Rick Warren is A Damn Mess

To all who is reading this,

I woke up to do my usual afternoon routine: I get up, use the bathroom, stretch, check my phone and switch on my laptop to get to Facebook. I'm always on this site because I can get the best news and status lines from my guerrilla gang of friends.

Well, one of them posted a YouTube link entitled "Rachel Maddow--Rick Warren Is Forced to Speak Out Against Uganda." I automatically click on it for two reasons: Uganda and Rick Warren. In case you don't know, I'll tell you about both. For one, homosexuality is outlawed in Uganda to the point of GLBTQ citizens being jailed even on the suspicion of being gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered/queer. Now the Ugandan government is pushing a law that would make being GBLTQ punishable by death and this law is being heavily pushed by Conservative members of the Anglican church in this particular part of the world. Other members of the church, on the other hand, are against this law, stating (rightfully so) that GLBTQs are our brothers and sisters and should be treated as such. This splits the church and the battle rages on.

As for Rick Warren, if you don't know him, then you may know his best seller A Purpose Driven Life. The premise of the book is to help people find their destiny in life through Christianity and he managed--with little effort--to create an entire enterprise through his book: workshops, speaking engagements and a journal for writing assignments and more. In other words, the man's a damn powerhouse in the name of Christ and capitalism.

So what is the connection between Warren and Uganda? He's making things worse down in those parts. Turns out he has a HUGE following in Uganda and has publicly (meaning on camera) stated that homosexuality is wrong and there should be punishment. He stands behind this bill and its proponents and the Christians in Uganda soak up every word. As one Anglican priests states, the Purpose Driven Life is like a second Bible. By him going to Uganda and backing this bill, he places many GLBTQs in eminent danger.

Ok, what are you trying to say, honey? Here's my problem with Rick Warren: he's not being honest with himself nor others. He digs his hands into the Political/Anti-gay cookie jar and does this to not only promote his book but to show every single one of his supporters where he stands on this issue (in fact, he has a Purpose Driven Living workshop he wants to use on the Ugandan people). He was in the country last year promoting the workshop and his homophobia. He's been traveling to Uganda for years, people, preaching everything from having a purpose through Christ to the so-called abstinence programs (because, you know, abstinence works in America so surely it'll work everywhere else, too). At the same time, he denies having ANY involvement in Ugandan politics to the point of staying out of the public eye. He later speaks against the anti-gay bill--but only AFTER he's pressured to say something.

Look, Warren can believe in anything he wants to believe in. It's a free country, a free world (supposedly) and I thank Creator for giving people the idea of the First Amendment. However, I can't stand the fact that he's now trying to lie about his political influence in Uganda (and in America) when he knows FULL WELL that everything he says and does is printed in magazines and captured on film! How stupid can he be to deny his involvement in Uganda when people are coming forward and saying "Yup, he was there denouncing condoms." I don't even know what to say. Oh, yes I do:

Rick Warren is a damn mess.

And that's enough from the Unknown Planet.