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- DeathfireD, on 12/24/2007, -0/+193ya, title is misleading lol. The 80 year old Church leader was actually much younger when he impregnated brothers wife. With that said, I'm amazed how the women believed that by having sex with him, it was her only path to salvation. Are people really this gullible?
- inactive, on 12/24/2007, -1/+124"Are people really this gullible?"
It's a MEGA church, for Jesus. 10,000 members and the pastors are rich. Yes, they are this gullible. A Mega church is like the Wal-Mart of religion. - rotten777, on 12/24/2007, -1/+81"Are people really this gullible?"
Have you heard of Scientology? - Error601, on 12/24/2007, -5/+80Digg gets more like Jerry Springer every day.
- empiric, on 12/24/2007, -2/+65Quick reminder for megachurches:
"You cannot serve both God and money."
--Jesus - likwidfuzion, on 12/24/2007, -3/+52Who's your daddy? Give up? Say Uncle!
- inactive, on 12/24/2007, -1/+46I liked that walmart of religion comment.
- SPL3000, on 12/24/2007, -3/+40My dick is the only path to salvation! Man... that's one hell of a pickup line!
- proseandpromise, on 12/24/2007, -8/+38sigh...mega-churches seem hell-bent on destroying Christianity. They should start partnering with Dawkins.
- lhbaker, on 12/24/2007, -4/+34Schwing!
- WestonP, on 12/24/2007, -0/+30I wouldn't be surprised if there was some element of lust involved on her part too. Either way, the main problem is that with power, corruption follows... If you give religion so much power that you let it override what your own morals tell you is wrong, and what you know is against the principals of the religion, that's a huge opening for evil doers to take advantage of. Contrary to popular belief, Christianity does not require you to just blindly follow the church, with no free thinking or free will of your own.
- purpmint008, on 12/24/2007, -3/+31Family Values!
- sajnikanth, on 12/24/2007, -4/+31From the title, I thought this guy must be one virile Archbishop
- ycohain, on 12/24/2007, -1/+28what a lovely Christmas story!
- iRaachie, on 12/24/2007, -1/+21Misleading title.
"The living proof of that lie is 34-year-old D.E. Paulk, who for years was known publicly as Earl Paulk's nephew."
He wasn't 80 at the time, this was 34 years ago. - lichme5000, on 12/24/2007, -6/+24They're doing a better job than Dawkins ever could. GO GO GO!
- RubberBand, on 12/24/2007, -2/+20Giggidy.
- NoCt1, on 12/24/2007, -14/+32Have you heard of religion?
- Lane, on 12/24/2007, -1/+16Yes they are. This is not an isolated case of religious figures using their "divine" position as a means to an end. It happens with many cult figures including the branch dividians etc... At least he wasn't raping children under a religious guise?
- inactive, on 12/24/2007, -1/+15Well not really - Mega Churches are making a LOT of money on the BUSINESS of Christianity, Richard Dawkins merely describes the abberant behavior behind people who believe in ghosts and goblins and devils and life ever after,etc etc.
- dgh1973, on 12/24/2007, -1/+15He truly is his brother's keeper...
This was also posted here a few weeks back I believe, I remember reading about this before. - inactive, on 12/24/2007, -0/+13Well, it has been the justification of priests and pastors raping little boys for the last few centuries. I've studied a case in Quebec about a group of orphans who sued the church for having been systematically raped, electroshocked, and labeled as insane during the 40's, 50's and early 60's. They are called the Duplessis children.
They labeled the kids as insane to get more government money to run orphenages.
All they got was an "apology".
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-70-1633/disasters_tra ... - jamesb0i, on 12/24/2007, -2/+15seriously, from the title I thought the man was 80 with some giggity left in him
- empiric, on 12/24/2007, -0/+13Matthew 6:24, Luke 16:13.
- aschmack, on 12/24/2007, -1/+13The Pope seems to disagree.
