Heartfelt Apologies

Heartfelt apologies go out to those who were offended by the use of a word Brad Stine spoke at the GODMEN event in Nashville, TN on October 28, 2006. This could be confusing to fans when it is taken out of context, thus obscuring the message it was meant to convey. Below is some clarity based on excerpts from the actual oral presentation, made to a group of adult Christian men.

“As a Christian man, I don’t believe it proper to curse on a regular basis in my life, but I’ve certainly done it before, as have many of you. That is what we are talking about at Godmen today, learning to just be real and honest, and not acting like suddenly I’m not a good Christian.

"…I said “ bull***” on the screen – you saw me say it. I did it on purpose to make a point. Now, it’s ironic, because I’ve made a living for 18 years not using these words in my show. Why? Because, for contextual reasons, I believe the art of comedy is greater if you don’t have to use a curse word. That’s why I don’t do it and never will.

“….The same metaphor was used by Paul, who said ‘Everything I used to have is gone for Jesus. But I count what I had as dung.’ He said ‘dung, caca, poop, it’s the same stinkin’ thing! It’s what happens when nutrients go in and everything that’s good was sucked out of it and all that is left is meaninglessness – that is why Paul also used the word – to show you anything apart from Christ is meaningless. And so we are going to explore that...”

There was no attempt to fact-check the claims about profanity made by the heavily-edited (by someone who was not present at the event) LOS ANGELES TIMES piece. It also seemed to imply that Godmen/Mr. Stine believes we SHOULD curse to be a “real” Christian man which we never said and absolutely do not believe! If you would like a fact-based look into the world of Brad Stine, feel free to read the meticulously verified NEW YORKER story from August of 2004 or THE NEW YORK TIMES piece from September 2005 instead.