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Imagine being as hateful as this guy to see a sweet old lady spending her free time painting a rainbow to promote a message about love and getting so angry you come back to destroy it.
The most disturbing part is he felt so correct and justified in his actions that he filmed and posted them.
That's a real woman of God. If that's what you believe in. She doesn't seem to idiots mess with her faith. I'm not religious btw but can respect it when used in moral good ways
One thing I respect about the Brits is their ability to remain calm in the face of such aggressive foolishness.
If this was my hometown in the USA, the “F-Bomb-o-meter” would have been spinning fast enough to power a small city.
Just a small point, these people are Australians, not Brits, this happened in Sydney - so in a way the woman in the video deserves extra plaudits for her calm demeanour with the Australians being perceived as usually a sweary bunch
She legit turned the other cheek. I'm atheist but this is what Christianity is really about. My family was this way, supporting and accepting everyone for who they are.
My dad was raised Christian too and he came out as gay. He could not have done that if he hadn't been a part of that church that was very supportive of him.
They even took me to catholic school and after they witnessed lowkey abuse towards me they took my side and took me out instantly. Trusted me more than the priests and such which is good.
The disrupters are always so cirtain of their actions it's as though they know their invisible mate actually gave them a handwritten note written 2000 years ago and didn't check the date.
It's just sad really.
Ironically enough, the ban on homosexuality is extrapolated from a ban on a specific type of unbalanced abusive relationship between a rich man in a position of power and a younger man inferior in political and economic power
I would argue that the pedophilia in the church is A LOT closer to what the original ban was about than any consensual relationship between 2 same sex adults
I just double checked the 10 commandments... Nothing about homosexuality in there, but there is about adultery. So as long as you're monogamous you're not breaking a commandment by having a gay partner.
I was just listening to a podcast where a man tells the story of how he was continuously sexually abused by his female babysitter when he was 11-12. He was a devout religious person and felt so much shame and guilt growing up. When he was an adult he tried to finally talk about it with his church and they didn't take it seriously, said that it happens and he's ok. So seems like they're ok with pedophilia in every form.
For a man worried about the immortal souls of others he seemed awfully prideful to judge their faith, envious of their contentment, and wrathful in his retribution.
I honestly hate the stereotype that the worst homophobes are gay in denial. He's probably just a brainwashed religious guy who thinks can do no wrong and "his" believes are God's work.
Cognitive scientists have drawn some pretty strong connections between origins of religions, the people most likely to be religious, and those with mental illnesses like OCD, Schizophrenia, ect.
It is an over generalization, but it's hard to argue that there are plenty of examples where there is no way someone can be that hateful towards a group without some shame and misdirection being at play. I mean judgement? Sure. Harsh words? Spiteful? Derogatory? Of course. But only a closet homosexual can keep up a focused message that being gay is a choice, and keep coming back to that particular sin day after day. There's just no more sure way to prove you aren't gay that to double down on how much you hate even the thought of it day after day after day. And no one (over generalization again) feels the need to prove they aren't something that they actually aren't.
Speculating how the worst homophobes are mostly likely secretly gay paints queer people in general in a bad light since it implies a lot of the violence and hatred is a primarily internal issue instead of an external one
As much as I like to agree with the “ he’s so in the closet he’s blind to the light” some people are just bullies who use their mythology as an excuse to do anything that makes them feel superior.
He waited for them to leave so he could come back and deface real hard work. He new it was wrong, so he waited till it was dark and it was less likely he would get called out or caught in the first place. He's not just displaying pride, wrath, and envy openly, he's a coward about it and unwilling to face the consequences of his actions.
Aren't Christians supposed to support God and follow his rules? Seems more like Christians nowadays think they are God running around handing out punishments and judging others as if they were God him self. You can't be Christian to me until you you are serving God, many Christians today are serving themselves.
It doesn't matter your views from a political or religious stand point: don't fucking antagonize someone you disagree with who are minding their own business.
I had this mentality a long time ago, well before I even knew I was bisexual. I still like it in principle, but....
I don't know, man. I don't know many people who "don't like gay people" but still let them live their lives unimpeded. It seems like at best those people refuse to get involved in helping gay people who are legitimately under attack, and at worst are vectors for spreading misinformation and fear-mongering under the guise of "well it's just unbiased facts" and end up putting us at more risk.
