Gary J Carter
2008-08-07 20:45:58 UTC
Child-Raping, Wife-Murdering Preacher Allowed to Finish Sermon Before
Being Arrested
Posted by PZ Myers, Pharyngula at 4:02 PM on August 1, 2008.
Preacher commits horrible acts, is allowed to finish sermon on love
and redemption before arrest.
You've probably already heard this one, since it is all over the news:
a preacher, Anthony Hopkins, murdered his wife after she caught him
sexually abusing their children and stuffed her in a freezer -- with
the daughter's assistance. This happened four years ago and the
children's mother has been kept in the freezer in this house ever
since. The pastor of Hopkins church reports that "the children were so
respectful, just so easygoing", and that they "loved their dad. They
were very close to him." Right. Rape, murder, and incest are just
ordinary events in the Abrahamic family tree.
What I find disturbing about the whole story is this. Anthony Hopkins
spent all this time since as an itinerant preacher, traveling about
and preaching the 'Holy Word of Jesus Christ'. His daughter moved out
of his house, finally, reported what he'd done to the police, the
police went into his house and opened the freezer, and then they went
off to the church where he was preaching that day. What did they do
then?
Police allowed Hopkins to finish his sermon before arresting him.
Wait, what? Was this an example of Christians showing respect, that
they allowed a child-raping murderer continue mouthing words of love
and redemption in their church, words that clearly meant nothing to
this monstrous psychopath? If only he'd crumbled a cracker, perhaps
then they would have been less tolerant.
PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of
Minnesota, Morris. He runs the science blog, Pharyngula.
Being Arrested
Posted by PZ Myers, Pharyngula at 4:02 PM on August 1, 2008.
Preacher commits horrible acts, is allowed to finish sermon on love
and redemption before arrest.
You've probably already heard this one, since it is all over the news:
a preacher, Anthony Hopkins, murdered his wife after she caught him
sexually abusing their children and stuffed her in a freezer -- with
the daughter's assistance. This happened four years ago and the
children's mother has been kept in the freezer in this house ever
since. The pastor of Hopkins church reports that "the children were so
respectful, just so easygoing", and that they "loved their dad. They
were very close to him." Right. Rape, murder, and incest are just
ordinary events in the Abrahamic family tree.
What I find disturbing about the whole story is this. Anthony Hopkins
spent all this time since as an itinerant preacher, traveling about
and preaching the 'Holy Word of Jesus Christ'. His daughter moved out
of his house, finally, reported what he'd done to the police, the
police went into his house and opened the freezer, and then they went
off to the church where he was preaching that day. What did they do
then?
Police allowed Hopkins to finish his sermon before arresting him.
Wait, what? Was this an example of Christians showing respect, that
they allowed a child-raping murderer continue mouthing words of love
and redemption in their church, words that clearly meant nothing to
this monstrous psychopath? If only he'd crumbled a cracker, perhaps
then they would have been less tolerant.
PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of
Minnesota, Morris. He runs the science blog, Pharyngula.