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Tongues are overrated anyway. It is a verbal evidence the Holy Ghost. Speaking in tongues won't save you any more than Steve Epley wearing a toupee makes him a hippie.

I can understand Jerry Jones jumping to the defense of tongues. I've recently came to the realization the upci is more interested in stuff that shows up on the outside than the change that happens in the heart. If the upci put as much emphasis on repentace as they do about skirts, hair and tongues, oh my, they may crack the 3/4 million constituency mark of tongue talking believers.

Originally Posted by SOUNWORTHY

Was unable to paste cartoon. Myself as well as many other ministers have responded to Washington Post.

Reverend Jones Secretary of United Pentecostal Church International Responds to Cartoon. See below the cartoon.

Talk about borderline blasphemy - this "cartoon" is the epitomy of it. If this had been written about an aspect of the Muslim religion the WashPost writer would have death threats against him. Below the pathetic joke is a letter written by Bro Jones from UPCI headquarters to the Washington Post. Pray for our nation and VOTE MCCAIN-PALIN IN NOVEMBER!
A Message from Jerry Jones:

Dear Sir:

I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the long-denied political bias of the editorial board of the Washington Post confirmed by the highly offensive cartoon by Pat Oliphant published on September 9th. I was shocked to discover the board also holds a religious prejudice as well. To single out those of us who are Pentecostal and revere as well as practice the Scriptural experience of speaking in tongues in such a calculatedly offensive way is disgusting. That it was published by a leading U. S. newspaper is beyond belief. Quite obviously the board's phobia of Governor Palin has caused it to lose its senses as well as its decency. To attack her on the basis of her political positions is certainly within your right, but to attack and ridicule her solely on the basis of her faith, a faith that is practiced by a significant number of Americans is indefensible.

A response by the millions of Pentecostals both in their future choice of reading material as well as at the polls can be expected from this unprovoked attack on a belief than spans many denominations of Christianity.

If such a deliberate disregard of the sincerely held beliefs of a significant segment of our population is fair game in the pursuit of a political agenda, how can the already tattered reputation of the traditional press in our country be rehabilitated? Your abrogation of your responsibility to respect and exhibit at least a minimum sensitivity toward other's beliefs relegates the fabled Washington Post to the sorry company of yellow journalism rags of the past.

I urge the editorial board to issue an immediate apology to the millions offended by this silly and disgusting cartoon.

Sincerely,


Jerry Jones
General Secretary
United Pentecostal Church International