Haggard admits (practically) everything

[pegkerr]

Here.

He magnanimously asked his congregation to forgive his accuser. That's so very nice of you, pal.

Then they gave him a standing ovation.

What a . . . [considers for a while and then decides that words fail me.]

Comments

[longtimegone]

There are really no words.

[ann-totusek.livejournal.com]

I almost understand that, but it SO misplaces the responsibility. Some of the people in the church will want to "shoot the messenger" and he's clarifying to them that they shouldn't, but it shouldn't be couched in terms of "forgiving" the guy. The only person(s) who would need to "forgive" him is Haggard's wife (and kids too, for the chaos it's assuredly thrown their lives into). 'Course, she's more likely to want to shoot Haggard than the other guy- the other guy had no sure way to know that any commitments were being dishonored at the time.

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

What disgusts me the most about this is the abominable language he's couched his bisexuality (or gayness, or whatever) in. Not unexpected, just disgusting.

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

What kind of Christians are these, one wonders, that they don't remember the model who pointed out the hypocrisy of some religious leaders?

[loup_noir]

I think it says more for the Christian nature of his church than him. What a lovely role model for a pastor, eh? Adultery, falsehoods, I'm not sure what drug use would fall under in the ten commandments.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Um... isn't this the standard Christian thing?

K. [no clue, either way]

[vass]

Why am I thinking of Dick Cheney right now?

[cph9680.livejournal.com]

Damn pathetic. The hypocrites need to be shot, one and all!

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

I have learned that some Christians are not bad (though there are very, very few. Most just shove their religion down your throat with no respect for yours or your lack of one). The ones re not bad are the ones that are quiet about their faith. He's going to turn a lot of people off of Christianity, or at least add to the reasons to avoid mainstream religion, and all I can say is I'm glad it's not *my* karma. He's in for it.