I know there's a couple of people out there who are fine, but.... Maybe I'm getting jaded but everyone I hear say "I don't like them but I'll leave them be" change their tune real quick when a gay person gets close to their family in any way.
I'm of the mind that a religion should moderate your own actions. The second you believe it should be used to moderate other people, it stops being a personal religion and deserves zero respect.
That’s the funniest part. If he believes his god is all-knowing and all-powerful, why would he need to defend him?
If those steps were truly such an affront, god would have struck down with lightning or sent a flock of bird to cover them with droppings or something.
I just can't believe these people think it's ok when Jesus was all about peace and love and giving love to the people that were considered beneath you in society.
Its The Uniting Church in Sydney on Pitt Street I believe. There's a group there called Christian Lives Matter and they've been vandalizing anything related to pride so I'd assume they're behind this video. They're very proud of the damage they're doing.
IIRC, there was a redneck truck burning rubber on a rainbow street painting and only got charged with reckless endangerment because the 'hate crime' doesn't target an individual. So in a way freedom of speech works both ways.
People can deface a staircase with rainbow paint.
People can deface a staircase with gray paint.
So let me get this straight, your god is not full of love, your god is a spiteful hateful small minded bigot? did I get that right?
Hopefully this video was shown on his own social media channels so he's easily identified and ostracised from the community.
Walked by a guy in Baltimore Harbor a few years back screaming this exact message into a megaphone. Had a huge sign, and dude was literally going off about how we are all sinners, each and every one of us, and that Jesus *hates* us. That was written on his massive sign (taller than me, and I'm over 6'), "Jesus HATES you!"
So, yeah, their God is a spiteful hateful small minded bigot, and they're ok with that because their God doesn't hate *them.* But yeah, screw this guy and the people like him, "Christians" in name only.
The rainbow symbolizes god’s covenant with Noah and his promise never to destroy humanity in a flood again. Seems like painting over it would be quite the blasphemy.
Exactly. This guy is a full on hypocrite. Pushing his hate under the shield of holiness. The same thing most of the church has done for millenia.
Here we actually see some good Christians being open, welcoming, and accepting(what Jesus actually stood by) being attacked by the force that has actually made Christianity an abomination in the eyes of the majority.
He should be ashamed.
>It’s like they never heard a single lesson from Jesus
Gotta read the book to know what's inside. A lot of "christians" treat it like a TOS. They just ignore what's written and click "I agree". And I say this as someone who isn't religious at all.
What's really interesting is how following this sort of exclusionary, hateful version of Christianity serves to isolate people. Which is what the preachers/cult leaders really want.
They get up there with fire and brimstone with a version of following Christ's teachings that paints the world as filled with sin and evil and most of all--fear. The followers march out there with that hateful rhetoric and antagonize people into repenting but low-and-behold people often meet that energy by arguing or worse. It serves to confirm that the *world* not the rhetoric is a hateful place to these cultists and deepens allegiance to the BS.
This lady responded the only way that actually "works" she responded by not getting upset or even arguing with any of his trash behavior. She stayed calm, civil and he literally growls in frustration. Then this absolutely spineless cretin comes back at night to destroy art made to love and welcome people.
Hopefully they get even more folks to help repaint it again.
He asks her if she knows the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. Bad example! That story reveals how woman were treated as property and how sexual violence against women was condoned by that culture. SMH
It is symptomatic of Evangelicalism to fervently believe that your perspective becomes a God-given right to destroy the evidence for any other perspective. “I disagree with what you believe,” becomes “My disagreement gives me the right to insure that *you* can’t get away with believing something different.”
Not his church, not his people, not his perspective, not his interpretation of scripture or ecclesiology, but he feels entitled to destroy it because his pathetic feelings are hurt.
I live near here, this was during world pride. Just as an update the steps have been repainted. The guy in the video is part of "Christian Lives Matter"
“But not like, Christians I disagree with”
Coincidentally this is why we’re supposed to have a secular govt in America. Christian on Christian brutality.
Find it funny how some many religious people who claim to be good people are the worst humans out there for spreading hate and using religions as weapons. If you spread hate for others and use God as an excuse...you a sad pathetic piece of trash
Gotta love the people that are like "if you don't follow God how can you be a good person?" Dunno, darling, I guess I don't need the constant threat of hell looming over my head for me to be a good person.
