Pastor promises judgment on Rick Warren, calls for imprecatory prayer

Apparently there is a crazy pastor in California named Wiley Drake. In this article is a story about how he has publicly condemned pastor Rick Warren for his participation in the upcoming inaugural oath of Barak Obama.

This is odd considering that 1) Obama's profession of Christian faith is far more credible than John McCain's ever was 2) Rick Warren is not necessarily endorsing Obama by participating in his oath, but how better to smooth the start of this presidency? what better signal could Obama give to evangelicals than to ask a popular evangelical pastor to swear him in?

And in this article, Mr. Wiley calls for Christians to engage in imprecatory prayer toward the group Americans United for Separation of Church and State. [an imprecatory prayer is one that pleads for God to punish one's enemies.]

So let's see. He's against Americans United, because they want to keep separate church and state, but he does not approve of Rick Warren participating in the inaugural oath. Hm. Contradiction?

Most Americans think the separation of church and state is a good thing, including most Christians. You may not like everything that the Americans United group stands for, but calling for Christians to engage in imprecatory prayer is to reject the teachings of Jesus, who told his followers to love their enemies, pray FOR those who persecute them, bless those who curse them.