David Pakman had our old friend Gordon Klingenschmitt on his show along with LGBT activist Wayne Besen and Klingenschmitt declared that he could exorcise the gay out of Besen. And he actually quoted the Spitzer study, which Spitzer has officially retracted.
Jul 06 2012
Klingenschmitt Wants to Exorcise Wayne Besen
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eric
July 6, 2012 at 12:16 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Reminds me a bit of this.
Might be funny to get Mr. K up on stage with someone and let him try it.
busterggi
July 6, 2012 at 12:22 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Perhaps Klingenschmitt would be kind enough to explain why his benevolent god needs a shaman to wave beads & candles around while chanting spells before a demon can be exorcised.
In fact, perhaps he could explain why a benevolent god ever created demons in the first place.
Boggs
July 6, 2012 at 12:23 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
This religious idiocy is so tired – but so was Mr. Besen’s comment about “real religion”.
MikeMa
July 6, 2012 at 12:47 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Gordon keeps reaching ever deeper into the crazy bag. Lying about the study is par for the course but to continue to push anti-gay therapy past the mostly and morally debunked standard therapy all the way to exorcism? Gordo, get a grip. This isn’t the dark ages except maybe where you live.
augustpamplona
July 6, 2012 at 1:03 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
He also brings up the Mark Regnerus paper toward the end.
frog
July 6, 2012 at 1:26 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
How do Klingenschmitt and the many others like him function in the real world? I mean, presumably some number of them drive automobiles. Do they think they run on angels who drink gasoline and fart combustion? Are sneakers more sticky than new shoes because they have more sticky-beasts clinging to the ground for them?
If a fantasy writer concocted the alternate reality these bozos appear to live in, she would be excoriated by critiquers for having shoddy worldbuilding and an ill-thought-out magic system.
d cwilson
July 6, 2012 at 1:50 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
He’s working on bringing a new dark age for us all.
Uncle Glenny
July 6, 2012 at 4:27 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Eric:
The Sadamaruku who is currently being hunted by police for humiliating the Catholic church…
tacitus
July 6, 2012 at 5:54 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Did Klingenschmitt just admit to being an alcoholic? Seems like he did early on in the interview. No problem with that at all, but I wonder if he claims that Jesus has cure him of his destructive behavior and that he can now imbibe alcohol freely with no deleterious effects…
Joey Maloney
July 7, 2012 at 2:32 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
For a surprisingly reasonable fee, I’m willing to undertake an attempt to exorcise the crazy out of Mr. Klingenschmitt.