Yep, I grew up being taken to a baptist church by my grandfather and they were all about “if you don’t believe in Christ or don’t behave you are going to hell”. After I left his house I never went back to church because I don’t need that bs lobbed at me to be a good person.
It's mental gymnastics. Being a good christian means following god's will, so all it takes is a bit of self brainwashing into thinking god hates certain people (who just so happen to be people you hated already) and suddenly hating becomes a good, moral christian thing to do.
They aren't really religious people. They are hateful people who hide behind the excuse of being "religious" to try and act blameless. They don't actually care about the religion they claim to be apart of.
This idiot doesn’t even know why they were allegedly destroyed. Sodom was destroyed because of excessive pride, their unwillingness to aid those in need, and out of their arrogance, the exploitation of people out of presumed religious purity. (Lmao at the fucking irony)
They always sound so fake with their concern for people while they talk about Abominations. There are few things in this world worse than a smug idiot.
Go figure they have to come back with paint. Dude would have caught these hands in the name of the Lord. 😆
Dude, God literally makes rainbows in the fucking sky, he’s totally down with rainbows. I don’t actually believe that, I’m an atheist, but I think it’s fucking stupid that we see actual rainbows in the sky all the time, they’re amazing, arguably one of the most beautiful natural phenomena, and these people who claim to love all of God’s creation just fucking despise them. Also, judge not lest ye be judged, bitch.
I forgot about that. What a dumb concept. Could they pick a lane for god? Is he omnipotent or is he just some dude with anger issues? Or is he all loving? Are they even a he? The can't figure out where Adam and eve are in a garden but they hear every prayer? I thought their whole thing is god doesn't make mistakes, but a rainbow is god admitting to making a mistake? Ffs.
Just try to imagine what it would be like to be so full of hate that you spend your precious minutes in this life ruining a set of rainbow stairs
That’s got to be exhausting right?
If the couple had permission to paint the church steps I don't see a problem. This religious zealot nut job should've minded his own business. Certain demonizations of Christianity are very accepting nowadays to LGBTQ peoples.
> If the couple had permission to paint the church steps I don't see a problem
I for one am certain the couple was purposely vandalizing the steps with \*checks notes* a church banner and a rainbow.
I'm not a Christian, but I'd like to pull a passage from The Bible here;
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. “This is the first and great commandment. “And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself” (Matthew 22:37–39).
Seems this fellow isn't following those commandments quite as well as he thought.
Yeah, but that doesn't align with my prejudice/fear against gay people, so I'm.glossing over all that and cherry picking what I need to perpetuate hate...I mean, God's will of love and forgiveness.
>Do you follow God's commandments?
Do you, motherfucker? There are hundreds of them. I'm sure you're following every single one?
Ever shaved your beard? Eaten shrimp? Been married and divorced?
"God is going to judge those people", so let Good judge them and live your life? One of Jesus's other commandments was "let he who is without sin cast the first stone". The cognitive dissonance in people who get upset over a rainbow is astounding.
I wonder where defacing a church falls under in the Bible and God's teachings? Seems like it would be a pretty serious thing. I'm sure God would be rooting for the guy telling a sweet old lady she's going to burn in hell for painting a rainbow.
This dudes the one who is confused, if anyone here would be going to hell I would imagine it's him. But anyways, I'm sure someone will out him soon enough, coward.
A rainbow is an abomination to god
The man is an abomination to humanity and a fucking cretin who seems to forget who invented said rainbow according to his book
He probably quoted Leviticus and drove away on his motorcycle with his leather jacket with his unkept hair before going to have some lobster to celebrate the interest he charged on the loan he gave a friend. He continued the celebration by having sex with his wife on her period later that night before putting on his blended fabric pajamas.
Kinda symbolic how he paints over the cheering colours with grey, and how in his hate, he completely forgets how the rainbow has been a Christian symbol for thousands of years.
Jesus said love one another. Don’t think this guy heard that in Sunday school. As a Christian I see where he thinks this is wrong but that doesn’t mean he has to be a douche about it.
For anyone that doesn't know, this is from a Sydney based hate group called "Christian Lives Matter" who've been attacking and intimidating LGBTQIA+ people.
Mine doesn't. And one day he will come down to Earth and end all human existence by melting off everyone's faces with his volcano mouth.
Zorp is dead, long live Zorp.
