He didn’t say that.
Do you have some reason for going around denying every instance of bigotry that people post about?
If you’d bothered to read the article there’s video of him saying it. Direct quote:
the LGBTQXYZ+3 movement is a demonic-inspired movement. It’s totally demonic.
You’re moving past the sale. It’s a manipulative trick used by salesmen.
Which, by the way, the LGBTQXYZ+3 movement is a demonic-inspired movement. It’s totally demonic.
How would you interpret what he said?
The organizations supporting the movement are acting on reasoning based on philosophy that Christianity has historically identified with the devil. It’s no joke his language is theological, i identify this as a Christian perspective. He’s probably identifying the philosophy since the organizations themselves he labels as demonic. Obviously, he never said the people are demonic, and as fake news this article is, they manipulate to say he’s accusing the homosexuals as being demonic. It’s a fake news tactic.
You’re really splitting hairs to let this guy off the hook. He never mentioned organizations, he said “the movement”. The movement (the organizations too) is made up of people. Is the movement somehow demonic independent of the people in it? Are people advocating for demonic interests not themselves demonic?
I don’t 100% know if this is what mockingmoniker is getting at, but I want to give a word of possible explanation from my own perspective: Christians make a distinction between “sin” and “sinner” - or are at least supposed to. It’s my understanding from being sent to Christian school that people are decieved or led astray or get tempted or whatever, but it’s the actions that are “sinful” or “evil” or “demonic,” not the persons. This is the meaning of “hate the sin but love the sinner” - which is not actually in the bible btw. There are some verses that address this, for example Romans 5:8 or Ezekiel 33:11 in which God says he isn’t happy about the death of wicked people but would rather they turn from their ways and live. Look up that one- it literally says “turn back from your evil ways, for why do you die, Oh house of Israel?” Still relevant. But I’m going off topic.
Of course, Christians are people too, and are generally pretty poor at following their own code of conduct. Also there are plenty of wolves in sheep’s clothing that use theological language for their own worldly goals, and it can be difficult to know which is which. Generally people in worldly positions of power that use theological language are the latter.
