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Originally Posted by squall24
I normally agree with you on many things, but I'm going to have to stray from that train of thought for a bit. Your example doesn't quite hold water here. We wouldn't know what someone's views were on these issues, like in your example, unless they were stated to them. This is where it is different. The pastor openly preached his thoughts, hence making them not his private views anymore. We also weren't discussing his views on all issues, just the major one that we have video of him preaching about.
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Indeed, but the thing is, there's no indication that he did preach anything like that before.
I can see hints appearing now and then, but people will forgive a priest of quite a bit.
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Also, you might be surprised how quickly a parish may turn from their church. All my minister had to do was get a divorce(completely fine for my denomination), and over half of the church left because they didn't feel the same on the issue. Now you may call it a fallacy to relate the two, but if Obama had disagreed with him on topics for over 20 years, then I'm surprised that he didn't leave.
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A local church closed down a few months ago.
Why? Well, about a decade ago the minister molested some parishioners and beat others.
It took about nine years for anyone to decide that maybe this wasn't the place for them.
As I said, people will forgive quite a bit in a holy man.