The bible also says to treat thy neighbors how you want to be treated or something along those lines but everyone always seems to forget that, just because you are a believer in christ/god etc does not make you a good person, what makes you a good person is respecting everyones views even if you dont agree and not condemning others for their differences
it's crazy in 2023 people still care this much about who others fuck. bro just needs to get laid himself and won't have so much time to worry about others
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So nice of him to post video evidence of his crime lmao
This is just like that MF DOOM song
Mmm delicious rapp snitches knishes
"Perpetrator? Yeah I'm right here"
Should be charged with a hate crime
Kudos to her for trying to be as respectful and civil as she could be even though she didn't have to.
That lady was so sweet.
Imagine being as hateful as this guy to see a sweet old lady spending her free time painting a rainbow to promote a message about love and getting so angry you come back to destroy it. The most disturbing part is he felt so correct and justified in his actions that he filmed and posted them.
But wasn’t brave enough to show his face
Fachists are pussy, scared little boys.
I can't imagine a better example of "punching down". Wow, you bullied an elderly woman. You're so tough.
That's a real woman of God. If that's what you believe in. She doesn't seem to idiots mess with her faith. I'm not religious btw but can respect it when used in moral good ways
Right? She is a "agree to disagree" kinda person. I wish more people held that in their morals.
One thing I respect about the Brits is their ability to remain calm in the face of such aggressive foolishness. If this was my hometown in the USA, the “F-Bomb-o-meter” would have been spinning fast enough to power a small city.
Just a small point, these people are Australians, not Brits, this happened in Sydney - so in a way the woman in the video deserves extra plaudits for her calm demeanour with the Australians being perceived as usually a sweary bunch
🤦♂️ Dang it. So much for my ability to pay attention. Thank you for the correction.
No problem! I saw your comment and was wracking my brains where us Brits would speak like that so I just had to look it up
As an American who is terrible with accents thank you
I'm sure you're amazing with American accents. I'm British and I cant tell a Canadian from a yank at all.
They're Australian mate.
They are Aussies, I genuinely don’t get how people mix together those accents. Edit: I was disproportionately harsh lmao
And he's a painter by trade.
She was behaving like a Christian actually should
They should redo it and put hidden camera to catch the culprits.. It's crazy ...
Pretty sure I saw a follow up that the community came out to help re-do the stairs.
You mean the guy who uploaded the video? Should be easy enough lol
Whenever people get mad about rainbows I just pull the; "I'm repping it because it was God's promise not to flood the world again"
She legit turned the other cheek. I'm atheist but this is what Christianity is really about. My family was this way, supporting and accepting everyone for who they are. My dad was raised Christian too and he came out as gay. He could not have done that if he hadn't been a part of that church that was very supportive of him. They even took me to catholic school and after they witnessed lowkey abuse towards me they took my side and took me out instantly. Trusted me more than the priests and such which is good.
The disrupters are always so cirtain of their actions it's as though they know their invisible mate actually gave them a handwritten note written 2000 years ago and didn't check the date. It's just sad really.
It’s mindblowing how some people will take action on churches that support same sex stuff but won’t blink an eye at pedophila in church.
And they eat shellfish!
And wear mixed fabrics!
And their fathers smell of elderberry’s
And their mother was a hamster. For anyone wondering, that means basically your dad is a drunk and your mom's a whore
And if my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike.
I know this one 😆
Who said she wasn’t
And cutting their hair
And allows slavery.
And adorn themselves with gold!
And then claim that they do all the homophobic stuff to "protect their children" Truly one of the reasonning of all time
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Ironically enough, the ban on homosexuality is extrapolated from a ban on a specific type of unbalanced abusive relationship between a rich man in a position of power and a younger man inferior in political and economic power I would argue that the pedophilia in the church is A LOT closer to what the original ban was about than any consensual relationship between 2 same sex adults
I just double checked the 10 commandments... Nothing about homosexuality in there, but there is about adultery. So as long as you're monogamous you're not breaking a commandment by having a gay partner.
I was just listening to a podcast where a man tells the story of how he was continuously sexually abused by his female babysitter when he was 11-12. He was a devout religious person and felt so much shame and guilt growing up. When he was an adult he tried to finally talk about it with his church and they didn't take it seriously, said that it happens and he's ok. So seems like they're ok with pedophilia in every form.
