Maybe I’m Projecting…But Probably Not

You know what’s sad about the whole Ted Haggard story? All those Evangelical Christians on their “we’re protecting the family values of America” high horses won’t wake up and smell the roses, realizing that hypocricy reigns supreme in many of their circles. Instead, every second sermon on Sunday morning will cite this event as proof that the devil is well alive and walking this world, just waiting to seduce every single one of them – unless they are ever watchful and keep going to their ritualistic megachurch ceremonies of course. Because obviously, if it can happen to somebody with as much integrity and high moral values as Ted Haggard, it can happen to everybody! And only strict following of the church’s rules – not a healthy and relaxed outlook on life – will protect you.

I don’t mean to offend religious and spiritual people or lump them together in the same category as the lot above. But to me megachurches and TV priests symbolize everything that is wrong with organized religion and institutionalizing what, at its core, is a good idea.