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Rick Warren's vision

Saddleback Church's Rick Warren tweeted Thursday that he recently suffered a severe eye injury:

"My eyes were severely burned by a toxic poison.Hospitalized Mon.Excruciating pain.Now home.Pray my sight loss is restored"

Warren was working in his garden Monday when he accidentally wiped the sap of a firestick plant into his eyes. He was hospitalized for those severe burns.

Larry Ross, Rick Warren's spokesman, said that Warren's doctors "expect 100% recovery," and Warren later tweeted that he is "not blind."

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The famous preacher and author of "The Purpose Driven Life" seems to have already found meaning in his torment, tweeting:

"May God use this pain for His Glory. Rom.8:28," quoting the passage in the Bible that says, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

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Elizabeth Tenety

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Maybe God doesn't want him to see the execution of homosexuals in Uganda by his fundamentalist Christian friends.

Why are so many of these right wing conservatives (Warren, Glen Beck) all of a sudden being struck blind??

SHE must be pretty pissed off at how they've been behaving!

Posted by: thebobbob | July 22, 2010 2:13 PM
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Wow! I will pray for him and Kay right now.

Posted by: clawrence12 | July 22, 2010 2:15 PM
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FWIW, last October, Warren distanced himself from Ssempa and the Ugandan legislation "In 2007 we completely severed contact with Mr. Ssempa when we learned that his views and actions were in serious conflict with our own." I also found this from December:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/10/rick-warren-publicly-cond_n_387512.html

Truth Wins Out, a non-profit devoted to fighting anti-gay propaganda, responded positively.

"We applaud Rick Warren for speaking out with force and clarity on a bill that would lead to the persecution and prosecution of gay and lesbian Ugandans," executive director Wayne Besen said. "Today, Warren showed true moral courage and stood for what is right and just. We urge other leading pastors and world leaders to stand up and condemn Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill."

Posted by: clawrence12 | July 22, 2010 2:23 PM
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Interesting. According to his bible, his god has been known to inflict blindness upon false prophets. Also the book of Leviticus states that a blind man is inferior and may not approach their altar of worship. Now Mr. Warren finds himself in the same category as those he and his acolytes enjoy oppressing so much.

Posted by: brianstroup | July 22, 2010 2:35 PM
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I will pray that his sight loss is restored. I think he wanted to ask for prayer that his sight be restored and not its loss, but it must be God's will that he's a moron - or those pain meds must be really good - in any case, God reserves vengeance for himself, and i SEE a little vengeance in evidence here. oooops, did i say that?

Posted by: drxandradcat | July 22, 2010 2:52 PM
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clawrence12, you seem to be extremely credulous to think that this homophobe has changed his colors. No, not a bit. This good for nothing pond scum turned two bit hustler just put that nonsense out for public consumption. He simply cannot afford to look like a total neanderthal (my apologies to any neanderthals still lurking around), now that he has gained some modicum of fame and recognition. So that statement was provided under duress, so it worth nothing whatsoever. While it's not my style to wish anyone ill will (not that it matters) nor am I going to pray for this blight of humanity, even if was convinced of its efficacy. As other commentators have already said may be SHE is fed up with him and exacting some just punishment for this bloviating windbag's atrocities

Posted by: Secular | July 23, 2010 4:33 AM
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In lieu of people saying mumbo-jumbo to an ineffectual sky-daddy, Rick should thank Thor for the modern medicine and technology that allowed his recovery.

Posted by: troygavazzi | July 23, 2010 8:35 AM
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I would swing a dead chicken over my head for him, but I'm too busy doing that for Hutchins right now.

Maybe someone out there could sacrifice a goat for him?

Posted by: PSolus | July 24, 2010 1:50 PM
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Shaaame On Rick Warren; Desmond Tutu etal!

