Preacher at Christian Men's Conference melts down over hot shirtless sword swallower

More about Alex Magala.

Hemant Mehta does a more thorough unpacking.

[quote]Jezebel spirit

Jesus fucking Christ.

He is kind of hot 😛

Ten bucks says you'll find kiddie porn on the Pastor's laptop 😏

They got pissed when they noticed all their handmaids getting horny at the sight of a physically fit guy

[quote] He is kind of hot 😛

Methinks the Pastor do'th protest too much.

I think he was secretly turned on by the hot shirtless guy swallowing a long phallus-shaped object.

Religious perverts see sexual imagery in everything.

That said, having a shirtless sword swallower open up a religious conference IS weird.

Where was this when I was in 8th grade of Catholic School in 1973? The closest I came to seeing something like this was the crowning of the fat 13 year old daughter of the wealthy car dealership owner as the 'May Queen 👑' in honor of the blessed Virgin. She then she fell backwards on her fat ass off the ladder trying to place a 'crown' of lilies on the statue of Mary. Of course all the boys laughed.

Whore of Babylon!

Jezebel!

(Here's 100 bucks. Meet me in the Men's Room backstage after the show.)

He swallows for jesus?

OP, you're right.

There is a lot to unpack.

Why would Pastor John Lindell invite this particular guy Alex Magala to be the opening act of the Conference?

He seems so .... out of place.

Lindell? Is he related to the "My Pillow" dude?

I feel we’re at a point where the minions are displaying open contempt for the rubes. The planners are bitchy and they are in on the joke.

Pastor Lindell looks like he would appreciate a fit, male body.

The swallower is hot

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A Ted Haggard-style scandal would be the least surprising thing ever for Mark Driscoll. There's no way this guy doesn't have major skeletons in the closet. Skeletons with penises.

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Mark Driscoll sounds like a typical mega church crook.

Mars Hill was rife with bullying, plagiarism, and fraud.

The entire operation was a total clusterfuck, and Mark Driscoll was at the center of it.

Beware the jezebel spirit!?!

Russia’s Got Talent?

Ugh.

If they’d rope somebody in who’d play with snakes and speak in tongues they could take the whole damn circus on the road and make bank for Gawd!

I’d operate the cotton candy concession just to see these freaks.

The pastor makes a good point: the sword-swallower is sexy af. Love how he licks the blade before swallowing.

You just know that Pastor John is stepping out on Debbie, with the Sword Swallower.

Nipples To The Day!

[quote] ‘It’s Called Go-Go Dancing’—Alex Magala Addresses Accusation He Is a ‘Stripper’; James River Church Says They Didn’t Know

As Driscoll continued to talk through the applause of many in the audience, James River Church lead pastor and conference host John Lindell yelled at him, “You’re out of line Mark…You’re done.” Driscoll then promptly walked offstage.

Lindell and Driscoll later returned to the stage together and apparently reconciled. Driscoll went on to preach another sermon with Lindell by his side.

But in the days that followed, Lindell has called Driscoll to publicly repent, sharing that Driscoll had attempted to cause “division” within the Lindell family and “disunity in the body of Christ.” During a public rebuke, Lindell told James River Church that Driscoll sent messages to one of Lindell’s sons, calling Magala “completely demonic” and a “gay porn, stripper, Jezebel.”

Lindell called Driscoll to repent for, among other things, “refusing to stop the spread of lies regarding Alex Magala, a Christian brother.”

The Stronger Men’s Conference was Magala’s first event in eight months, as he had been rehabbing a torn bicep.

“I am in tears. Recent events just broke my heart and after watching this, made it melt. I am touched and shocked at the same time. I hope we all find peace,” Magala said in a video posted to Instagram on Thursday (April 19).

This Alex Magala guy is confusing to me.

It sounds like he wants to be religious, but he also wants to be open to lots of different ideas and cultures.

Also, he's only 21 years old.

I don't think this guy understands American Conservative Christians.

Everything is black and white to them. There is no middle ground. It's a "you're either with us, or against us" kind of mentality.

