On May 30, 2020, Andy Stanely put up a post on social media where he declared that George Floyd, the man killed by Derek Chauvin, to be “This Generation’s Samson.” He writes:
Dear George, I accept.
Perhaps without realizing it, and certainly without choosing it, you are this generation’s Samson. The last chapter of your life was lived with one hand on the pillar of POVERTY and the other on the pillar of INJUSTICE.
The Samson of BIBLICAL FAME positioned himself between the two central pillars of a pagan temple and accomplished MORE in his death than he did while living. Perhaps you will as well.
Your death destroyed our excuses.
Your final breath was an invitation.I accept.
From what we can tell this is a wholly original post and was not a reposted meme. The post garnered both support and derision for the short time it was up. Andy Stanley quickly pulled down the post after a brief period of backlash, but not before it was screenshotted and immortalized.
Similarly, a few satellite campuses posted it to their Facebook pages when it was first uploaded and then quickly deleted it. The admins overseeing the Facebook page of Buckhead Church, one of North Point’s multisites, had it up the longest until it too disappeared.
Stanley is currently embroiled in controversies over his church’s tolerance and celebration of homosexuality.
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