Nigerian Pastor to Visit Australia
By Mal Vickers
I’m not necessarily anti-religious. However, when a religious issue crosses into something so thoroughly against reason and potentially dangerous to human life, I think it’s time to speak out.
Melbourne is scheduled to play host to a Nigerian pastor named Pastor Enoch A. Adeboye who will speak at two evangelical events on 12 & 13 November 2013. The visit to Melbourne is part of a tour of other Australian cities and the Pacific Islands.
A pastor visits Australia; no big deal, you might think. Pastor Adeboye has 98 thousand followers on Twitter, 1.2 million ‘likes’ on Facebook, is head of a church that claims to own 14 thousand branches in 160 countries and owns a private jet.
Now, add some interesting comments about homosexuality and the existence of witches and you have some understanding of why I’m concerned.
This is a skeptic blog; however, I’ll try to work through the evidence and apply some critical thinking.
Here’s a comment attributed to Pastor Adeboye:
“Same-sex marriage is an anathema to the will of God for human beings to be fruitful, replenish and multiply on earth. Anything contrary to that is evil….If this evil is allowed to stay, there will not be newborns again in the world. As the older generation dies, will there be a new generations to succeed it? Even plants and animals have new generations to succeed them.”
How does this claim stack up against the evidence?
One of the premises behind this statement is that View More Nigerian Pastor to Visit Australia