tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post9174615950617818961..comments2024-03-17T16:21:14.907-05:00Comments on Stop Baptist Predators: Another Eddie Long controversyChrista Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04560409585720043015noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-24266918286016260752011-01-11T03:13:03.538-06:002011-01-11T03:13:03.538-06:00Christa,
I quit reading this magazine many years ...Christa,<br /><br />I quit reading this magazine many years ago. Why? I don't know if you remember the scandal of the National Baptist Convention president (his name escapes me now--and this Convention is made up of African American Baptist Churches) who used convention funds for personal use--including buying stuff for his mistress! This magazine then did an interview/article with said mistress! I figured that I had no business paying money for a magazine whose editor had so little spiritual discernment (much less common sense!) It seems that time has proved me right, unfortunately. I grew up in an NBC church, and I can tell you that a lot of the members leave their brains at the door! That's part of the reason why Darrell Gilyard was able to get away with so much for so long down in Florida--what the pastor does is always right (they think), and they refuse to see or hear anything evil about him. <br /><br />Eddie Long's parishoners are doing him no favors by not holding him accountable for his sins/crimes. Somehow, they believe that his preaching talents will more than make up for his so called "mistakes". They really have no concept of what unrepented sin does to a person--I think the Catholics are right when they assign such actions as "mortal sins that kill the soul". Yes, their preaching gifts may remain intact, but there is no real spritual life within them. And they put others on the path to spiritual destruction as well--destroying the souls of their victims, and worse, telling others by their actions that such behavior is OK. They create a spiritual atmosphere in their churches that produces a multitude of sins--lying, deceit, and anger and manipulation, just to name a few.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-23542733169633951252010-11-29T04:36:21.449-06:002010-11-29T04:36:21.449-06:00I wonder how this same lady who heads the magazine...I wonder how this same lady who heads the magazine would react to Muslims adopting her attitude. What if they were saying, "How dare you tell us how to run our religion and how to deal with our more boisterous members?"<br /><br />I'm really beginning to see it as adult members of a religious body are so in love with their leaders, that they will fail to protect the children in the group. They are not willing to have their comfort shaken up and make the necessary changes.<br /><br />It seems their leaders (and I'm criticizing any religious group-not just this one) can do almost anything-and the FIRST reaction is to talk of unconditional love and forgiveness. They seem to skip over all the harm done to the victims. <br /><br />I don't think they would feel this way if the perpetrator was a leader of a DIFFERENT group. If the leader was a Muslim, or an atheist, or Catholic or whatever, they would see the perp for what he is. But NOT if it's within THEIR group. Then the defenses go up.<br /><br />To vwhitw, who commented above, I'd say-Did Jesus pray for the victims of the moneychangers? Nope. Did he ask the moneychangers to pray for forgiveness? Nope. He threw them out! He basically said, "How dare you defile this place?" <br /><br />I don't think people expect their pastors to be perfect people. But, surely to goodness, they have a right to expect a higher level of behavior than to have a pastor who abuses children or teenagers. Surely we can set the bar at least that high. And if the pastor can't manage that much, we should be outraged!<br /><br />I'd say these perps in the SBC or whatever church hope and pray that the members continue to be sad -instead of mad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-13917516825792732782010-11-28T19:09:25.520-06:002010-11-28T19:09:25.520-06:00The first thing Eddie Long should do is resign fro...The first thing Eddie Long should do is resign from ministry and repent before expecting forgiveness from God or humanity. He is a disgrace.Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-46236357661482018062010-11-28T18:45:11.837-06:002010-11-28T18:45:11.837-06:00I agree that it's a sad day for Pastor Long an...I agree that it's a sad day for Pastor Long and his family. And, although I am not a member of his congregation, it appears (based on what I've seen and heard from both him and his accusers) that the allegations are true. We, as a christian family, can only pray for the ones that have been defiled by this man and ask that the pastor pray for forgiveness!vwhitwnoreply@blogger.com