UPC Pastor Convicted of Slander in Pulpit!

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Originally Posted by OilCityCajun

Actually, I wouldnt say I am mortified...It's a sign of the times. But as a technical point, this wasnt in public. This was in the privacy of the friend's home. 1 Married woman and 1 married man...married to someone else...apparently with neither spouse nor any other 3rd party present. Adultery? Absolutely not, but surely you wouldn't argue that there was absolutely nothing improper about it. Would you be poolside in a bikini with a married man when no one else is present?

Bear in mind, this in no way excuses the pastor. As I see it, he is equally sinful for justifying an unscriptural divorce as the woman in the bikini.


It may, and I have considered this. But I dont see how it would, considering the fact that I am standing up for UPC edict against deliberate misinterpretation. What will definately present a much larger problem is the fact that I am divorced. But in my case she was in her third trimester before she filed for divorce {EDIT} and of course the child isnt mine {/EDIT}, and I havent remarried, so I should be in the clear on that point.

And yet, if it does present a problem for the UPC, apparently it doesnt present a problem for God, as the call and annointing of God on my life to preach His word is as strong as ever.

There is no specifics on whether the pool was public or not. There was also no specifics on whether or not she was alone with the other man. The simple fact is that no one here can show where she did any wrong in relation to her marriage (other than possibly wearing a bikini). We can speculate all day and night about whether she might have done more wrong than wearing a bikini, but the bottom line is that is all we know she did and we can't even agree that her wearing a bikini was wrong in relation to her marriage.

Whether the bikini is actually modest or not has no place in the discussion of whether her wearing it was wrong in relation to her marriage. Many here want to say that she should have just not worn the bikini to make her husband happy (assuming he didn't want her to wear one which I believe is a fair assumption). But I want to ask, women have you ever done something that your husband didn't want you to do? And men how many of your wives have ever done something that you didn't want them to do? If my hunch is correct then I imagine this has happened in every one of yalls marriages. So how can yall judge her for not doing what her husband wanted?

Now, in relation to the pastor, he definetely did do wrong. I've not seen one person here argue that he is innocent. Instead some have tried to turn this back onto the woman with wild speculation. But all we have is wild speculation and that sort of thing is not enough to pass judgment on anyone.