This is taking “praying the psalms” a little too far
February 28th, 2008 | Published in Current Events, Fundamentalism, Religion
Mere Comments reports that “a Southern Baptist pastor in California emailed his congregation encouraging them to engage in imprecatory (curses) prayers directed against (amongst others) Rev. Barry Lynn and his Americans United for the Separation of Church and State.”
For those who don’t know, these curses include delightful things like “O God, break the teeth in their mouths” (Ps. 58:6), “May his days be few” (Ps. 109:8), “May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow,” (Ps. 109:9), and, of course, “Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!” (Ps. 137:9).