[MrsEmmaPeel]

that he shoots at hawks in anger.

A religious leader that shoots at a living thing in anger? Sorry, that doesn't scan for me. I refuse to accept that he's an acceptable leader of anything with that kind of behavior.

[Saturnalia]

A religious leader that shoots at a living thing in anger? Sorry, that doesn't scan for me. I refuse to accept that he's an acceptable leader of anything with that kind of behavior.

AIR rifle, to scare them away.

[Bluntpoint]

So many good things come from the sexually repressed.

[foolscap]

A religious leader that shoots at a living thing in anger? Sorry, that doesn't scan for me. I refuse to accept that he's an acceptable leader of anything with that kind of behavior

No, I guess he should follow the example of some of our homegrown "Christian" leaders and just go ahead and do it and then lie about it. Just because he is a religious leader does not mean he is not human. If one feels that total moral perfection is necessary in a religious leader one will have a very long wait to find such a being. ALL leaders of ALL faiths should just hang it up now. Being human means being imperfect, it is part of our job description. If it wasn't we would not be called human we would be called God What we need to do is work to over come our imperfections. It's the learning that's important not the fact that we at all times do everything perfectly. At least the Dali Lama has the personal integrity to admit his lack of perfection publicly. I'll take the him any day over the likes of Jimmy Swagart and his ilk.

[Shooter 2.5]

"He did not shoot to kill, "only to scare the hawks"."

He shot at the hawks in order to save his birds.