For those who want to know...RULES at my church!

[The Mrs]

Originally Posted by Amos

Mrs......

I realize that it will be very easy for you to take this personally.

I am not defending any particular practice of the pastor in question.

I am just saying that many are judging and making some oretty strong statements about the man based totally on the recollections of those who walked away from the church.

I have lived long enough to know that many times the perspectives of different people looking at the same event can be very different.

We are just getting one side here.

Also, it is a fact that people who "backslide" are very, very inclined to have extremely negative things to say about the church in order to vindicate their own actions.

That is human nature.

I understand your caution regarding my personal interests in this, but I think I'm far enough away from it now, that I can look at it objectively. If you have read any of my posts in this thread you will see that I did not condemn the man. I said he is one of the kindest, gentlest, wisest men I know...but that doesn't make these practices right.

I have even expressed the reasons why I think they were instituted. Mostly due to fear-based thinking (as opposed to faith-based thinking). Most of these practices might have been based on fairly good principles to live by but went way overboard into control issues.

I just don't think there is any defence of that. Even if this pastor were here, what do you think he could say to defend himself?




And I find this statement from you ironic, seeing as how you just got done doing the same thing...(crucify and discredit the poster) calling them backsliders.

Originally Posted by Amos

And furthermore, anyone who has the temerity to defend a pastor on this forum needs to be extremely cautious in his wording, because the barracudas will school around you and pick at any slight point of inconsistency in order to crucify and discredit the poster.

Also...the views of 4 were not different. They were all the same.