Faithful Word Baptist Church Pastor Steven Anderson of Tempe, Arizona, is back spewing his hatred for my community with a vengeance. This time it is Caitlyn Jenner who has reduced him to a puddle of writhing, stinking santorum. Anderson really, really hates LGBTQ people, famously calling on us to all to be stoned to death so he could enjoy an AIDS-free Christmas.
The video is nearly 10 minutes long, but I have transcribed some of his more Christian moments.
This week, this filthy sodomite picture is everywhere. People are showing this transvestite or transgender or whatever this guy is. I’d never even heard of him until this week. Bruce Jenner has basically mutilated his body, apparently, and he’s being praised by our president. Our President Obama is praising him, or praising her—we don’t even know what it is. I think that he used the female pronoun about somebody named Bruce.
This person is just the evangelist of sodomy and filth to the world, and people are like, "Oh, we need to pray for him so that he finds Jesus." I’m going to pray that he dies and goes to Hell.
Listen to me, I hate him with a perfect hatred. I have no love for this Bruce freak. I hope he dies today, I hope he dies and goes to Hell. He’s disgusting, he’s filthy, he’s reprobate.
You evil, filthy animal that’s destroying the morals of our country, die. "Oh, you're hateful." No, I'm loving. I love my children. I love my country. I love the brotherhood. And I hate these filthy sons of Belial. They’re disgusting and sick. 'Oh pray for him. We need to love him and pray for him to find Jesus.' That guy will never find Jesus. The Bible says he’s reprobate, the Bible explains why people would lust after another man when you’re a man. Because they're reprobate. They've been darkened.
I'm going to stand up for what's right. I'm going to pray the imprecatory prayer.
You know, I love Christians. I love unsaved people as long as they're not reprobates. As long as they're not evangelists of sodomy. As long as they're not preachers of damnation and of lies and filth. Of course I love unsaved people. Of course I love the lost. But no, I don't love that kind of filth and perversion. They should be stoned with stones.
What a swell fella. Wouldn't he be delightful at your next cocktail party? You could set him on the buffet right next to the mixed nuts. That bible of his has sure taught this man a lot. It has taught him to pray that anyone who isn't exactly like he is, or believes exactly like he does should die an agonizing death. It has taught him that it is okay to stand before his congregation and pray that God will rip Caitlyn's heart from right out of her chest. Love and compassion are not byproducts of Stephen Anderson's Christianity.
During this entire rant, his congregants can be heard shouting their amens in agreement with this deranged dreamer of violence. It's one thing to hold this madness in one's heart. It's quite another to incite other people to potentially act on this call for bloodshed in the name of God. I hope authorities are watching this lunatic closely.