'm sure we'll get a large topic of "I knew!" and "I told you so!".
I'd be hesitant to say that his attending necessarily means he supports that aspect. Unfortunately a lot or most of American Christian churches are anti-gay to some extent. It doesn't mean you can't question him on his beliefs, but this isn't damning evidence of his homophobia I wouldn't think.
Well it's called Christianity and not Biblianity for a reason. Not all books are created equal.
Yes, but the article is including the NYC pastor as though Pratt has been worshiping under him and is fully aware of what he preaches.
Probably for the same reason a bunch of people here suddenly dislike Pratt to an extreme degree, and we're seeing an uptick of threads and discussion about him.
No idea what the reason is though.
This is a megachurch...I think the sheer size of the church and its memberships makes specific members difficult to extend specific proxy criticism to.
Now if we see those members doing more specific stuff directly related to that church, that's different.
Now if we see those members doing more specific stuff directly related to that church, that's different.
Pratt's religiousness has always creeped me out. Based on his tweets and posts, I have a feeling that he's not a trustworthy guy.
Unfotunately, being gay is against his religious beliefs if he claims being a born again christian. As I understand it.
Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are.
For those not aware with American Christianity, the more liberal denominations, like the mainline denominations tend to be LGBT affirming. How this is intrepreted varies per liberal denomination. Some affirm gay marriage, but others don't, yet they believe being gay is sinful in and of itself.
The more conservative denominations, tend to not be LGBT affirming. This varies from seeing homosexual acts as sinful, but they are quick to say that so is heterosexual sex outside of marriage as well. They don't see homosexual identity as a sinful, but satisfying the desire. Others, the super conservative one even see homosexual identity as sinful.
Most of the American Megachurches come from conservative roots and denominations. Hillsong is conservative, but follows a more mainstream megachurch model. The NYC pastor, Carl Lentz, was actually criticized from more conservative pastors on previous statements as well.
The more conservative denominations, tend to not be LGBT affirming. This varies from seeing homosexual acts as sinful, but they are quick to say that so is heterosexual sex outside of marriage as well. They don't see homosexual identity as a sinful, but satisfying the desire. Others, the super conservative one even see homosexual identity as sinful.
Most of the American Megachurches come from conservative roots and denominations. Hillsong is conservative, but follows a more mainstream megachurch model. The NYC pastor, Carl Lentz, was actually criticized from more conservative pastors on previous statements as well.
The church my sister got married in had pride colors painted up from floor-to-ceiling on one part of its wall, and when I asked the reverend, he explicitly said it was a statement of support for LGBT+.
When my gf's grandfather passed, their community church we went to for the funeral had postings on the notice board in support of the gay community, decrying toxic masculinity, and various support charities for Syrian refugees.
There are plenty of problems within organized religion, including Christianity, but this is some lazy-ass commentary.
Calm down. Its in the basis of Christianity religion. Most forms.
He did apologized and owned it. But if you take this new church thing and put humpy dumpy with that stupid remark i believe you can see something going on with him.
The company you keep can also be a reflection of your character. "Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are" says the phrase in my town.
I'm a little confused as to why Pratt is being singled out for this lately. I mean, is Selena Gomez anti-gay because she goes to this church?
No one should be going to this church at all. But I find it strange that we seem to be trying to take down Pratt specifically.
No one should be going to this church at all. But I find it strange that we seem to be trying to take down Pratt specifically.
Not that it condones it, but wasn't that pretty common for, you know, a (christian) church?
It's the third thread about taking down Chris Pratt. Clearly it's personal.
Even worse: could be a human being! Now that's some awful history.
Just hope onto the hate train.
It's the third thread about taking down Chris Pratt. Clearly it's personal.
Probably because the movies Pratt stars in are more relevant to the user base of GAF than Selena Gomez
Yep! His social media posts always struck me as ramblings written by someone who is not quite there.
It appears the article is incorrect about the sexual abuse. It isn't the founder of the church, it was the founder's father. The problem with the founder of the church is the amount of effort he took to hide and diminish the abuse.
Brian and Bobbie Houston are the founders of the church.
Brian and Bobbie Houston are the founders of the church.
Oh I know the band, just didn't realize There was a whole damn church lol
I am an athiest, though I was raised Catholic and have a few christian friends. The gist of it is that the Jesus's death was supposed to be the beginning of a new covenant and to ignore that older stuff. Hence why the teachings don't always mesh well. At least, that's how I understand it.
I mean, I wear Nike cloths, a company who supposedly uses sweatshops to make their stuff. Does that make me a bad person?
It literally is half the Bible.
And Jesus says: "Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets; I came not to destroy, but to fulfill."
Jesus upholds the old mosaic law of the old testament. By all means I hope no one follows that... but people read it and obviously do.
Well, see above. Some Christians believe what you say.... but they would not be misinterpreting their scripture to come up with the exact opposite idea.
This isn't just Era though. I mean, this article is about Pratt.
Also, for those who don't know, this dude Lentz from the NY wing of their church is like THE NBA spiritual guru. So I'm a little hesitant to just paint anyone associated with him as automatically a homophobe.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...div-i-walk-on-became-the-nbas-go-to-confidant
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...div-i-walk-on-became-the-nbas-go-to-confidant
Can we get a mod in here to clamp down on this blanket statement bullshit?
As weird, and ironic, as this is going to sound, Faith is kind of a spectrum when you think about it. You got your individuals who believe that everything written in text is the gospel truth, those who just believe in the deities (or idea of) themself while not supportive of the church, and all sorts of other combinations.
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