That Swaggart went on to commit the very same sin was evidence of his lack of sincerity. We all know, no one is attempting to conceal it.
Compare and contrast. No public show of remorse or contrition. Continuing on with the commission of the same sin. But, this church, instead of condemning it and removing the source of unrepentant sin, hides it.
Your desire to protect your church is on some level admirable. However, there comes a point when you have to admit there is a problem. And, there is a problem.
You wrote:
“That Swaggart went on to commit the very same sin was evidence of his lack of sincerity.”
Yet, you apparently believed him: “I’ll take a blubbering Jimmy Swaggart, on his knees and in tears, admitting his failure and sin any day, over arrogant denials and attempts to paint everyone else as being just as sinful in order to protect a particular church.”
Fake displays apparently impress you. They don’t impress me.
“We all know, no one is attempting to conceal it.”
Except that you didn’t even hint that you “know” and never mentioned his 1991 scandal.
“Compare and contrast. No public show of remorse or contrition.”
I’ve seen it. I guess you don’t watch the news or ever use google? I typed in a few words and instantaneously found this: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090927/NEWS02/90926012/Ex-priest-apologizes-for-abuse
And there’s this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100324/ap_on_re_eu/eu_church_abuse
And there are many more. Again, you can claim you “have every idea what I’m talking about” but that just doesn’t seem to be the case.
“Continuing on with the commission of the same sin.”
Who is? Who exactly?
“But, this church, instead of condemning it and removing the source of unrepentant sin, hides it.”
No, it looks like most of the abusers were removed DECADES AGO.
“Your desire to protect your church is on some level admirable.”
I am not protecting it. I am just getting all of the facts right while you make one error after another.
“However, there comes a point when you have to admit there is a problem. And, there is a problem.”
There is a problem. I have never NOT admitted it. Another problem is that some people here keep lying by claiming we don’t admit there’s a problem. Why someone would lie like that I’m not sure - unless it was out of sheer bigotry.