Posted by: probably-no-deity | July 24, 2010 11:34 PM
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Getting irritants in your eyes isn't a message from the Almighty. It's just one of those things that happens when you work outdoors - you sweat, it runs into your eyes, you wipe the sweat away without thinking about what's on your hands.

Posted by: lepidopteryx | July 25, 2010 7:54 AM
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This reads like a verbatim copy of a press release. Did Elizabeth Tenety phone it in from the beach so she could collect her paycheck?

Is there some reason anyone should care about this guy's gardening mishap?

Posted by: watchmaker | July 25, 2010 6:43 PM
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Today's Nationalist Human(s) who think Locally & then Act/react Globally; unlike Us Huumate(s) of S.S. Earth whom Thing Globally & then Act Locally; Must be made to see that

TODAy's Question is [NOt] WHO is a JU, or WHO is a xrstian, or Who is a Ishlami, or Who is a Hindu, or Who is a Buddhisami etc... But Rather

Today's Question is, "WHO WANT'S TO BE A JU?" or "WHO WANT'S TO BE A "CHRISTIAN" or Who wants to be a "Hindu"?, or a wannabe "Buddhist" or an "Islami"an ? etc..
i [WE] Apocalyptic-ON's (NOt Pre-Apocalyptic-OFF's) Sure do-NOt!

Question is:

WHO Wants To Be a JU?" NOt WHO is a JU"?! A JU" is some Shlepp,Putz, Scmuck, like a FundaMENTAList who craves, via Nostalgia, to Live in the Pre-Electric/Atomic JEALOUS-gods-Age via "WAR-BLESSING" Ancestors (a/k/a PISCES-AGE) yet do'nt want to live in [THIS] AQUARiUS-Age (PEACE-BLESSiNG era/TODAY) good for a Good Future-Bound & Space-Forth 26,000 Year Cycle. So anyBODY who craves to be in such STATE? excuse i, is very "SUPERSTUPIDSTiTIOUS". Hence Why anysuch iNDIVidual is a Danger to US, Selves/Others & Future! Note: Religio 'Circumcision' (a form of 'Branding' Ritual) & Religio 'Kosher' (Microbe-Phobia) practices are outdated & now are in fact "PRE-Apocalyptic-Practices/Ritual's.. of "selFiSH People!

Sooo, "WHO is a Xrstian"?, or Who is an Ishmaeli or Who is an ESAUeli or a Gautamite or a Vyasaite etc.. is "Stone-Age Thinking/Believing. Same as

"WHAT is an ABRAhami"? or What is a "VEDICami"?

Note": WE [i] Don't Care Anymore! And best of All; OUR JOB/Work is to make Yo-All see what i [WE] Apocalyptic-ON(s) Know for a "NEW-AGE" of/in "FAiTH-EXCHANGING" in order to Usher in the Real Promise:

APOCALYPTiC-Religion; and No more Pre-Apocalyptic-religion Systems, all Jealously Competing for a Name for their tribal war faring "Signal-Deity", aka some G-D (if Any).Religion(s)!

NO MESSIAH! NO MAHDI! NO BUDDHA! NO KRISHNA! NO MAiTREYA! NO SALASSI! etc..

WE [i] Apocalyptic-On's Don't Have To Wait Anymore; hence i [WE] don't Procrastinate our Lives & Time aWay! And any such Contrary rthinkinmg must End forever, imn U.S. & elswhere os [THIS] Holyi (sin/Curse-Free) Nebulae-Built S.pace-S.hip Earth(s); aka S.S. GEOiD, S.S. GAiA, S.S. TELLUSng something.

Good riddance; Old-Time [JEALOUSY] Religions! Hello New-time [Un-Jealous] Holyi Cosmic Feelers Faith/Religion, beliefs! Note: NEW is Born'th from OLD. Never the Other-Way; so keep that in mind Humans (unlike us Huumate(s)[Automatic Born Citizen's/Denizen's of Holyi S.S. Earth, of many).

Posted by: probably-no-deity | July 26, 2010 8:51 AM
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