What a surprise: An evangelical leader takes advantage of a tragic situation to utter foolish and insensitive remarks designed not to comfort the afflicted but rather to remind us why he and his people are right, and the rest of the world is wrong. Not just wrong though. Dead wrong. And not just dead wrong. "On their way to hell if they disagree" wrong.
In this case, the evangelical leader of which I speak is Jerry Newcombe, spokesperson for Truth In Action ministries. In an opinion piece published on OneNewsNow and an interview broadcast by the American Family Association, Jerry made essentially two points:
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