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Christian Post June 22 2015

BY VINCENT FUNARO

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'Cornerstone Church Denies Claim That Pastor John Hagee Said Women Who Use God's Name While Having Sex Should Be 'Thrown in Jail'

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This is good to read, as when I originally saw a related article, I thought that it was absolutely ridiculous. 

My thinking was that with all the issues in this fallen and problematic present realm and age, for a Pastor to focus on that issue would be foolish, but it appears to be a work of satire, and not written with kind intentions.

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A Cornerstone Church official denied Monday a report that claims their senior pastor John Hagee said women who shout God's name during sex should be "thrown in jail" in an interview discussing the 10 Commandments.

The San Antonio, Texas-based church told The Christian Post in a telephone interview that the claim is false and that the church's lawyers are looking into the situation. "The story is a complete fabrication. It's written by a website that makes up these kind of stories in an effort to be humorous. All media outlets that have picked up this story have been contacted by John Hagee Ministries and will issue a retraction or face legal action," said an official statement from Cornerstone Church's legal department shared with CP.

Hagee's remarks about women were originally reported in an interview by Newslo.com.

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My audio comments are intentionally brief. Audio posts are more difficult for me to produce properly than written articles, and yet I need the practice. Personally, I think my public speaking is improving but I am the lecturer type and it has its strengths and weaknesses as far as online presentation is concerned.

In my academic career, I, for one, did not appreciate long lectures...and I have four earned academic degrees.

I had originally planned four to five points with this audio post but in the end edited to two because of the retakes and because the more one states the more one has to consider the consequences.

And I already have several anonymous and secret readers.

I am commenting on the need for robust theology, while admitting a blog post is limited media.

Therefore, ironically, a blog post will only be so robust.

I will use text for explanation of the audio.

I am replying with the first point to a sermon that was suggesting that England and Great Britain are in decline primarily because of rejecting Israel (Genesis 12: 3).

This done in favour of Palestine.

I counter with the idea that a rejection of the Biblical God for secularism, overall, would be a more likely reason for a decline.

That being stated, I still hold to what I stated here:

January 31 2015

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'I certainly would prefer that there was less secularization and more Christian influence.'

I reason in the post that Europe was never predominantly Christian, so its ceasing and end in this realm should not be assumed because it is becoming more secular.

In the case of Europe, the United Kingdom and the Western World becoming more secular and turning from God would in my view certainly have negative consequences, but I am not assuming this means the Western World will completely disappear or be obliterated in this present realm.