[82ndtrooper]

Ministers, Pastors and Clergymen of different demoninations all interpret the passages of the bible differently. Most influences are from their teaching at their private seminary colleges, and most influences are in fact policital.

I enjoy bible teachings, in fact I dont miss them on Wednesday nights at our church. Most of the time I relize that I am making my own interpretations of passages wrongly, but then there is a fair amount of the time that I cannot agree with our current minister. Promoting hate is not one of the laws of the bible. In this instance, the message is about hate, and it's directed in the wrong way and place. That's two sins for this church, what others are they commiting ?

In the recent past it's been discouraging to see and learn how churches actually work. There is corruption, lust, unforgiveness, adultry, and even pediphilia. It's difficult to say this, but I have a watchful and suspicious eye at my church since the all of the above mentioned sins have been brought into the light. Our former pastor is now serving 36 months for embezzling over $750,000 and he has in fact slept with at least 3 married women from the congregation.

I'm a believer, but not necessarily in the need to be a believer at a church.