UPC Pastor Convicted of Slander in Pulpit!

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Originally Posted by mizpeh

Let me give you an example. Angela went to visit a mutual friend of her and her husband's. A coworker of both of them. It was hot on that Georgia day and her friend gave Angela a swimsuit so they go both go in the pool to cool off. Her friend isn't an Apostolic. Angela didn't see anything wrong with wearing her friends bathing suit and taking a dip in the pool. After they were done swimming, they laid out on the lawn chairs in the sun. Angela's husband called on her phone. He knew where Angela was. Angela got hot again while lying in the sun and went for another swim. About that time Angela's friend's husband came home while Angela was in the pool. He had just gotten off from working outside all day and all he had thought about was jumping in the pool as soon as he got home.His wife, Angela's friend, went into the house about that time to take a cake out of the oven. The man didn't care that Angela was in his pool and his wife was in the kitchen, he took off his shirt and jumped in the pool. When he jumped in the pool, he splashed Angela and they both were laughing about it. At that moment , Angela's husband came by and saw Angela and the other man in the pool.

This is called context and I'm being charitable because I would want the same charity given to me in a like situation.

Let's add a little more speculative context. James and Angela's marriage was shaky at that time as well but it had nothing to do with Angela desiring to be with another man. They were both in different places in the Lord. Angela was asking the same questions Mirth is. And like Mirth's husband, James was not happy with her new ideas about holiness standards. Would this type of info change what we think of Angela and her decision to wear her friend's bikini?

James Driver was looking for biblical cause to remarry. He used this cause. In my opinion it is a trumped up charge of fornication. This is all we have to go by. We don't have any other testimony of the event. Nor do we have both sides of the event. And we shouldn't automatically think the worst of her just because James is still the same church and married to the pastor's daughter.

How do you know that? Didn't someone say SHE filed for divorce? It's just as much speculation to say what you think he was thinking and doing as it is to say we think we know what she was about.