Tampa Megachurch Pastor Arrested for Refusing to Halt Services

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
03/30/2020 at 20:29 • Filed to: None

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/pastor-of-tampa-church-that-held-2-large-sunday-services-arrested-jailed/ar-BB11VzzL?OCID=ansmsnnews11

DISCUSSION (34)

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/30/2020 at 20:35

Days from now:

“ 25% of televangelist’s elderly flock dies because everyone involved was real dumb”

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
03/30/2020 at 20:41

I’ll be curious to see where this story goes.

For Sweden > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/30/2020 at 20:41

Imagine doing what cops tell you to do l ma o

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/30/2020 at 20:42

If only he and the flock were guaranteed just to take each other out, they should be encouraged to get together.

As it is, he’ll just gain fame to the freedumb crowd, who vote and vote loudly.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/30/2020 at 20:42

Kinja'd!!!

You don’t need a building and a bunch of people to pray to God. I reckon God hears your prayers just fine from your living room.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > For Sweden
03/30/2020 at 20:44

You don’t have to obey any law you don’t agree with.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail
03/30/2020 at 20:45

We’ve covered that one already, but yes.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn
03/30/2020 at 20:46

They can all go lay down on a train track as far as I care, but as we’ve discussed here already, they’ll take up hospital beds when they get sick and someone who stayed home on Sunday won’t be able to receive care.

DipodomysDeserti > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/30/2020 at 20:47

The Lord has helped us secure our congregation,” the pastor said. “We have brought in 13 machines that basically kill every virus in the place. If someone walks through the door, it kills everything on them. If they sneeze it shoots it down at a 100 mph. It’ll neutralize it in split seconds.

Jesus christ, was this guy blasting people with UV radiation?

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/30/2020 at 20:48

Or they’ll kill a nurse or doctor.

Ash78, voting early and often > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/30/2020 at 20:53

We’ve been live-streaming for a few weeks now, and our Sunday School classes and other small groups have switched to Zoom. It’s all working well as a short term solution.

This is just idiotic...

Only Vespas... > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/30/2020 at 20:56

Wow. I think Werner Herzog was asked if he was afraid of anything. Now this is a guy who has been shot and jumped into a cactus pit to keep his cast working [all little people] on Even Dwarfs Started Small.

He answered: Human stupidity.

ps. The car in the lead ph oto is very possibly one of the ugliest. Cars. Ever.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/30/2020 at 21:01

Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.

- Proverbs 18:1.

IT S IN THE BIBLE !!!! HOW DARE YOU SUGGEST THAT MAN’S LAW, COMMON SENSE, OR YOUR NEWFANGLED “ SCIENCE” OUTWEIGH THE WORD OF THE LORD!!!!!

zipfuel > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/30/2020 at 21:15

Wonder if they’re worried about retention rates, there’s gotta be a noticeable drop off in the casual flock after a hiatus like this. In addition to th e short term reduction in take at the gate.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > DipodomysDeserti
03/30/2020 at 21:15

Instead of coffee hour, they have Kool-Aid hour.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn
03/30/2020 at 21:16

Instead of coffee hour, they have Kool-Aid hour.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Ash78, voting early and often
03/30/2020 at 21:17

I don't want to be in the building when he has his great interview in the sky at the end of this life.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Only Vespas...
03/30/2020 at 21:17

It's a Troll. Norwegian.

Svend > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/30/2020 at 21:19

There are some evangelists on YouTube calling it the rapture and that people should repent and embrace god, yada yada yada.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
03/30/2020 at 21:19

The Bible says it, I believe it, and that settles it.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > zipfuel
03/30/2020 at 21:19

It's the economy, stupid.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Svend
03/30/2020 at 21:20

Yada yada. My own faith talks about the second coming, etc. I ain't claiming this is it, but this might be a little bit what it looks like. Wars rumors of wars famine pestilence...

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > zipfuel
03/30/2020 at 21:47

Can’t keep the slush fund donation box full!

pip bip - choose Corrour > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/30/2020 at 22:15

good.

Urambo Tauro > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/30/2020 at 22:58

I wonder if these people would have followed the stay-at-home order during the 10th plague of Egypt.

DipodomysDeserti > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/30/2020 at 23:41

God told me the cure! Now drink your bleach.

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/31/2020 at 00:40

As a Christian, I’m glad he was arrested. Jesus says that we need to listen to our government officials and that we need to take care of our bodies. I know myself and thousands of others have had no problems doing church online.

Ignorance isn’t being Christian, it’s being stupid.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford
03/31/2020 at 01:04

Same here. So many broken brains out there. We haven't begun remote worship yet but I bet it does soon.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > DipodomysDeserti
03/31/2020 at 08:06

Here’s a story you might find interesting. I think it goes along with some of what you’ve been saying lately:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/30/in-france-controversial-doctor-stirs-coronavirus-debate-156889

DipodomysDeserti > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/31/2020 at 10:48

You’re going to have lots of people looking for a savior right now.

I’m interested to see the data from a hospital. I would never trust a megalomaniac.

Jason Spears > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/31/2020 at 11:13

“The Lord has helped us secure our congregation,” the pastor said. “We have brought in 13 machines that basically kill every virus in the place. If someone walks through the door, it kills everything on them. If they sneeze it shoots it down at a 100 mph. It’ll neutralize it in split-seconds.

“So we have the most sterile building, I don’t know, in all of North America.”

Does this guy want to be President or what?

Jason Spears > zipfuel
03/31/2020 at 11:18

He’s 58. I wonder what is the age distribution of the congregation. If they skew 60+, which why not in a Southern megachurch, he’s guaranteeing a drop in the rolls by what he did.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Jason Spears
03/31/2020 at 12:02

No, merely loved by the man who currently holds that office.

zipfuel > Jason Spears
03/31/2020 at 13:05

Ohhh, what if they all have a portion of their wills bequeathed to the church? Can you say windfall!