Will God ask something of me now that I either don’t want to do or am afraid to do? Will I be asked to give up some comfort or security that I am clinging to? Do you share any of my fears or hesitations? Do you ever hold back from God because fear wins out over faith, insecurity over trust?Īs we approach Pentecost and celebrate the power of God in our lives and community, it is helpful to remember that mistrust in God is what started humanity down a harmful path. Yet I am recalling this story because as I think about Pentecost, I realize that some of those same fears still exist within me. None of my earlier fears were realized I have always found God to be a giver, not a taker. Thankfully I had an encounter with God six years later and said yes. God was too threatening so in my mind I said “no” to God. It was so unlike a typical Sunday Mass! I was intrigued by speaking in tongues but I was also afraid that if I committed myself to God, something precious - baseball - would be taken from me! I don’t know why I thought this but fear won out and I decided to stop attending the meetings.
#Pastor anti gay flag routine full
The people came from all over the region and were enthusiastic and full of joy in the presence of God.
The meetings were on Monday evenings and there was lots of praise, prayer, and speaking in tongues. Soto claims that pro-LGBT people are promoting unhealthy, anti-family ideas the same way some religious people do in the United States using religious texts to justify their obviously wrong attitudes.In 1972, when I was thirteen years old, I attended Catholic Charismatic meetings with my older sister and brother. The problem with Javier Soto and other people who are promoting hate speech or violence is that they don’t have - or they don’t know how - to use arguments in the discussion. He also assaulted the spokesperson for Homosexual Movement of Integration and Liberation, Rolando Jiménez. Soto burst into the chamber holding a poster for the AVP (Acuerdo de Vida en Pareja) bill, calling it the filth and perversion the lawmakers are offering up. In late 2014, he was ejected from the Chilean House of Deputies because he attacked lawmakers for approving an LGBT-inclusive initiative that would give legal protection to unmarried couples. That’s not the first time that the self-identified pastor offended LGBT community with his anti-gay views. In the conviction, Soto was convicted of a ‘hate crime’ and ‘discrimination,’ as well as confirming he had never been a pastor. Javier Soto is a constant danger for the respect to people’s dignities, besides being deserving of our maximum repudiation for his constant violence, which we do not tolerate… back in November 2015, Javier Soto was convicted of insulting, slandering, offending and assaulting the movement’s leader Rolando Jiménez based on his sexual orientation. The Movimiento de Integracion y Liberacion Homosexual (Movement for Homosexual Integration and Freedom) released a statement denying that he had ever been a pastor. Many people and groups are criticizing Soto’s actions and violence. The host of the show, José Miguel Villouta, was clearly insulted: “I am homosexual, this is my show, and this seems to me a lack of respect and I can’t accept this, so I would ask if you can take that out, to have the conversation we want.” This is the filthy rag I’m going to put here to do the show. This is a rug that I use in the shows I’m doing. Soto called the rainbow cloth he stepped on “a filthy rag.” He said: “I’m cold on my feet, so we’re going to put a rug in. He didn’t realize that the flag was the wrong one - it actually represented the city of Cusco, Peru.
#Pastor anti gay flag routine tv
Javier Soto, self-proclaimed pastor from Chile, insulted LGBT people on TV when he used a rainbow flag and put it under his feet.