Wasn't intended to be a "religious discussion"? Okay. Funny how TELEVANGELIST is mentioned numerous times, references to other failed CHARISMATIC TELEVANGELISTS in the doghouse for the same offenses, and allusions to how they'll take their loot and fly away in their jet. Financial settlements are mentioned that will make it all go away, yet not a word of the other "religious" organizations that are having the same issues that have required in excess of $2 BILLION to make it all go away.
Just to be clear, I am in no way in support of Long either his message or his money or his sex life - it is disgraceful - but I'm pretty sure Dutchboy may have noticed who posted the OP and questioned the motive. Personally, I would like to never see another clergy sex scandal article posted on Free Republic. The MSM does a crummy enough job of their own trying to smear Christianity as a whole, we certainly don't need to help them.
Right, this is called NEWS.
When a person's BUSINESS is going on TV every Sunday and preaching, they are called a TELEVANGELIST. If you can think of a more appropriate term, by all means tell us.
I don't know if this preacher owns a jet or not, but plenty do. And don't make some flimsy excuse about how the jet is owned by the ministry and it's needed for the ministry, corporate CEOs use jets owned by their companies and the same reasons are given for needing it.
So, when a person commits some offense in the course of their business, it's NEWS.
The REALITY is the Dutchboy brought up Catholicism in the SECOND POST and tried to change the discussion.
but I'm pretty sure Dutchboy may have noticed who posted the OP and questioned the motive.
As I said yesterday, I was a FReeper for several years, had participated in many threads with Pissant and had no clue that he was Catholic.
I've been involved in hundreds of debates with the anti-Catholic bigots on FR and don't recall ever seeing Pissant on ANY of them.
So, if you or Dutchboy want to make this claim, you are going to need to back it up. Otherwise, the TRUTH is that Long's problems have been pretty prominent in the news the last week or so.
Personally, I would like to never see another clergy sex scandal article posted on Free Republic.
Why? The anti-Catholic bigots are going to operate under the assumption that every priest is a predator whether they have anything to back it up or not.
The MSM does a crummy enough job of their own trying to smear Christianity as a whole, we certainly don't need to help them.
Funny you should say that, as far as the anti-Catholic bigots are concerned, the MSM is to be fully trusted when they are bashing Catholics. If you don't believe me, go to some of the Catholic bashing threads that are based MSM articles.
Many of the anti-Catholic bigots on FR do not consider Catholics to be Christians, which is fine because many of them aren't Christians either (they are practitioners of satanic gnosticism belonging to cults that devote themselves to St. Paul's epistles all while denying the Gospel). Face it, there is a cadre of anti-Catholic bigots on FR whose only apparent reason for being here is to promote their own bigotry -- I know of several anti-Catholics who make well over 90% of their posts on Catholic-bashing threads in the Religion forum.