i was just wondering what everone thought about this situation. i would hate i think that someone like him whould do these kinds of things but then again he is tempted as a sinner just like everyone else is. so maybe it is true. at first he says he never bought or used drugs and now he is saying that hew bought them but didnt use them..what to think?...
2006-11-03 10:33:19 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Just another example of the hypocritical double standards of the church, a situation with two thousand years of examples. And people wonder why I'm an atheist?
2006-11-03 10:44:39 · answer #1 · answered by Lisa E 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is said; It is not what goes into a mans mouth that defiles him but what comes out. He may be telling half truths. It would be my guess that he was getting it for someone else closer to him."GOD IS GOOOOD!!!" but meth is better? I would think that it is time for a new evangelical leader regardless. Maybe they should all have to take a polygraph? I wonder how much money he has saved up to retire rich anyway? He wouldn't be the first or the last. Remember King Solomon? Does this make a prostitute an unlikely hero? Again I say; It is not what goes into a mans mouth that defiles him but what comes out? How are peoples faiths being tested this way? Do they really deserve the truth or to just move on. I'm not impressed either way on this one. He is what he has become in his own mind and legend. A fallen hero of Christianity. Has he become possessed by his own arrogance and power? He is not the first.
2006-11-03 21:43:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is tempted as a human. Using religion and sin to try to make the accusations sound more understandable is wrong. I'll respond by saying this, the more the man opens his mouth the more he makes himself sound guilty. Why do so many people think because a person claims to be Christian, born-again, Evangelical, Catholic, Lutheran or any other denomination, makes them more moral than an atheist, agnostic, or any other regular person?
2006-11-03 18:52:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's good that he's stepped down from his church and from the organization he was leading, but I also hope that Christians will stop the gossip and gawking and that they'll shut up and pray for Haggard to get back in line with God. Check out the blog entry I just posted about Haggard.
2006-11-06 05:43:08 · answer #4 · answered by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oceansoflight777 is correct.
In addition, this is just the tip of the Iceberg.....I am convinced there is a link between Christianity and
Sexual Deviation. We do not hear these stories from the other Major Religions.
2006-11-03 20:07:45 · answer #5 · answered by fatsausage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want my own personal opinion about the guy, I'm tending to think he's a wolf in sheep's clothing, a child of darkness who has infiltrated the church in order to deceive God's people. May He forgive me if I'm wrong, but I really don't think I am. Those guys are always attracted to positions of power, and authority.
2006-11-03 18:50:56 · answer #6 · answered by oceansoflight777 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is in just flat out denial. He's going to make people angry on all sides unless he can prove accuser is lying or he come out clean about his past. He seems to be doing neither of those two.
2006-11-03 21:09:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He has been accused of something that he denies. I will withhold judgment until there is some evidence supporting the allegation.
2006-11-03 18:45:48 · answer #8 · answered by rhymingron 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are lying since more than 2000 years..... why should these double moral standard church guys have stopped doing so????? Because they are Americans????Because they are Evangelicals?????
Think about this.. you and me are nothing but mammals, so lets do it like they do on the discovery channel.......;-))
2006-11-06 09:23:38 · answer #9 · answered by answer-o-mat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't my place to judge him. I wasn't aware of who he was until this news broke. I can only feel compassion for his family at this time.
2006-11-03 20:48:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