Over the years, the personally witnessed hypocrisy in religion has driven me from willing participation to passive acceptence to grudging tolerence to abhorence of organized religion. It seems anymore, no matter how bad you act, how irresponsible, how many times you hit on 16, how perverted, how terrible, how dishonest you may behave the flock will say "you're okay" if you're talking the talk and have a few crocodile tears to shed...
Meanwhile, perfectly normal people who are not subscribing to the particular beliefs of the creed are, frankly, scum. And, even in America, are all too frequently abused, or even killed, by these so-called "good Christian" people simply because they're different.
Which brings me to our latest hypocrite, from my current home town:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Agents with the FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force arrested a Christian radio station personality as part of a child pornography investigation.
More below the fold...
Bureau agents began investigating Chris Ruleman, 40, a midday host for WFFI, 94FM The Fish, earlier this week after receiving information that he possessed child pornography.
He remained in the Nashville jail pending an appearance before a U.S. magistrate judge on Friday.
The Fish general manager Mike Miller said Ruleman will not be on air while the investigation is ongoing.
"As a matter of policy, we will cooperate fully with law enforcement officials as appropriate," he said. "We have no additional comment at this time, but we will continue to monitor the situation as we learn more facts."
Nashville police, Franklin police, LaVergne police and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents are assisting with the investigation.
"The message should be loud and clear that persons possessing or dealing in child pornography are getting the full attention of law enforcement on the local, state and federal levels," Nashville Police Chief Ronald Serpas said in a statement.
Having experienced "old time religion" in the evangelical world, I'm sure he'll weep and wail and cry many tears... Then go on a "mission" touring churches around the US and lecturing how dangerous porn is because, he, an "upstanding Christian" was snared by the devil's propaganda... And, no doubt, he'll work in how it was somehow part of the "homosexual" and "feminazi" agenda into his spiel as well...
And the sheep will suck it down and feed their self-righteousness.