I just worry what he might catch from Midwesterners being all fat, hot, sweaty mens, together, in the dark…beads of sweat in the folds of their necks…

I agree, R17. No heterosexual man would ever become so incensed over a saber-swallowing contortionist - he might think that it is inappropriate during a religious festival or whatever it was that those freaks were celebrating, but he wouldn't make such a scene if he weren't turned on, and conflicted about it.

Also, what is a fundamentalist preacher like this Lindell guy doing hiring a stripper cum sword-swallowing contortionist for a church event? I think that this Mark Driscoll guy isn't the only one who gets tingly feelings all over when he sees young, muscular men.

maybe AI scheduled the event

Carnies have big cocks

He’s Russian, R31.

^ Russians are grumpy, no thanks 😠

Christian men seem to need a lot of conferences to teach them how to be all manly

Nothing says Christian Conference like a sword swallowing shirtless man with abs who used to work in a gay club as a stripper!

[quote] Methinks the Pastor do'th protest too much. I think he was secretly turned on by the hot shirtless guy swallowing a long phallus-shaped object.

The pastor was definitely sexually aroused by what he saw. The pastor who pulled the gay pastor off the stage was probably like "I knew we shouldn't have invited this faggot!"

[quote] Christian men seem to need a lot of conferences to teach them how to be all manly

I love those all-male Christian conferences!

I can't believe that Pastor Lindell would waste the time of the people attending his church with this nonsense.

I thought that church was supposed to be teaching about God and Jesus, and not about personal drama?

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To his credit, Alex evokes the spirits of Jezebel AND Salome AND Yul Brynner's Rameses.

[quote] I love those all-male Christian conferences! —J. Hawley

Josh actually was one of the speakers there last year. I would love to see his reaction to the sword swallower.

This clip gives you an idea of the usual entertainment at this event. Tanks rolling over cars, bucking bronco riding, boxers, fireworks…anything to get that testosterone flowing. No homo, of course!

I'd swallow Alex's sword!

"I am in tears. Recent events just broke my heart and after watching this, made it melt."

MARYA!!!

[quote]Driscoll: 'The first thing to know about your penis is, that despite the way it may see, it is not your penis,' he wrote. 'Ultimately, God created you and it is his penis. You are simply borrowing it for a while. 'While His penis is on loan you must admit that it is sort of just hanging out there very lonely as if it needed a home, sort of like a man wondering the streets looking for a house to live in.

Remember that boys: You are borrowing GOD's penis!!!

Driscoll's penis "home" is down the sword swallower's throat, just like Lindell's.

Somethin' wrong with strippin'?

What straight man refers to another man as a Jezebel? Seriously. May as well called him a hussy or a slut.

These conferences are just mind-boggling to me and why the fuck these men attend them. It's always the same shit - no homo, be the leader and protector of the family, fight for Christians, blah blah.

Why do they need to be told this shit? It really is cult behavior.

They should have invited this guy instead....

"I WILL LOVE A WOMEN!!"

Please. You know he went out right after this and sucked that pastor to completion.

The sword swallower is from a branch of Christianity that is a lot more tradition, custom, and mysticism based than following strict rules. He would have been considered a Christian since birth (not "born again" like American protestants) and his journey regarding salvation and faith and all that would be a lifelong thing, not ruined by a bad act that violates some extremist's interpretation of a Bible verse. The very legalistic, extreme version of Christianity popular in the American South is not the only variety.

And this preacher is obviously a closet case.

I had to google “Jezebel Spirit” when I saw this earlier to see if was really a thing. Who would even come up with something so ridiculous? It’s like something Foghorn Leghorn would say in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, but it’s real. Americans are NUTZ.

Isn't it obvious?

They invited the sword swallower because he has MAGA in his name.

Good catch R52 but looking at the photo I don't think that's the only reason they invited him.

It's not gay if you don't swallow!

Or something.

This whole thing is vexing. I'm pouring another sippy poo then will consider the information at hand.

No gag reflex? Jesus Christ!

Sword Boy would be quite the cocksucker, I guess.

Shorsh shwallow.

Hang on, he was a contestant on "Russia's Got Talent"? Now I have questions.

Was the good pastor sexually aroused by Alex's appearance?

PROSTITUTION WHORE!!!

Josh Hawley has probably swallowed quite a few swords