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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-09-06 09:21 AM
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Disgraced Minister Begins 'Restoration'
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/09/national/main2165163.shtml
(AP) There will be prayer, and perhaps the laying on of hands. There will be counseling and a confession. And there will be advice, confrontation and rebuke from "godly men" appointed to oversee the spiritual "restoration" of the Rev. Ted Haggard.

After tumbling from the pinnacle of the American evangelical movement amid allegations he snorted meth and cavorted with a male prostitute, Haggard has agreed to a rehabilitation process that could last three to five years.

"I see success approximately 50 percent of the time," said H.B. London, vice president for church and clergy at Focus on the Family, the conservative Christian ministry in Colorado Springs. "Guys just wear out and they can no longer subject themselves to the process."

Those who fail "end up selling cars or shoes or something, and being miserable and angry the rest of their lives," London said.



WTH~!!~ Did I just see a "man of God" just belittle a MILLION auto salemen & women around the world by saying that those who FAIL their restoration project are so angry & pissy they go and sell SHOES & CARS???

These frauds are a bunch of closet queens. I mean really, that Haggard acts like he belongs in Too Wong Foo when you hear him talk. He's so effiminate. Maybe that's what these guys' problem is, they are the gay guys who really enjoy cross dressing, also. I can see all those queens in one room, Hannity, the focus on the family crew, Bush, Phelps, all dancing around and giggling. I'm not far off the truth, because they keep falling out of the closet every time another gay prostitute gets upset with one of them or the police catch 'em, like that Baptist Convention minister who got busted for hiring an undercover cop last year.

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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-09-06 09:26 AM
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1. Ok, now I acutally feel sorry for this guy
because he's going to go thru hell without any chance of ever healing, living as an authentic person or achieving any chance at peace or real happiness.

Unless at some point he escapes and starts living as his true self. But that seems doubtful.

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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-09-06 09:26 AM
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2. As long as Haggard won't let himself be what he is...
he'll be "miserable and angry the rest of" his life, no matter WHAT he's doing.
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