Accountability Mike Guglielmucci Cancer Fraud
I've spent some time reading posts on a lot of Christian blogs in relationship to the Guglielmucci story. From what I can gather although people are still feeling burnt, hurt and conned, the majority of Charismatic Evangelist Christians are taking to forgiveness of what Mike did in connection to his terminal illness cancer fraud.
Personally I just don't get it. I mean I understand the "turn the other cheek" idea and that because we're human everyone is open to sin. But come on, who is kidding who here!
Personally I just don't get it. I mean I understand the "turn the other cheek" idea and that because we're human everyone is open to sin. But come on, who is kidding who here!
Having had first hand experience to the Shock and Awe tactics employed by some Charismatic Evangelist Pastors and Pentecostal Churches alike, I can in part understand why some Christians are taking the stand of outright support for Mike Guglielmucci and don't see why he should be accountable for scamming people. After all these type of pastors make it habit to quote twisted bible passages that make them untouchable, that gives them carte blanche`, accountable to no one.
What really disturbs me and ultimately shake my head in disbelief, is that in all the posts I've read, I've not seen one Christian make comment & ask when people like the Grandmother on a disability pension for instance is going to receive her $800 back!
Given the current attitudes, I would not be the least surprised to see Mike Guglielmucci eventually restored back into pastoral duties. It's not like that has not happen before with other wayward Charismatic Evangelist Christian Pastors, now is it!
In a closing thought and of course only my opinion, but, it begs me to ask why did it take so long for the porn addiction story to come out? Is this just another manufacture con? Reiterating nothing in connection to Charismatic Evangelist Christian Churches shock me. To me though the Guglielmucci porn addition justification just seems and reads a little to much like a bad American soap opera.
Given the current attitudes, I would not be the least surprised to see Mike Guglielmucci eventually restored back into pastoral duties. It's not like that has not happen before with other wayward Charismatic Evangelist Christian Pastors, now is it!
In a closing thought and of course only my opinion, but, it begs me to ask why did it take so long for the porn addiction story to come out? Is this just another manufacture con? Reiterating nothing in connection to Charismatic Evangelist Christian Churches shock me. To me though the Guglielmucci porn addition justification just seems and reads a little to much like a bad American soap opera.
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Yes, there should be accountability. But as Christians we choose to forgive. This is not to say that we will forget or ignore the issue, that is not what forgiveness is. Yes I think restitution is necessary in this situation. I've been slowly working through my own thoughts on this whole situation and if you check out my blog, I've pointed to a couple of other blogs who address the situation gracefully. come on over if you wish to dialogue. but i'm not going to argue.
I'm not about to argue either, everyone has the right to express their own opinions.
From my perspective based on reading a lot of Christian blogs about the Mike Guglielmucci fall, I see the topic of accountability being side stepped, in its place forgiveness is being called for.
Forgiveness - act of forgiving; state of being forgiven.
Accountability - the state of being accountable, liable, or answerable.
A person my forgive a drunk driver for killing a loved one. But that driver is accountable to society and answerable to its laws.
I have to wonder about the details of the confession myself. Only time will tell just what in the world is happening in Guglielmucci's head.
When I wrote up a post about this story (http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/08/28/pastor-confesses-to-16-year-porn-addiction/) I was still unable to really come to any conclusions about it.
I do hope that forgiveness is practiced here, but certainly forgiveness does not equal trust. I hope his church also begins to see the value of good and airtight accountability among their leaders.
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