Now that Bishop Eddie Long has apologized to the Anti-Defamation League for a service at his New Birth Missionary Baptist Church that purported to crown him a “king,” one has to wonder what Long was thinking.
With all the scandal that has surrounded him recently, Long and the New Birth leadership should have anticipated that the video of the New Birth service would attract a great deal of attention, including from Jewish groups. Even if Long were unfamiliar with Jewish rituals and traditions, he might have guessed that having himself wrapped up in a Torah scroll might be considered controversial. Long rightly apologized to the Anti-Defamation League for misusing the holy Hebrew scriptures and Jewish rituals in his “coronation” ceremony.
However, Long still owes some apologies.
February 8th, 2012
To this day I don’t understand why no one has forced this man to have a seat. Enough already! As if his fall from ‘grace’ wasn’t enough, instead of fading to black, focusing on family and regrouping his entire life, this individual takes ratchetness to an entirely new level. Save all of the apologies by just not doing such foolishness in the first place.