Comments on: Updated: More Pornographic Preaching From The Trinity Cesspit

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:01:34 +0000

I found your remarks on Trinity United Church of Anti-Christ prophetic/prescient. It’s plain for all to see that the Reverend Pfleger and Reverend Wright are nothing more than wolves in sheep clothing. I believe the moniker “communists” serves them well. [Racists even better.–IM]

By: Barbara Grant

Barbara Grant — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:41:07 +0000

As an amateur student of rhetoric, one particularly interested in rhetorical styles from the pulpit, I have never—ever—heard of a Catholic priest delivering a message in the way Father Pfleger did. His style was far more reminiscent of a black Protestant pastor than that of any Catholic priest I know of. It seems to me that Father Pfleger’s rhetorical style was contrived to get his message—that Hillary felt entitled to the Democratic nomination because she is white—across to congregants in this particular church, who are mostly black. I wonder whether he regularly speaks to his own congregation (if he has one) in the same manner.

If so, he is consistent; if not, he is acting. He sounded fake to me. [Oh, I thought that was implicit in what I was saying. A total fake.–IM]

With regard to American pastoral rhetoric: Ilana, it is not just John Winthrop you might study; it is also Jonathan Edwards, whose sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” delivered in the mid-1700s, is an evangelical classic.

By: Joseph Booth

Joseph Booth — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:17:28 +0000

This Michael Pfleger character is a prime example of the sanctimony of the religious Left. I just now realized this is the same guy who threatened the life of the owner of a Chicago-area gun shop last year. What a wonderful representative for the Catholic church! […When the various parishes aren’t harboring illegal aliens.–IM]

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:12:23 +0000

Steve,

My take on the difference is Europe is not burdened by white guilt for the legacy of slavery and is thus far less willing to tolerate shenanigans. Also, blacks do not possess the critical mass of population in Europe to seriously affect elections, demand special benefits, etc.

By: Max

Max — Sat, 31 May 2008 12:38:35 +0000

The scariest part of all this is that the man could still get elected despite his despicable connections. Some polls show him ahead of John McCain in the general election. [Most polls, I imagine.–IM]

By: Steve Stip

Steve Stip — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:47:05 +0000

I am often struck by the difference between American blacks and European blacks. It seems that blacks of nations that did not go to the trouble of a devastating civil war to free them seem better integrated and less bitter. How counterintuitive!

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:28:23 +0000

Very entertaining video. Is that a church or a nuthouse?