Antigay preacher Steven Anderson is crying foul after becoming the “victim” of a series of ongoing pranks. Anderson, who has gained notoriety for his antigay and anti-Semitic views, is planning a trip to South Africa in September to spread his murderous, bigoted beliefs.
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Just to refresh your memories: One example of Anderson’s dangerous rhetoric came recently when he celebrated the mass shooting in Orlando at Pulse nightclub.
“The good news is that there’s 50 less pedophiles in this world, because, you know, these homosexuals are a bunch of disgusting perverts and pedophiles,” Anderson said, back when the official death count was being reported as 50 people.
He also said the victims of the Paris shooting deserved to die because they “worshiped death.”
A change.org petition to keep him out of South Africa garnered thousands of signatures, as well as the support of Africa’s Department of Home Affairs, but spokesperson Mayihlome Tshwete told City News that they would probably not be able to prevent the pastor from visiting, since his antigay remarks were not made on South African soil.
“If someone from another country says something whilst not in the country we have no power to stop them from coming,” he said.
Now, it seems people are expressing their distaste for Anderson and his church, the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona, with a series of pranks.
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Anderson posted a video to his YouTube channel, saying his church had been the target of “harassment.”
“There are a couple of people who have just made it their full time jobs, seemingly, to harass us, and persecute us, and mess with us any way possible. It’s really just stupid. What kind of pathetic loser spends their time trolling a church?” he asks.
Anderson describes the horrifying “persecution” that these poor bigots are on the receiving end of, like listings on Craigslist claiming they have free stuff to give away, unwanted pizza deliveries and magazine subscriptions.
Can you imagine anything more vicious?
“It’s funny how these people claim to be so loving. But honestly these self-centered jerks have no empathy for other people,” Anderson says.
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Anderson also said he is now emboldened to “want to fight harder.”
“You know what? You guys are gonna be burning in hell, we’re going to be rewarded in heaven for the good works we’re doing,” he enthuses. “Jesus is returning and he’s got his reward with him. And he’s ready to take vengeance and flaming fire on them that know not God and obey not the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
See, doesn’t that sound like a normal, empathetic man and not a jerk?
Watch the video below. Or don’t.
CalderBear
Whatever his hateful views, he is right that this kind of pranking affects innocent people more than the church. There are better ways to get your message across rather than use these childish methods.
SFHandyman
He is really disgusting but the pranking is stupid and hurting innocents. Just stop. Find a way to use your voice that doesn’t use other people’s time and property.
mdbuck67
Agree with the other two posters. There are other ways to deal with people like this.
JessPH
Pizzas? Send him dildos or butt plugs!
Realitycheck
Do we need this kind of psycho to spread more hate in Africa? Send him to Amsterdam for his monthly SM treatment!
DDstar1me
Mr. Anderson, I hope your glass house is shatterproof. Because I’ll tell you this, if your skeletons are somehow exposed, das Yo Ass…lol.
jpcflyer
Does anyone besides me read this guy as a severe closet case ? That amount of hatred always comes from a wellspring of self-loathing.
RevJames
@jpcflyer: That is so obvious it almost goes without saying.
BriBri
Find better things to do like leave a bag of poop in a paper sack and light it on fire, then ring the doorbell. Throw rocks through the windows, flatten his tires. Any number of things can be done that will only inconvenience this douchebag. Find his GRINDR account and out him….you get the idea.
LubbockGayMale
Well, I pity the poor pizza delivery guy who wastes his gas on a prank order, but as for the rest, GOTCHA!
silveroracle
Why would they want to watch his hatred on YouTube. I want to ignore him not give him hits.
SAasianboi
please keep this idiot out of my country….he has no right to preach anywhere except his own home soil. secondly he is the one going to hell, the bible makes it very clear that doing good things does not give you a one way ticket to heaven, its believing in what jesus did on the cross. God doesn’t give a rats ass about how good people think they are that’s so arrogant. our good works before God are puny and insignificant.
Sluggo2007
Sending him pepperoni pizzas is what’s pissing him off. The pepperoni is sliced. He wants a pizza with a “whole” pepperoni.