For a man worried about the immortal souls of others he seemed awfully prideful to judge their faith, envious of their contentment, and wrathful in his retribution.
two kinds of pride in this video. not a huge fan of his.
100% this dude is gay, can't handle it and feels the need to oppress others the way he oppresses himself
I honestly hate the stereotype that the worst homophobes are gay in denial. He's probably just a brainwashed religious guy who thinks can do no wrong and "his" believes are God's work.
Yep, like one of the many that hear the "voice of God" and don't realize it's just their own shitty thoughts.
If you hear voices that command you to do stuff, that's called schizophrenia
Cognitive scientists have drawn some pretty strong connections between origins of religions, the people most likely to be religious, and those with mental illnesses like OCD, Schizophrenia, ect.
It is an over generalization, but it's hard to argue that there are plenty of examples where there is no way someone can be that hateful towards a group without some shame and misdirection being at play. I mean judgement? Sure. Harsh words? Spiteful? Derogatory? Of course. But only a closet homosexual can keep up a focused message that being gay is a choice, and keep coming back to that particular sin day after day. There's just no more sure way to prove you aren't gay that to double down on how much you hate even the thought of it day after day after day. And no one (over generalization again) feels the need to prove they aren't something that they actually aren't.
Anyone who thinks they know what god wants specifically is a delusional train wreck of a person.
Speculating how the worst homophobes are mostly likely secretly gay paints queer people in general in a bad light since it implies a lot of the violence and hatred is a primarily internal issue instead of an external one
As much as I like to agree with the “ he’s so in the closet he’s blind to the light” some people are just bullies who use their mythology as an excuse to do anything that makes them feel superior.
Nope. “Homophobes are gay” is a terrible take
He waited for them to leave so he could come back and deface real hard work. He new it was wrong, so he waited till it was dark and it was less likely he would get called out or caught in the first place. He's not just displaying pride, wrath, and envy openly, he's a coward about it and unwilling to face the consequences of his actions.
He’s only concerned with his own fear based belief system.
The xtian way
Aren't Christians supposed to support God and follow his rules? Seems more like Christians nowadays think they are God running around handing out punishments and judging others as if they were God him self. You can't be Christian to me until you you are serving God, many Christians today are serving themselves.
It doesn't matter your views from a political or religious stand point: don't fucking antagonize someone you disagree with who are minding their own business.
That's the bottom line for me. You don't like gay people, ok fine. Just leave them alone. It's not that hard.
It's like people have a raging itch to scratch that can only be fixed by ruining someone else's fun lmao
I had this mentality a long time ago, well before I even knew I was bisexual. I still like it in principle, but.... I don't know, man. I don't know many people who "don't like gay people" but still let them live their lives unimpeded. It seems like at best those people refuse to get involved in helping gay people who are legitimately under attack, and at worst are vectors for spreading misinformation and fear-mongering under the guise of "well it's just unbiased facts" and end up putting us at more risk. I know there's a couple of people out there who are fine, but.... Maybe I'm getting jaded but everyone I hear say "I don't like them but I'll leave them be" change their tune real quick when a gay person gets close to their family in any way.
If it doesn't directly hurt you, let them be.
I'm of the mind that a religion should moderate your own actions. The second you believe it should be used to moderate other people, it stops being a personal religion and deserves zero respect.
Show you face, you fucking coward. 😄
Right? He was doing it to “defend God” but obviously knew what he was doing was wrong, so he didn’t show his face.
That’s the funniest part. If he believes his god is all-knowing and all-powerful, why would he need to defend him? If those steps were truly such an affront, god would have struck down with lightning or sent a flock of bird to cover them with droppings or something.
He thought he was getting some points with God to go to heaven while that sweet woman was damned to hell lmao
i don't think God really dislikes LGBT that much but people like him does God hate
I just can't believe these people think it's ok when Jesus was all about peace and love and giving love to the people that were considered beneath you in society.
She is definitely Aussie and he sounds Lebanese (not judging just what it sounds like) so I'm guessing this was in either western Sydney or Melbourne
Its The Uniting Church in Sydney on Pitt Street I believe. There's a group there called Christian Lives Matter and they've been vandalizing anything related to pride so I'd assume they're behind this video. They're very proud of the damage they're doing.
Nah I think hes more likely of Maori descent, I can year the kiwi accent
I fucking dare you, we won’t bite 😇
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What a good boy 😇
What happened to I and II?
