http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2006/11/03/hypocrisy-karmas-a-bih/ The daily...weekly...occasional journal by someone you don't know. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2006/11/03/hypocrisy-karmas-a-bih/comment-page-1/#comment-1077 CelticBear Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:27:47 +0000 http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2006/11/03/hypocrisy-karmas-a-bih/#comment-1077 No, you're right, it is sad when you think about all the people who follow this man's preaching and follow him like sheep to be fleeced. I feel bad, to a degree, for those people...but only to a limit. Every individual with an IQ higher than 85 have a responsibility to be critical thinkers. To use reason when deciding what is right and wrong, and not the force of authority. If they choose to give up reason for being a sheep, they are culpable for being fooled and tricked and lied to. I hope that the self-destruction of the leaders of the Moral Majority plants the seeds of doubt and questioning in many people. Unfortunately, too many people have drank the kool-aid and have given their mind over to the cult of personality based on the cult of Jesus. Take a look at the videos linked in my post "<a href="http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2006/10/26/wow-a-must-see-for-everyone/" rel="nofollow">Wow. A Must-See for Everyone!.</a>" and you can see Haggard's followers. See Haggard and his charismatic preaching. See how so many of these people are lost causes. It is indeed very sad. No, you’re right, it is sad when you think about all the people who follow this man’s preaching and follow him like sheep to be fleeced.
I feel bad, to a degree, for those people…but only to a limit. Every individual with an IQ higher than 85 have a responsibility to be critical thinkers. To use reason when deciding what is right and wrong, and not the force of authority. If they choose to give up reason for being a sheep, they are culpable for being fooled and tricked and lied to.
I hope that the self-destruction of the leaders of the Moral Majority plants the seeds of doubt and questioning in many people. Unfortunately, too many people have drank the kool-aid and have given their mind over to the cult of personality based on the cult of Jesus.
Take a look at the videos linked in my post “Wow. A Must-See for Everyone!.” and you can see Haggard’s followers. See Haggard and his charismatic preaching. See how so many of these people are lost causes. It is indeed very sad.

]]> http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2006/11/03/hypocrisy-karmas-a-bih/comment-page-1/#comment-1075 jennifer Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:17:24 +0000 http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2006/11/03/hypocrisy-karmas-a-bih/#comment-1075 I don't revel in it. I think it is incredibly sad to think of all the lives this man has ruined with his vitriol. It would be great if the revelation that their pastor is gay convinced his followers that there's nothing wrong with being gay. Then a great healing could come about. But the reality is that the followers will simply chalk it up to Satan, and the powers of homosexuality must be even greater than imagined if someone as holy as Pastor Ted can fall victim. That, to me, is incredibly sad. I don’t revel in it. I think it is incredibly sad to think of all the lives this man has ruined with his vitriol. It would be great if the revelation that their pastor is gay convinced his followers that there’s nothing wrong with being gay. Then a great healing could come about. But the reality is that the followers will simply chalk it up to Satan, and the powers of homosexuality must be even greater than imagined if someone as holy as Pastor Ted can fall victim. That, to me, is incredibly sad.

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