Famous Televangelist: Ted Haggard Scandal Acts

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  1. My televangelist was Ted Haggard
  2. or you're talking about his scandalous acts and
  3. words that really describe Ted Haggard are controversial.
  4. Sanctimonious doctrinaire, pre intimate and influential.
  5. Um He's controversial which means giving rise to public disagreement.
  6. The reason he's a controversial person is
  7. because his involvement in the 2006 scandal,
  8. drug use,
  9. infidelity and inappropriate sexual relationship with male prostitutes.
  10. He was forced to resign from his post as the leader of the National Association of and
  11. Evangelicals in 2006.
  12. Furthermore, Ted Hager has become a divisive figure in the Christian community
  13. with some defending him and others believing that
  14. he should not be allowed to continue to serve under any circumstances.
  15. Um He's a sanctimonious person
  16. because of his public reputation as a pastor
  17. and his self-righteous preaching of conservative Christian values.
  18. In addition, Ted Hager has also been accused of hypocrisy due to his involvement
  19. in a scandal involving drugs and homosexual activities in which sanctimonious
  20. means making a show of being morally superior to other people,
  21. usually hypocritically powerless or devout
  22. and he's a doctrinaire,
  23. which means a person who has very strong beliefs about the about what
  24. should be done and will not change them or accept other people's opinions.
  25. And he's a do
  26. chana
  27. because of his unyielding conformity to his conservative Christian views.
  28. He was a vocal supporter of traditional marriage, rebuked homosexuality
  29. and regularly attack other religious beliefs as he
  30. seeks to promote his own brand of Christianity
  31. and
  32. the violations of the commandments or things that he
  33. was inclined to do because of his belief in Christianity
  34. was um adultery and lust, which was one commandment that was violated.
  35. Um In 2006, Ted Hager was accused of having a long term sexual affair
  36. with a male escort and buying drugs from him.
  37. This was in direct violation of the commandment
  38. that expresses thou shalt not commit adultery.
  39. Exodus
  40. versus 2014.
  41. And the second one which correlates with the first
  42. one of adultery is on his false testimony.
  43. Um
  44. In 2007,
  45. Ted Hager admitted to lying in a statement he made
  46. to the court concerning his relationship with the male escort.
  47. This was in violation of the commitment that
  48. proclaims thou shalt not bear false witness.
  49. Exodus versus 2016.
  50. And for a news headline article,
  51. um I chose one that the article name was disgraced. Pastor Hager
  52. Am second relationship with man.
  53. Um It was published on
  54. the 29th of January in 2009.
  55. Um The author was a CNN staff.
  56. Um and a short little summary of the article was,
  57. um
  58. the news article was in a reference to Ted Hager's
  59. violations to the commandments that he is inclined to become
  60. because of his beliefs in Christianity.
  61. The news article breaches upon how the situation was initiated
  62. in which the victim of the incident in Grant ha
  63. verbalized that it
  64. acquired when the two were in bed together.
  65. Grant,
  66. he states that Ted Hager asked if it was ok if he
  67. masturbated in the bed with him and Grant has replied with no,
  68. it will make him feel really uncomfortable.
  69. But Ted Hager grabbed a bottle of lotion and started masturbating anyways,
  70. this is what was being discussed in the whole news article and
  71. breeches upon more things that the two were doing in bed together.
  72. And for my interview, I interviewed my mom. Um
  73. and the first question I asked her was, how do you feel about Ted Hager's actions?
  74. And my mom thought that Ted Hager's actions were very abominable and horrid.
  75. And that as a pastor,
  76. these are things you should never do because they can cause controversy
  77. and have an immense backlash on your reputation as a pastor.
  78. Lastly, she stated that as a pastor, you want to avoid being controversial
  79. and having a detrimental reputation because it affects
  80. a lot of things like your followers,
  81. being a leader, your personal life as a pastor.
  82. And more.
  83. Um The second question I asked her was
  84. what are traits that a pastor should have in your opinion?
  85. Um She said
  86. that a pastor should have good leadership skills because as a pastor,
  87. you must be able to lead your audience
  88. or followers down the religious path of Christianity.
  89. Additionally, she stated that as a pastor,
  90. you must present yourself to your followers as a strong
  91. religious figure and show them the way of God.
  92. Um And for the last question that I asked her in the interview,
  93. um was, do you think his actions reflect how pastors should go about preaching?
  94. And she articulated that Ted Haggard's actions should be
  95. seen as things to avoid as a pastor.
  96. And that pastor should examine his actions and formulate ways to preach in
  97. a mannerism of righteousness and straight from his mistakes as a pastor.