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Preacher who 'cures' cancer by kicking people in the face

An evangelist who kicks followers in the face, claiming his violence will cure them of cancer, is to tour Britain this month – but his proposed visit has provoked outrage and demands that he be banned from entering the country.

I'm not sure what's worst: Being such a jerk or being so gullible?

Tags: Todd Bentley, UK, alternative therapy, cancer, preacher, religion

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Permalink Reply by Joan Denoo on August 7, 2012 at 11:11am

Strappado, you chose an interesting name. Do you have a story to share?

"STRAPPADO

: a punishment or torture in which the subject is hoisted by rope and allowed to fall its full length; also : a machine used to inflict this torture

Origin of STRAPPADO

modification of Italian strappata, literally, sharp pull
First Known Use: 1560

~ Webster

Permalink Reply by Strappado on August 7, 2012 at 12:36pm

This is the reason. I was hooked on this album at the time when I first started using this nick.

As a bonus, the strappado was used by the Inquisition.

Permalink Reply by Joan Denoo on August 8, 2012 at 1:18am

Oh my goodness! this is not a relaxation album! When reading about the Malleus Maleficarum years ago I ran across the term strappado, a method used by Christians to torture confessions of witchcraft.

"Strappado

Designed to dislocate the shoulders of a victim by hoisting him off the ground, allowing him to fall, and stopping the victim suddenly before he or she touched the ground. To add to the torment, weights (varying from 50 to 500 pounds) were tied to the victim's body to dislocate a greater number of bones."

This Discovery Channel video presents a demonstration of the procedure as if they were testing the strength of wood or steel. Just watching it made my skin crawl.

The point I want to make here is that people with religious beliefs used any means necessary to gain their desired ends. They didn't have a moral compass to let them know they were doing evil things to innocent people. Kind of like what is happening in the USA today; creationists and intelligent design proponents use any means to gain their desired ends, including deluding themselves and misinforming gullible adults and innocent children and seem to have no moral compass with which to judge their actions.

Permalink Reply by Regina Goodwin on January 3, 2013 at 2:56pm

Cool pic.

Permalink Reply by Scott McGreal on August 9, 2012 at 3:11am

If I kicked someone in the face because God told me to I'd be locked up in an asylum! Maybe people who believe that getting their teeth kicked out can heal them of cancer should be locked up for their own safety...

Permalink Reply by Fidd Chewley on August 9, 2012 at 4:02am

I have a funny feeling that this guy is an atheist who's just getting off kicking believers in the face and getting thanked for it... I wish I would've thought of it first.

Permalink Reply by Scott McGreal on August 9, 2012 at 4:33am

Or maybe he just likes kicking people in the face and this is the only way he can find those stupid enough to let him.

Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on August 9, 2012 at 5:12am