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To: HairOfTheDog
I don't know why you're so uncompassionate about very real human doubt and frailty in the face of terrible grief.

Everyone will encounter the death of loved ones in their life. The death rate is 100%. This lady apparently pretended to have spiritual answers as a pastor, even as she lead funeral services. But now that a trial comes upon her, she dumps her faith and lets bitterness take over.

I've experienced equally tramatic experiences, so I wouldn't have a problem if she were just struggling with her faith and grief. However, she is now working on an Easter show to lead others to her faithlessness. She's joined the other side.

42 posted on 03/07/2006 12:40:20 PM PST by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh
But now that a trial comes upon her, she dumps her faith and lets bitterness take over.

She didn't dump her faith, she just doesn't feel she has the strength to preach right now and has stepped down from that role. Did anyone else read the article? She's still active in the church in another capacity. Oh that all pastors and priests who find themselves weaker than the image they project would admit it and step down until they can honestly fill the role. Her honesty and integrity should be praised, not mocked. Her grief should inspire compassion, not derision.

52 posted on 03/07/2006 12:47:48 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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