And today in nutbag news…
Pastor Rick Wiles, a noted far-right broadcaster and conspiracy theorist, has announced his latest crackpot hypothesis: that the deadly coronavirus, which has already killed more than 300 people, is God’s plan to cleanse the world of queers. Really.
Wiles, while covering Donald Trump‘s visit to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, made the announcement on January 27 as part of his commentary. What the coronavirus has to do with economics, we’re still not sure.
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“Look at the spiritual rebellion that is in this country… Just vile, disgusting people in this country now, transgendering little children, perverting them,” Wiles ranted, according to Right Wing Watch. He went on to warn listeners to “wise up because there is a Death Angel on the loose right now,” insinuating that the coronavirus is God’s way of killing all the LGBTQ people in the United States. That’s a strange postulation, given that most cases of the coronavirus have occurred in China, and are not linked in any way to sexuality.
Wiles has a long history of conspiracy craziness. He has previously claimed that the “Jewish Mafia” killed John F. Kennedy, that Barack Obama is both a secret Muslim and a demon and that Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain is actually a lizard.
The only thing crazier than Wiles himself is his listenership, who somehow takes this loony seriously. Given his crazed claims, we have to wonder: has anyone considered that Rick Wiles might just suffer from syphilis?
Grrrowler
It’s funny that it never occurs to Wiles and his ilk that something like the coronavirus could be his god’s punishment for christians.
Cam
Then why is the virus mostly hitting countries where gay marriage is illegal?
Man these people are stupid.
How about this, maybe Russia’s crap economy is because God doesn’t like their bigotry.
russellhm
Indeed, Wiles is merely confused. God finds the current batch of Christians—well, evangelicals—to be a lousy bunch of grifters and Trump-lovers and so, he’s sent this virus to reduce their number.
Chrisk
I guess someone had to take Jerry Fallwells nutty place.
ShiningSex
LOL!!! Religious people are idiots
j41005
Is this a joke? I mean, come on now. I’m a Christian (and gay….yes, you can be both), but this guys a loon. It’s “pastors” like him that give Christians a bad name.
JPB
Another attention getter – and a trumper. How much more of an asshole could he be?
Heywood Jablowme
I was unaware that Queen Elizabeth is a lizard so I looked it up. Turns out she’s a SATANIST lizard! Get your facts straight, Queerty!
smartguyd
I demand a cards against humanity expansion called “Gay Disasters” where the black cards are exaggerated weather disasters and societal ending catastrophes with what caused them blank and the white cards should be lgbt people doing mundane things like “A massive earthquake caused California to sink below the pacific ocean when____” -> “A lesbian couple opened a bowling alley together in Pacoima”
frankcar1965
All the Evangelicals need to be rounded up and shot onsite then pushed into mass graves. Children first before they breed.
Condor221
Even innocent boys who could be “fixed” so they can’t reproduce????
loren_1955
One of my favorite quotes from Robert Heinlein about the nature of religion and religionists…’Religion is a solace to many and it is conceivable that some religion, somewhere, is Ultimate Truth. But being religious is often a form of conceit. The faith in which I was brought up assured me that I was better than other people; I was ‘saved’, they were ‘damned’-we were in a state of grace and the rest were ‘heathens.’ … Ignorant louts who seldom bathed and planted corn by the Moon claimed to know the final answers of the Universe. That entitled them to look down on outsiders. Our hymns were loaded with arrogance-self-congratulation on how cozy we were with the Almighty and what a high opinion he had of us, what hell everybody else would catch some Judgement Day. We peddled the only authentic brand..’
dinard38
I absolutely love that quote. It is spot on.
thomphelps
I hear of pastors molesting and abusing children more often than other people. Where is God’s wrath for that? I hear of pastors robbing poor people by promising them blessings for “donations”. Where is God’s wrath? I hear of pastors living in luxury when Jesus lived in poverty. Where is God? Where? I was a Christian as a young man but the evil in organized religion made me embrace God and exit the church.
Henson
Death Angel. Didn’t they tour with Marilyn Manson? Or were they 80’s hair metal? So confused. I’ll check Google.
toddlicious
I hope he gets it.
JanDivine
Pat Robertson rides again !! It would be easy to ignore such remarks but they are too dangerous.
MarkyMarkNipple
Yep everything is gods revenge against us gays, yet we’re still here. Either god is weak or maybe he actually likes us and wants these pick and choose christians to actually follow the scripture.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Who ever is censoring this thread FCUK YOU
Goforit
I feel your pain Plays Well. Queerty’s censorship does seem to be completely random. I posted a comment last week that even I would have censored but it is still up. On the other hand, I have posted comments that followed all the rules as far as I could tell and they were removed. I have noticed that a large percentage of the comments that I edit, get removed. Maybe editing brings unwanted attention. Personally, I wish that Queerty would bring back their old system of allowing we the readers and commenters to “Flag” others posts. At least that would alert them to the posts that the rest of find offensive.
Dymension
They have been peddling the “God is punishing us…” theory about everything from illness, natural disasters, whatever.
Kangol2
This old racist crackpot Drumpf-loving “minister” is projecting his fears and insecurities onto gay people, but he’s not out of the mainstream GOP these days. Whatever perversions he’s up to, he’s assigning it to gay and trans people. (“Transgendering little children”–that one takes the cake!) He’s probably dreaming of a hot no holds barred PnP session with the Death Angel, among others.
CityguyUSA
The only reason these people have a platform is because they are outrageous and media depends on outrageous rather than journalism and probably the only reason Queerty is even in existence.
djmcgamester
Couldn’t agree more. It’s hard to find real news anywhere since you have to sift through the sensationalism to find out the facts,
Hdtex
Seems legit
djmcgamester
Aren’t we also responsible for hurricanes and tsunamis? We’re mighty powerful if we can cause that to happen. Were we also responsible for flooding the world (per that Noah’s Ark story)? I guess our power stretches across the centuries.
I don’t really care what this guy spouts. It’s not like he has a lot of people nodding in fervent agreement. He’s just a crazy old man who thinks he’s more important that he is. Well, other than that we give him a platform HERE.
petej
why isn’t it revenge for communist suppression of human rights?
GayEGO
Wiles must be related to Trump, a wacko who touts his fake news!