tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3480712880513420472.post4970912836989249961..comments2023-05-31T02:48:49.298-07:00Comments on PEARL DIVER: Ted Haggard HBO Special – “The Trials of Ted Haggard.” The Story of an Unlikely Martyr.Pearlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13696307318838041605noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3480712880513420472.post-20874195478862786332009-01-29T19:30:00.000-08:002009-01-29T19:30:00.000-08:00This is a very interesting development. It shows m...This is a very interesting development. It shows more than anything that the "gay agenda" is really a well organized and highly intelligent organization. To be able to get so many people to flip-flop so quickly in order to put on a facade... it's just incredible.Dr Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16960634156005942898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3480712880513420472.post-51232370059168529672009-01-29T14:14:00.000-08:002009-01-29T14:14:00.000-08:00"I am as ready as the next person to forgive a man..."I am as ready as the next person to forgive a man his sins, but for goodness sake let’s call them that."<BR/><BR/>Couldn't agree more. I saw him on Oprah yesterday and she said something like "Your sin wasn't that you did these things but that you lied about it." Are you freakin kidding me?!Then she kept insisting to know why he wouldn't just embrace his homosexuality. <BR/><BR/>Why are we so quick to overlook the fact that this man not only lied to his family and church, but cheated on his wife! Just because it was with men doesn't make it any less horrible for her. There seems to be a double standard in our society. If I cheat on my husband with a man, I'm a horrible person. If I cheat on him with another woman, then poor me - I'm a closet homosexual and deserve sympathy instead of chastisement. Gimme a break.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229440520826873945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3480712880513420472.post-91581377005418828582009-01-29T11:44:00.000-08:002009-01-29T11:44:00.000-08:00By the way, that comment by PersonalFailure can be...By the way, that comment by PersonalFailure can be found <A HREF="http://pearl-diving.blogspot.com/2009/01/homosexualizing-history-and-vilifying.html?showComment=1233244560000#c8926968401336864722" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13696307318838041605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3480712880513420472.post-8853328866513484692009-01-29T11:41:00.000-08:002009-01-29T11:41:00.000-08:00PersonalFailure said:"you happily print tales of p...PersonalFailure said:<BR/><BR/><I>"you happily print tales of people who prayed away the gay, but when someone like haggard makes a splash the other way, that's just completely unacceptable. i don't think taking meth or hiring hookers is a good thing, neither does anyone else. i do feel tremendous sympathy for a man who tried to live a lie and failed- in the national spotlight."</I><BR/><BR/>I would just like to reiterate that Ted Haggard has also "prayed away the gay" and still believes that healing and abandonment of the behavior is the best course for homosexuals even though he has chosen to pursue the lifestyle. Additionally, he still believes that marriage should be between one man and one woman. What I find unacceptable is the hypocritical response from the homosexual community to the remorseful and staunch Evangelical Haggard. Homosexuals are willing to "overlook" his religion-oriented involvement in marriage defense simply because he is homosexual. To no other religious persons do they afford that same tolerance...unless of course, they "come out" too.<BR/><BR/>What I find to be especially sad is that Haggard still has those feelings of remorse and regret and yet, the homosexual community would make a hero out of him and encourage him to embrace his deviant behavior rather than heal it as he knows from experience is the best course.<BR/><BR/>Do I feel for him? Of course. No one with a heart can look on suffering without feeling some sympathy. But it's also <I>because</I> I have a heart that I wish for others to stop minimizing his responsibility with hyper-emotional storytelling, justifying away his actions for him. If he is swept away and held up as a martyr by homosexual compatriots, he will never be able to face his demons and rid himself of his guilt.Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13696307318838041605noreply@blogger.com