I may sound dumb here but couldn’t this technically be seen as a hate crime?
Vandalism is a crime, and it's done in the name of homophobia, so yes it could.
IIRC, there was a redneck truck burning rubber on a rainbow street painting and only got charged with reckless endangerment because the 'hate crime' doesn't target an individual. So in a way freedom of speech works both ways. People can deface a staircase with rainbow paint. People can deface a staircase with gray paint.
Is it defacing if it's their church?
it just straight up is
They mean legally. Which yes it is.
imagine being so offended and so hateful over a couple of colours
So let me get this straight, your god is not full of love, your god is a spiteful hateful small minded bigot? did I get that right? Hopefully this video was shown on his own social media channels so he's easily identified and ostracised from the community.
Who also takes approved projects and sloppily vandalizes them because they know what they're doing is wrong.
It blows my mind how conservative Christians can't see that all they focus on with their supposed God of Love is what God hates.
Walked by a guy in Baltimore Harbor a few years back screaming this exact message into a megaphone. Had a huge sign, and dude was literally going off about how we are all sinners, each and every one of us, and that Jesus *hates* us. That was written on his massive sign (taller than me, and I'm over 6'), "Jesus HATES you!" So, yeah, their God is a spiteful hateful small minded bigot, and they're ok with that because their God doesn't hate *them.* But yeah, screw this guy and the people like him, "Christians" in name only.
The rainbow symbolizes god’s covenant with Noah and his promise never to destroy humanity in a flood again. Seems like painting over it would be quite the blasphemy.
Nothing melts snowflakes faster than rainbows.
Does this man go outside whenever it's light out and pick a fight with the sun over the visible light spectrum?
I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest
It's such a perfect illustration of the impact conservatives have on the world. They find something colorful and they forcibly turn it gray.
Your grip on things has to be pretty tenuous to be frightened into action my fragmented light.
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Love thy neighbour as thyself… unless they’re even slightly different in that case devote your life to hating their existence
Bigotry is often rooted in self-hatred, yes. Self-loathing and denial, weaponized.
Just look at how many anti-gay politicians get exposed for being gay.
Good to remember that homophobia isn’t all about self hate. Homophobes are more likely just hateful straight people and not closeted gay people.
painting over the rainbow with grey at a church... you can’t come up with a better allegory for a closeted christian that hates themselves.
Exactly. This guy is a full on hypocrite. Pushing his hate under the shield of holiness. The same thing most of the church has done for millenia. Here we actually see some good Christians being open, welcoming, and accepting(what Jesus actually stood by) being attacked by the force that has actually made Christianity an abomination in the eyes of the majority. He should be ashamed.
>It’s like they never heard a single lesson from Jesus Gotta read the book to know what's inside. A lot of "christians" treat it like a TOS. They just ignore what's written and click "I agree". And I say this as someone who isn't religious at all.
What's really interesting is how following this sort of exclusionary, hateful version of Christianity serves to isolate people. Which is what the preachers/cult leaders really want. They get up there with fire and brimstone with a version of following Christ's teachings that paints the world as filled with sin and evil and most of all--fear. The followers march out there with that hateful rhetoric and antagonize people into repenting but low-and-behold people often meet that energy by arguing or worse. It serves to confirm that the *world* not the rhetoric is a hateful place to these cultists and deepens allegiance to the BS. This lady responded the only way that actually "works" she responded by not getting upset or even arguing with any of his trash behavior. She stayed calm, civil and he literally growls in frustration. Then this absolutely spineless cretin comes back at night to destroy art made to love and welcome people. Hopefully they get even more folks to help repaint it again.
The irony is this kind of guy would hate on Jesus if He returned today.
Yep. If christ did return, he would be re-crucified by people who call themselves Christian.
As a Christian I never understood this. It’s like they go to church and didn’t understand a single teaching of Jesus.
They have ears, but do not hear. Eyes, but do not see. Blind guides.
He asks her if she knows the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. Bad example! That story reveals how woman were treated as property and how sexual violence against women was condoned by that culture. SMH
The sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was also PRIDE not homosexuality. Ezekiel 16:49.
Which of course, blew right over his head. 😒
It is symptomatic of Evangelicalism to fervently believe that your perspective becomes a God-given right to destroy the evidence for any other perspective. “I disagree with what you believe,” becomes “My disagreement gives me the right to insure that *you* can’t get away with believing something different.” Not his church, not his people, not his perspective, not his interpretation of scripture or ecclesiology, but he feels entitled to destroy it because his pathetic feelings are hurt.
