“he said HE said …”

A corrupt hybrid pastor/politician was jailed for writing that God would smite a certain judge for giving him a probation sentence.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28180948/?gt1=43001

The following article excerpt contains what the pastor actually said.

“The man wrote that after being convicted and sentenced to probation in 2007 for paying people to vote in a Benton Harbor recall election, Edward Pinkney wrote an article in a small Chicago newspaper saying the judge who handled the case could be punished by God with curses, fever and "extreme burning" unless he changed his ways.”

Idiotic turn of events indeed… and decent enough fuel to swell the comedic fire. For starters, why bring God into this? The pastor was disciplined for trying to pay people to vote, and the judge was just doing his job in handing out a suitable sentence. Who the hell does this pastor think he is to volunteer God to threaten the judge for just following orders? This guy’s got some pair of balls.

Last I heard from his secretary, (her exact words…) ‘God’s got enough shit on his plate already, and he stopped taking retaliation requests months ago.’ As a person (according to the Bible) created in God’s image and likeness, I consider this an egregious abuse of religious power on the part of the pastor.

If you take a gander at the pastor’s threat in further detail, he maps out ‘curses, fever, and ‘extreme burning’’ as the exact methods of attack that he would choose, should God agree to his request.

Personally, if I were God, I wouldn’t pay attention to this idiot’s boring suggestions. Fevers are pretty easy to get rid of, and what the hell is ‘extreme burning’ supposed to be? How does he intend it to be any more vindicating than normal combustion techniques?

As for a counterpoint, the pastor shouldn’t have been jailed. Instead, everybody in the courtroom should have just laughed at him for trying to get God to actually leave his office, and come to earth to punish a judge. Everybody knows pastors hate being the ass of jokes, almost as much as they hate leading pious lives…

Another reason jail would be a step too far here, is because the man literally said the judge “could be punished…”. Not would, or will be, but could. What are the conditions involved? Whether or not God’s feeling a bit fatigued at the exact moment the pastor says: “Alright God, time to smite that dickhead of a judge..you up for it?” Maybe God doesn’t have the energy to give the judge a fit of ‘extreme burning’ that particular day. There’s not enough certainty in that statement for my tastes. I could wake up tomorrow with Ron Jeremy’s dick punching away at my ear. Is it possible? Sure. Will it happen? Hopefully not.

The next gripe I have is that the newspaper actually published this. Newspapers are supposed to print accurate truths, not violent petitions issed to deities by derranged clergymen . The paper didn’t even get a quote from God or his publicist Steve, confirming or denying the revenge request.

^^^ Irresponsible journalism at its best.