Have you forgiven Mr.Haggard? If so was it hard for you?
2006-11-06 08:23:51 · 20 answers · asked by Sugar 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have forgiven him. The only thing that makes me angry is not that he's gay, it's that he was in a leadership position, representing our beliefs, and he is a hypocrite. That is terrible because many people on the verge of believing in Christ will think twice, thinking that maybe Christianity is a "grand delusion." That is my concern.
2006-11-06 08:34:10 · answer #1 · answered by . 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and no, it wasn't hard. I understand that he's only human. I just hate the fact that now people are going to think that ALL Christians are like that.
There was an old DC Talk song called "What If I Stumble", and it deals with being a Christian in the spotlight...and how they REALLY can't fall.
Maybe Haggard should have considered that more than he did.
It doesn't really matter if I forgive him or not. GOD needs to forgive him, and he needs to forgive himself.
2006-11-06 16:45:45 · answer #2 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HE should be forgiven. There is only one unforgivable sin and that is Denying Jesus or God the Father. Yes, the bible does , in fact, say that you shall not lay with another man as you do with a woman, but we have had Gay people attend our church, and it is forgivable. HE needs to confess to Jesus, not us. I think that I will forgive him once he confesses to God and stops having Sex with that man.
2006-11-06 18:42:49 · answer #3 · answered by mary94gatlin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, Honey, I don't give the guy a second thought, except when the atheists try to paint us all with the same brush by using him as the yardstick, can you imagine such nonsense? I try to keep my mind on my OWN walk with the Lord, and let HIM deal with all this other mess!
2006-11-06 16:32:19 · answer #4 · answered by lookn2cjc 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christian is too broad. I'm a Christian but I'm not in the same "denomination" as this Haggard guy, so what he does has no effect on me (which is good).
2006-11-06 16:29:37 · answer #5 · answered by Von Kempelen 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have no feeling for Him good or bad.. I guess the people who actually know him can handle forgiveness... Jim
2006-11-06 16:49:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
for what?
I don't get offended by a question or answers here so there is no offense to forgive,
and in this account I have no clue what the reference is too.
2006-11-06 16:29:25 · answer #7 · answered by Noble Angel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What should he be forgiven for? The drug use, Soliciting prostitution, Homosexuality (which i don't even see as a problem), lying, fleecing, or the utter hypocrisy that he surrounds himself with?
2006-11-06 16:27:26 · answer #8 · answered by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Everyone makes mistakes. The higher up you are on a pedestal the harder the crash. No matter who or what.
2006-11-06 16:26:11 · answer #9 · answered by Baby Girl 1214 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never much cared about any of that stuff... Didn't even know who haggard was until this whole scandal came up...
2006-11-06 16:25:43 · answer #10 · answered by Danielle 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