Pastor to Microsoft, “Your stock tumbled because you support gays”
WOW. When I read this I could not believe it. Pastor Ken Hutcherson, who I assume is a Microsoft shareholder, spoke at the shareholders meeting yesterday in Redmond had some pretty insightful things to say to Steve Ballmer.Here is the relevant text…
“We came to agreements years ago that Microsoft would take a neutral stand on the homosexual issue. We agreed to that, and you did that. Steve (Ballmer), you brought that back up and you dropped it. And I would like for you guys to look at the facts and I would like for you to look at the statistics. They do not lie. Since that has been broken, our stock has not increased. Our stock has fallen. Google is kickin’ our natural. Yahoo and others. Amazon. Am I saying that’s God? No, I’m not saying it’s God. I am saying that the fact speaks for itself. And I think we should go back to the original and have a stand that’s neutral to a group that is discriminatory, intolerant, and you are giving them millions and millions of dollars to do this.”
Well, at least he’s not saying it’s God (sarcasm)! At any rate, what I find interesting about this, is that it is difficult to claim that God is punishing someone because of their sin. Job did that and got it wrong. Way wrong.
What’s also interesting is the fact that Google and Apple BOTH support gay rights and their stocks are skyrocketing. So, what gives?
You can read more here and get the audio of his address here.
Robert
I love theology and the challenge of making deep teachings non-boring. Let's face it, most of the time we hear theological teaching, it really is boring. Does it really have to be that way? Nope.
