People unwilling to die for their faith is not the problem.
People willing to kill for their faith is the fucking problem.
Far-right Nashville pastor Kent Christmas told his congregation last Sunday that they should harness the dedication that drives Islamic terrorists to be willing to “die for their beliefs,” Right Wing Watch reported.
During his sermon, Christmas falsely claimed that the state of Vermont recently passed legislation declaring that “it is legal, up to 21 days after full-term birth, that you can kill a baby.”
As Right Wing Watch points out, Christmas is a Trump–loving pastor and conspiracy theorist who has repeatedly declared that God will soon start killing “wicked” elected officials
“I am at war with evil!” Christmas ranted. “This is one preacher that is not backing down. I can tell you this: I will give my life for the Gospel.”
“You want to know why the Muslim faith has had its advancements?” he continued. “It’s because the Muslims were willing to die for their beliefs. They were willing to strap bombs to their chest. They believed in the afterlife.”
“God, give us some men and women that will get a hold of some passion in their spirit and say, ‘I will lay down my life for the Gospel!’” he said. “This thing was born in blood.”
Usually, these guys are way more clever, taking some pains to couch their threats and their calls for violence in language that's more easily construed, and dismissed, as fluffy rhetorical excess (anybody who's trying to sell belief in the Great And Powerful Pixie In The Sky needs to pump up the bombast). This seems to cross a broad bright red line.
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