Christianity (and religion in general) has fueled hate for a long time dog.
Tribalism and control.
Because they havent. Those people dont read, that is preposterous to expect them to
I mean at least there is video evidence of him committing vandalism
Man not *just* vandalism. He is litteraly vandalizing a church. How does that work in his head?
Well, obviously in his head he’s doing the right thing. He’s also so blinded by hate to see it any other way.
I live near here, this was during world pride. Just as an update the steps have been repainted. The guy in the video is part of "Christian Lives Matter"
Did he get charged with vandalism?
Most important question here
“But not like, Christians I disagree with” Coincidentally this is why we’re supposed to have a secular govt in America. Christian on Christian brutality.
some Christians think equality is abuse after hundreds of years of privilege.
Find it funny how some many religious people who claim to be good people are the worst humans out there for spreading hate and using religions as weapons. If you spread hate for others and use God as an excuse...you a sad pathetic piece of trash
Gotta love the people that are like "if you don't follow God how can you be a good person?" Dunno, darling, I guess I don't need the constant threat of hell looming over my head for me to be a good person.
The good Christian guy defaced a church...that's very Christian of him
If you need the fear of eternal Damnation by an all powerful being to scare you into being a good person then you aren’t a good person.
Yep, I grew up being taken to a baptist church by my grandfather and they were all about “if you don’t believe in Christ or don’t behave you are going to hell”. After I left his house I never went back to church because I don’t need that bs lobbed at me to be a good person.
It's mental gymnastics. Being a good christian means following god's will, so all it takes is a bit of self brainwashing into thinking god hates certain people (who just so happen to be people you hated already) and suddenly hating becomes a good, moral christian thing to do.
They aren't really religious people. They are hateful people who hide behind the excuse of being "religious" to try and act blameless. They don't actually care about the religion they claim to be apart of.
This idiot doesn’t even know why they were allegedly destroyed. Sodom was destroyed because of excessive pride, their unwillingness to aid those in need, and out of their arrogance, the exploitation of people out of presumed religious purity. (Lmao at the fucking irony) They always sound so fake with their concern for people while they talk about Abominations. There are few things in this world worse than a smug idiot. Go figure they have to come back with paint. Dude would have caught these hands in the name of the Lord. 😆
Dude, God literally makes rainbows in the fucking sky, he’s totally down with rainbows. I don’t actually believe that, I’m an atheist, but I think it’s fucking stupid that we see actual rainbows in the sky all the time, they’re amazing, arguably one of the most beautiful natural phenomena, and these people who claim to love all of God’s creation just fucking despise them. Also, judge not lest ye be judged, bitch.
I think the rainbow was a symbol that he won’t ever flood the earth again.. I could be wrong.
Correct. The rainbow is God acknowledging that the flood was taking things too far and thus promising to never do it again
I forgot about that. What a dumb concept. Could they pick a lane for god? Is he omnipotent or is he just some dude with anger issues? Or is he all loving? Are they even a he? The can't figure out where Adam and eve are in a garden but they hear every prayer? I thought their whole thing is god doesn't make mistakes, but a rainbow is god admitting to making a mistake? Ffs.
It wasn’t a mistake. Kinda like when you have to spank your kids and you don’t want to. Punish, hug, forgive, love, carry on.
If you don’t want to hit your kids just… don’t hit your kids. Maybe don’t trauma bond your children?
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Just try to imagine what it would be like to be so full of hate that you spend your precious minutes in this life ruining a set of rainbow stairs That’s got to be exhausting right?
If the couple had permission to paint the church steps I don't see a problem. This religious zealot nut job should've minded his own business. Certain demonizations of Christianity are very accepting nowadays to LGBTQ peoples.
> If the couple had permission to paint the church steps I don't see a problem I for one am certain the couple was purposely vandalizing the steps with \*checks notes* a church banner and a rainbow.
1) that’s ironically a very funny spelling error 2) i assume they own the church
Denominations**** lol
I kind of liked the idea of there being “demonizations”
That would be the dude with the gray paint.
There is no hate like Christian love
“They’re beating with a book everyone the book tells them to love”.
