If you could describe it in your own words, what crimes did the Evangelical Preacher, Ted Haggard, commit?
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You forgot soliciting drugs and prostitution.
825483
Yes, crimes against his own countrymen!
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SINS\n1.He hurts another person.\n2.He harms another person.\nPUNISHMENT\n1.Jail time.\n2.Grounded by parents.
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a person who did what he did.... how can he ever become a real christian? this would take a miracle first, and then, perhaps, everything else would be possible, including realizing the evil he did... and luckily, God forgives more than humans...
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Do NOT ask these of us - but ask YOURSELF : Your own conscience will tell you how !
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He is the big Evangelical Preacher that really headed up an anti-gay thing. Now he has been caught buying drugs and dealing with a male prostitute who  says he has had sex with the Reverend
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GOD and his own intentions.
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You know, Haggard always struck me as possibly being gay. That being said, he was one of the more rational Evangelicals, one of the few who, you know, actually seemed COMPASSIONATE. I suspect it is true, but will withhold judgement.
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I agree with what several here have already said, that likewise my focus isn't on any human no matter how long or to how many people they've been preaching the Bible. My focus is on Christ first and foremost. If what is being proclaimed in the name of Christ does not gibe with the Bible, I stop listening.\n\nWith regard to Haggard, I just posted an entry on my blog about him. Check it out at the link below.
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Funny how we still have that problem today. You would think that reading the story of Jesus' life would show the one thing that angered him was peoples self-righteousness. He was kind to the beggars, the prostitutes, the thieves, and they all followed him. But the only story were a self-righteous hypocrite was saved was the story of Paul, and he became the most giving, caring person in the Bible, except Jesus himself.
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You are very smart. Nobody seems to realize what you have just stated. Have you heard the news report of the pastor who paid for meth with sex with a homosexual? It kinda is embarrassing!
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You either know or you don't. If you want to independently verify it, that's a whole other matter.\n\nI can't independently verify it for you. But I can suggest things for you to consider. As strong a personality as Paul may appear to you, ask yourself whether he was doing things for his own personal glory and gain or because he was a loyal servant of God. What powerful personality is happy to sit in prison for extended lengths of time like Paul did, without seeking a mob to demand his release, without seeking high-powered legal counsel to get him out? Paul was imprisoned for preaching salvation through Jesus and for attempting to establish Christ's Church. If Paul were merely working for Paul, would he not express outrage and seek to rally the troops to get himself acquitted of the charges against him?\n\nWhat Paul did was remain in prison, faithfully ministering to others all the while. He didn't worry too much about himself or his circumstances. He cared only for truth and for guiding others to seek it through Christ. Paul constantly pointed to Jesus as the authority, and discouraged people from putting any faith in Paul himself. Paul sought no glory, no reward, and no damages. Is this what ego-driven people tend to do?\n\nSo, think on these things before making your final judgment of Saul of Tarsus, the former capturer of Christians so that they could be brought to execution. ... Did you know that about him, by the way? That he used to enjoy rounding up Christians so that they could be put to death? This was the job he delighted in before Christ appeared to him on the road to Damascus.
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1. Repent of his sins\n2. Confess\n3. Be baptized!
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Little if any.  Most reasonable people don't equate religion with a political party.  If they do, they constitute the most dangerous threat do our country. What Haggard did was very bad not only for his church, but his teachings. It only proves that we must be tolerant of other people. God would not want us to be judgmental. God does not hate homosexuals. Only man can hate.
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Well in his eyes; yes. Unless he did something out of ignorance and deserved it. My Pastor said a story about a man who wasn't wise. This man just went up to people and told them to their face "you're a sinner." This man thought he was doing God's work by letting the people know what they are, but in reality he wasn't. One day he said this to a man and that man hit the "holy man" in the face and he thought to himself "I am being persecuted for doing Gods work" then he told my pastor and my pastor told him, "it wasn't persecution, it was ignorance that got you hit in the face because we're supposed to show mercy to others." Sometimes it's not persecution, but ignorance, just like sometimes it's not the devil that looks for us, but us to him and that is what I call ignorance. Either way, in his head he might think that he is being persecuted, but if he gets hit for being ignorant... his ignorance was the cause of it.
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I believe Mike Jones.  Haggard first denied knowing him, Then 24hrs later he admits to buying meth (then threw it away) and getting a message from a known gay prostitute, to whitch he couldn't remember the hotel that recommended him........Ahah........Please! My three year old nephew can lie better than that! Geeeeeeeeeeesh!
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I doubt if he was taking meth. That was just a cover-up for his homosexuality. The other man denied selling him meth. He seems a lot more honest than the pastor. It was about sex, not meth. He has resigned from the church. His days of leading or fleecing the sheep are over. I can forgive people for their short comings, lord know I have mine, but to criticise and condemn others for doing the same thing you are is unforgivable. Hypocrisy is the real sin in this case. He is only sorry that he has been outed. He would have kept doing the same thing and leading a double life if the other man hadn't come out with the truth.