Mark Driscoll, the controversial pastor of Washington state’s Mars Hill Church, promised a Twitter AMA for 9:15 am PST on Tuesday. It’s no surprise, given his critics, that trolls are using his hashtag, #askPM, to respond.
In response to Driscoll’s announcement, Slog’s Paul Constant provided trolls, and the pastor’s critics, with a few questions they could ask him, including, “Is masturbation really ‘bordering on homosexuality?’ ” and “How much do you hate women?” The questions are a reference to the pastor’s sermons that even spawned the website Driscollcontroversy.com.
Some troll comments included:
Pastor Mark, Are you secretly a self-loathing homosexual? Would you like to talk about it? #AskPM
— Brighton K. (@BrightonK85) November 12, 2013
#askpm Is it unbiblical to believe that aliens could exist? — Richard Rahl (@DominieDirtch) November 11, 2013
When I have my daughter, should I tell her she can do anything or not anything? @pastormark #askpm — Jake Dockter (@jakedockter) November 11, 2013
If God appeared in a dream and asked you to submit to a woman, would you? #AskPM @Pastormark — Jake Dockter (@jakedockter) November 11, 2013
@PastorMark #askpm why are you a jerk to everyone? — Jeffrey Maxin (@jeffreymaxin) November 12, 2013
Trolls weren’t the only responses Driscoll received for his upcoming Twitter AMA. The pastor also received genuine questions about his ministry and even a request for prayers to the Philippines in light of Super Typhoon Haiyan:
@PastorMark #AskPM have you read the @AJWTheology review of “A Call to Resurgence” over at @TGC? I am interested to hear your response.
— Dan Chappell (@danchappell) November 11, 2013
@PastorMark what for you is the true meaning of church, beyond the hype, money, fame etc? #askpm
— Charlotte Norton (@C_S_Norton) November 11, 2013
What has been one of the greater challenges of pastoring a church that has grown the way Mars Hill has? #AskPM
— Jeremy Clark (@themanifestlife) November 12, 2013
Do you think Mark Driscoll will answer the trolls, or will he ignore them and opt to talk with people like Jeremy Clark and Charlotte Norton?
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