Deputy Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis said he will not apologize to church leaders for suggesting they accept money from web shop bosses.
Pastor Lyall Bethel, of Grace Community Church, said Davis should "do himself a big favor and say he misspoke" and "beg for forgiveness".
But the Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador MP said that suggestion is "groundless" and he will not apologize.
"Let me say, every Sunday morning in my church, I confess," Davis told The Guardian.
"I go through my act of penance and I am forgiven. Then there is my act of absolution. Every Sunday, I engage in those two principles that ground my faith."
Davis said Bethel misunderstood him.
"He is not the only one that raised the matter with me," Davis said.
"Other persons of the clergy raised the matter with me. A number of them wrote to me by email because they got that same impression.
"I explained to them why I did that and that I did not, in fact, attack the church.
"It was not for me to attack the church, but just render unto Caesar those things that are Caesar's. Render the things unto God that are God's."
When the Gaming Bill was tabled in the House of Assembly last month, Bethel, along with Bahamas Christian Council President Rev. Dr. Ranford Patterson, Pastor Cedric Moss and Pastor Alfred Stewart sat in the gallery dressed in all black.
The men charged that the government is "killing democracy" by going against the results of the January 28, 2013 gambling referendum. The majority of voters voted against the regulation of the web shop industry.
During his contribution to the bill, Davis said, "I got word while I was in Samoa that members of the Bahamas Christian Council sat in the gallery Wednesday past to highlight the death of democracy in The Bahamas.
"...Having heard this, I wondered whether these same pastors that preach about the wrongs of gambling themselves have accounts or accept benefits from these gentlemen? And I ask myself why should I be asking myself that of our religious leaders? Why would they want to put me or anyone else in a position to be asking these questions?"

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