So Called Religious Camp Gives Conservatives and Religion a Bad Name

I am catholic although not devout, and I truly hate as most do seeing stories like this one below. To the contrary, the left loves it when these "off the mainstream" types of religious zealots go way overboard in their methodology of instilling what they mistakenly perceive to be Christ and his principles to children, wayward youth end even adults alike many times.

In this instance the event in question took place at a religious boot camp for wayward teens.

Texas pastor arrested for dragging girl at camp

U.S. | Reuters: "SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas pastor and a colleague have been charged with tying a 15-year-old girl to a van and dragging her along the ground after she refused to continue an exercise run at a Christian 'boot camp,' police said on Sunday. Charles Flowers, senior pastor at the Faith Outreach Center, an evangelical church in the San Antonio suburb of Schertz, was arrested on Friday along with the camp counselor, Stephanie Bassitt, the Nueces County Sheriff's department said in a statement." continued

There's no logical excuse for this irrational behavior at all, none whatsoever, even at a so called "boot camp". This "pastor" goes even a little further than that if you can believe it. This is what he calls himself by the way on the camp's' website and brochure:

The camp's Web site, where Flowers refers to himself as the "commandant," says it "strives to prepare young men and women to positively impact their world with the principles of Christ as their foundation" and is "designed to build character and instill discipline, integrity, unity, and morality back into their lives."

Pretty unbelievable that in this day anyone religious at all would refer to themselves using a mostly offensive and war related term like commandant. You'll see this article all over the left wing blogs this week I'm sure.

Shame on these people for giving religion and the right a bad name, acting like the Taliban of the west even if this is just one isolated case which I'm sure it isn't.

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