Has a minister ever hurt you?

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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

I'm not condoning any bad behavior that was done, but listen I have heard horror stories on everything from guru to priest. So here we have another preacher making a mistake with some young people? It's pathetic, it's horrible, it is sad, and, and?

So what if we take this thread when it's done and send it to Daniel C Dennett, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris,

I wasn't there, you all wasn't there, and the human memory is not a video camera, which records events in perfect sequence. I have heard some doozies about all different religious and ideological groups and when we examine them further the story doesn't stack up as we first heard it.

What was posted might even be more horrific then what was printed here, I don't know. After I post this we may get armies of witnesses posting that the preacher filet the young people open for a week and a half.

Let me ask this question, is the focus of this thread to post horror stories about preachers? Or how to deal with situations and go forward.

In Jesus name

Brother Benincasa

www.OnTimeJournal.com

Obviously. it's how to deal with situations and go forward, but first, those situations must be named and the experiences validated as the experience and perception of the person telling it. Because all too often, people are told, what you experienced doesn't count, you are just a whiner, now please shut up so we can get on with our lives. For ONCE, a conservative posted a thread about hurts and asked people to please share them. WONDERFUL! For once, a conservative didn't say "Shut up and quit whining". So, let's listen to the valid perceptions of those telling the story as THEIR EXPERIENCE and THEIR HURT and let's allow healing to begin.