UPC Pastor Convicted of Slander in Pulpit!

MrsMcD · #1 07-13-2010, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Steinway

$500,000 Awarded in Slander Lawsuit

This quote from the article is interesting:

Are the days of pastors calling out individual members of the congregation for sin over? I hope so! It's one thing to preach against sin, but it's another when you name names and can possibly ruin the reputation of someone by your public gossip in front of peers.

The pastor was looking for an excuse so his daughter could biblical marry the ex husband.

MissBrattified · #2 07-13-2010, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MrsMcD

The pastor was looking for an excuse so his daughter could biblical marry the ex husband.

I agree. So he threw the ex-wife's reputation under the bus to facilitate the scriptural legality of the new relationship.

pelathais · #3 07-13-2010, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

I agree. So he threw the ex-wife's reputation under the bus to facilitate the scriptural legality of the new relationship.

And it was entirely unnecessary. If any gossip had complained about the new bloom of romance a simple "pastor's discretion" would have sufficed.

I think the problem is that we're dealing with an environment where all such past issues were meet with the harshest of condemnations. That history can certainly lead to a very real "need" to justify oneself and one's family.

If our shared culture didn't have such a harsh past that it was constantly seeking to justify, we wouldn't have these problems today.