Friday, February 4, 2011

Killing

Yes, who wouldn't want to kill a little brat who ruins your life? It is a natural emotion, not really the fruit of the Spirit, but neither is war the fruit of the Spirit and neither is abortion the fruit of the Spirit. Yes, we do remember Grandma Calkins telling us that pastor's wife was planning to have an abortion if her baby were tested positive for mental retardation. The baby girl tested normal and thus was not aborted. Yes, we all remember hearing this story from Grandma. And why is it that pastor Webber and wife were not run out of town on that evidence alone? How is it that the Assemblies of God tolerates this horrible pastor and wife who do not represent anything that we say that we believe and whose husband is unbeknownst to us secretly a child molester which information only was revealed later? The position of pastor alone tends to make people blind to the pastor's glaring faults. The sheer force of inertia, perhaps, explains how pastor's leadership is automatically reaffirmed year after year even when evidence mounts that he is wreaking mischief behind everyone's back. Who are we to tell the child molesting creep to step down? It is not our place to say, especially as we have no clue what happened. Sure, God forgives Pastor Webber but he cannot be trusted with our children. So, yes, we understand this problem. But who knew?