Can you believe this guy???

A follow up to Losing Faith... again.

So I went off about this former minister who was gay-bashing while "preaching" earlier this month. If you don't click above and go to the article, please at least read this much, right at the end:

"While Swaggart may attack same-sex marriage, his own heterosexual marriage has
faced major obstacles. In 1988 he resigned from his ministry after a sex scandal
involving a prostitute. A few years later California police stopped his car and
found he was driving with a suspected prostitute." from the above linked site.

Do I need to elaborate? The man is a "John" and we are letting him preach the word of God? The article above tells us that he stepped down from the ministry. Prithee, tell me why in the name of all that is holy and righteous, is the man preaching if he stepped down?

Let's draw a parallel:
Ever heard of Rasputin? Okay, I'll give it to you straight: he was a hedonist, a hethen, an individual that believed (and preached... read folks... he was a Monk) that to attain salvation, one must commit terrible sin and then seek forgiveness for it. The greater the sin, the higher the forgiveness.

The only reason he still has power...
Is the same reason we still respect the "reverend" Jesse Jackson (who also had a number of extramarital affairs, one resulting in a child). If we stood up more often for what we believed in, then politicians would get the idea that we are not stupid and lazy and therefore they can do anything they want to because we will not challenge them. If we stood up and let these "preachers" know that it is NOT okay to be a blatant hypocrite ... who knows? Maybe there would be better role models for our children? (or in my case, my babies "gonna-be").

I'm just shaking my head in disgust. First at this alleged preacher-man who is absolutely the lowest of the low. And second, at myself and my fellow man, for not objecting to the behavior of other objectionable people. C'mon... STANDARDS, people!