- elfprince13, on 12/24/2007, -0/+11i remember reading about this a couple months ago. sad state of things, talk about betrayal of trust
- thecosmicpope, on 12/24/2007, -4/+15It may be slightly old, but I'm digging this for an awesome headline, and the use of the term "sex scandal of biblical dimensions".
- inactive, on 12/24/2007, -1/+11Old for you, new for me.
Why do people keep posting "FW:FW:FW:etcetcetc" and "This is old", "OLD!", etc etc. Its annoying! Knock it off! - krnldmp, on 12/24/2007, -0/+9Only if diggers fail their duty to bury.
- the6thReplicant, on 12/24/2007, -0/+8well to extend the analogy - it's like if you cheated at golf to get a higher score than your opponent while spending every last breath telling your opponent that if he only followed his way of doing golf he wouldn't be losing
- r0b1, on 12/24/2007, -6/+14Old. This article came out over a month ago.
- gthiruva, on 12/24/2007, -1/+9Wow! A megachurch leader that's not a homophobic, closeted homosexual.
- swordedge, on 12/24/2007, -1/+8Rasputin believed in sex and religion going together too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasputin
- Roblodocus, on 12/24/2007, -1/+8Golf doesnt advocate death to homosexuals and non-believers, amongst other things.
- super_spyder, on 12/24/2007, -4/+11his brothers wife
- cusoman, on 12/24/2007, -8/+15Notice that it's always the southern churches...
- BossKey, on 12/24/2007, -1/+8That's why it's used so often. Seriously. By pastors like the one in the article.
- ubergeek09, on 12/24/2007, -0/+7Not all Christians are hypocrites, of course there are a good majority of them that are hypocrites. But not all of them.
- BlacklabelSAR, on 12/24/2007, -0/+7And still you don't get it. Let me break it down for you,...solid. Christ said "Judge Not" yet most of his little buddies go around judging people. That's hypocrisy. If you judge and hate people, you have no business calling yourself a "Christian".
- renagadex2, on 12/24/2007, -2/+8Disgusting
- GreatSunJester, on 12/24/2007, -0/+6Yes, people are. Many people are desperately seeking anything to either validate life (it will get better after) or excuse it (it is OK to do what I am doing). The problem is there will always be someone there to step in and "lead".
- inactive, on 12/24/2007, -0/+6no, but his seed did!
- proseandpromise, on 12/24/2007, -6/+12I don't think the destruction of Christianity is a good thing, btw - I didn't intend to present that notion.
- chodaboy, on 12/24/2007, -1/+7Meh, a few minutes in the confessional and it's all good again...
- Gavagai80, on 12/24/2007, -1/+7"It was a necessary evil to bring us back to a God-consciousness," said the younger Paulk. Nothing is wrong if you do it for god.
- df12, on 12/24/2007, -1/+7Billions
- sanman, on 12/24/2007, -1/+6It's not adultery! It's... it's... umm... immaculate conception! Yeah, that's the ticket!
(Good thing Maury wasn't around during Biblical times) - BlacklabelSAR, on 12/24/2007, -0/+5In psychology, hypocritical behavior is closely related to the fundamental attribution error: individuals are more likely to explain their own actions by their environment, yet they attribute the actions of others to 'innate characteristics', thus leading towards judging others while justifying ones' own actions. [7]
Also, some people genuinely fail to recognize that they have character faults which they condemn in others. This is called Psychological projection. This is Self-deception rather than deliberate deception of other people. In other words, "Psychological hypocrisy" is usually interpreted by psychological theorists to be an unconscious defense mechanism rather than a conscious act of deception, as in the more classic connotation of hypocrisy. People understand vices which they are struggling to overcome or have overcome in the past. Efforts to get other people to overcome such vices may be sincere. There may be an element of hypocrisy as well if the actors do not readily admit to themselves how far they are or have been subject to these vices. - Ladymongoose, on 12/24/2007, -3/+8Gee, another church scandal? Are these ever going to end? I hope not--I love it when those who rail the loudest against vice end up being the biggest perpetrators of it.
- Daniel591992, on 12/24/2007, -0/+5Trillions! wait...
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