THE WOUND ON THE CORPUS FROM THE CHURCH'S MISTEACHINGS ABOUT 'GAY'
What to say about Ted Haggard, after forcing myself to watch his Oprah appearance?
I'll try.
One of the purposes of religious scripture, broadly put, is to pass on a wisdom about living life, based on insights that hopefully are not arbitrary, but are drawn, instead, from a wisdom about what "works" and what "doesn't work", in life.
Written on Ted Haggard's interview are the fruits of a lost life, of a way taken so obviously unsuitable to to his fulfillment, because of the teachings of his Christian faith community. He's spent so much looking for a life centered in Christ that was already present, right?
This false errand, centered around his possible homosexuality, might not have transpired, if the flock wasn't so misled, so harshly and carelessly unattended. No gay kid needs to go on that journey, any longer.
There is another path.
... and no one needs be alone on it, the world over.
And that's all I have to say about that.
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Ted Haggard, Redux
