Ward Churchill is, from what I can see, a pompous goofball and manipulative fraud, but … well … nobody deserves this:
A Christian group departed from its normal mission of protesting abortions to march on the offices of University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill on Tuesday. About 100 members of Operation Save America gathered at CU’s Ketchum Building, where Churchill has a basement office, to pray for his salvation.
“That’s the power of Christ, to set the captive free from the lies and from those demons that are inhabiting Ward,” the Rev. Flip Benham, of Concord, N.C., told the gathering.
Not sure why Christ’s power couldn’t operate just as well if they were simply praying back at their hotel rooms, but that likely wouldn’t have garnered the same media attention.
Yeah…
Saw them on the way to work yesterday with their anti-choice signs on the Cherryvale bridge above 36.
Seems they may have missed the passage about not making a big show out of public prayer. Or their “closet” includes the Cherryvale bridge.
I’m sure they would argue that, by making a public spectacle of it, they were simply seeking to encourage prayerful reflection and inspiration among onlookers — not something as crass as seeking self-aggrandizement or glory or “publicity” (except, of course, for publicity that does the Lord’s work, like they are).
Right?
Oh, right… I didn’t think of that. (sigh…)
Are they doing the Lord’s Work and encouraging prayerful reflection if they make people laugh out loud and think “what a bunch of kooks”? that was my reaction when I read about them in the paper this morning!
I also think it’s kind of appropriate for Churchill since it makes him subject to ridicule, which I think is exactly right for the ridiculous things he’s said and done.
Actually, I think the opposite is true: it actually garners sympathy for Churchill. At least, I feel bad for him for having goofballs like these guys protesting him. Hell, I’d feel sympathy for Osama bin Laden if these guys showed up at his office.
Well … maybe not. One religious nut deserves another.