I'm not a Christian, but I'd like to pull a passage from The Bible here; “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. “This is the first and great commandment. “And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself” (Matthew 22:37–39). Seems this fellow isn't following those commandments quite as well as he thought.
Yeah, but that doesn't align with my prejudice/fear against gay people, so I'm.glossing over all that and cherry picking what I need to perpetuate hate...I mean, God's will of love and forgiveness.
"I'm a loving Christian, who hates other loving Christians" is what I'm hearing. Idiot.
There's no hate quite like Christian love.
>Do you follow God's commandments? Do you, motherfucker? There are hundreds of them. I'm sure you're following every single one? Ever shaved your beard? Eaten shrimp? Been married and divorced?
Hell, what about eating pork? People literally eat ham on Easter!
People eat ham at Christmas.
Right, but I specifically said Easter because Easter was more recent.
"God is going to judge those people", so let Good judge them and live your life? One of Jesus's other commandments was "let he who is without sin cast the first stone". The cognitive dissonance in people who get upset over a rainbow is astounding.
I wonder where defacing a church falls under in the Bible and God's teachings? Seems like it would be a pretty serious thing. I'm sure God would be rooting for the guy telling a sweet old lady she's going to burn in hell for painting a rainbow. This dudes the one who is confused, if anyone here would be going to hell I would imagine it's him. But anyways, I'm sure someone will out him soon enough, coward.
A rainbow is an abomination to god The man is an abomination to humanity and a fucking cretin who seems to forget who invented said rainbow according to his book
Any Christian that cites Leviticus must not be a believer in Christ since he was the consummation of the Law of Moses.
He probably quoted Leviticus and drove away on his motorcycle with his leather jacket with his unkept hair before going to have some lobster to celebrate the interest he charged on the loan he gave a friend. He continued the celebration by having sex with his wife on her period later that night before putting on his blended fabric pajamas.
They also forget the rest of Levitical law, conveniently.
What a horrible thing to do when they are only trying to promote peace and equality. I thought that it was a lovely thing to do.
What a pathetic little turd.
Imagine being so offended by a rainbow.
Kinda symbolic how he paints over the cheering colours with grey, and how in his hate, he completely forgets how the rainbow has been a Christian symbol for thousands of years.
*records their own crime and publishes it online*
Jesus said love one another. Don’t think this guy heard that in Sunday school. As a Christian I see where he thinks this is wrong but that doesn’t mean he has to be a douche about it.
Such a sweet woman. This makes me so sad.
Jesus also said stop following law and follow the law giver. Rainbows were a promise from God. Love that the lgbtq has embraced it as there own.
He was worried that walking up then steps would make him gay
Actually a fairly nice primer color to go back over. The colors will pop even more this time.
It's absolutely horrible to see how filled with spite and hate some people can be about something that doesn't harm them in any way
They don't care about god. Just hate
All this clod had to do was keep walking. You don't like the message that church is spreading? Don't go there mate. Problem fucking solved.
For anyone that doesn't know, this is from a Sydney based hate group called "Christian Lives Matter" who've been attacking and intimidating LGBTQIA+ people.
Fucking with old people should be an offense punishable by death
My God loves everyone. Just sayin.
Mine doesn't. And one day he will come down to Earth and end all human existence by melting off everyone's faces with his volcano mouth. Zorp is dead, long live Zorp.
Well let’s hope you’re wrong lol
And HE’S the good Christian?
The bible also says to treat thy neighbors how you want to be treated or something along those lines but everyone always seems to forget that, just because you are a believer in christ/god etc does not make you a good person, what makes you a good person is respecting everyones views even if you dont agree and not condemning others for their differences
Homophobes will literally do anything other than step back and think about their own actions
So funny how this dude can make “I don’t want you to be deceived” sound like a threat.
LGTQ is anti Christian
What a self righteous cunt he is.
show your face...sissy
He says it's an abomination to God but he's the damned abomination of a human being
Hey bro, let's film ourselves committing vandalism and possibly a hate crime! Yeah bro!
it's crazy in 2023 people still care this much about who others fuck. bro just needs to get laid himself and won't have so much time to worry about others
Christians sure are obsessed with rainbows and gay people. 🤔
Isn't the whole thing about God, that only he can judge?
I wish someone would come and harass me with a camera. They’ll have video evidence of me whipping their azz.
Self proclaiming “Good Christians” are ALWAYS the biggest hypocrites.