Friday, November 03, 2006

Merry men of the cloth

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061103/D8L5IM680.html I want to go on record as having disliked this fellow long before his little trysts became public. Earlier, he and a bunch of other buffoons went on a campaign to save the environment for "our children and our Lord," as if somehow God needed climate controlled megachurches to save His creation from global warming. Yet and still, there seems to be something about the role of pastor that makes it more likely (by no means probable) that they will commit sexual indiscretion. Of the churches with which I have been involved, four have had some history of the pastor committing adultery with someone. Not the world's best batting average. At the same time, stories about righteous and kind pastors are not nearly as prevalent as they should be: a whole lot of Christians are not only spreading the Gospel but feeding hungry people, and that without indiscretions.

1 Comments:

Blogger Germanicu$ said...

"...as if somehow God needed climate controlled megachurches to save His creation from global warming."

There you go again, railing against hypocrisy. Can't you be part of the problem AND part of the solution at the same time?

I think Haggard is innocent until proven guilty. It was a good idea for him to step aside, as it would be impossible to do his job under such a cloud of scandal; but anyone calling for his ouster should wait until the evidence is in.

Then again, I'm not entirely sure what he would be "guilty" of. Do church bylaws have explicit prohibitions against gay sex or meth use? The Catholics probably do, but we're not talking about Rome here.

What I also don't get is how there could be an "admission of SOME guilt." He bought the meth but didn't use it? He paid the gay prostitute but didn't fuck him? It just doesn't add up.

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