[PADA: OK, its a problem in all religions -- that the conditioned soul so-called leaders / preachers/ priests / gurus (or their wives) are sometimes found in some sexual escapade scandals.
The difference is, most religions do not claim that its the guru / messiah / saint from heaven who is the one having problems -- unlike the ISKCON GBC who says its the parampara gurus / messiahs from God who are falling down left, right and center. A woman from Croatia said ISKCON is the only religion in the world that replaces its acharya with mlecchas.
Anyway!
In this case Jerry Falwell Jr. is alleged to have known about his wife's problems but he covered it up "to save the church." Then he made a sort of suggestive photo of himself with a lady -- and got into separate trouble with that.
Then there were alleged other photos that were "taken care of" by a lawyer, and so on and so forth. Now the apparent problem is, the University wants him to go, but he says ... he is not going? Or what did he really say? Looks like its hard to tell?
Same kind of problem in ISKCON. OK you are the guru, but you are creating a big controversy scandal. Can you just resign now and get away from us? Well nope, I am maybe resigning, but maybe not.
Attached to the post? Or what keeps them from just making a clean break, to actually save the religion? And this process has apparently been going on for years in this case, so it was known there is a problem for quite awhile, at least if these reports are correct.
Anyway its sad that religion has become so corrupted in Kali Yuga. Many young people are turning to atheism because of all the hypocrisy / cynicism / conflict / misrepresenting / corruption in religion, its not helping things at all when the leaders are mis-representing God and God's religion.
OK that is why false preachers / priests / gurus go to the lower planets, they are giving Krishna a black eye. If religion is a business, then doing it for personal gain is the worst form of business in existence. There will be hell to pay if we take advantage of people's religious sentiments.
Of course, we were ALL born into Kali Yuga because we were ALL not behaving like little angels ourselves, so we have to take credit for being in the midst of all this due to our own misdeeds. Anyway, good luck, lets hope they sort this out and find some actually solid managers to fix all this.
ys pd
Liberty University issued a statement on the matter late Monday night.
ReplyDelete"The Executive Committee’s Board of Trustees asked Falwell to go on indefinite leave of absence on August 7, to which he agreed," the statement read. "Since that time, additional matters came to light that made it clear that it would not be in the best interest of the University for him to return from leave and serve as President. The Executive Committee met this morning and a conference call gathering of the full Board was planned for tomorrow. Falwell responded by agreeing to resign immediately as President of Liberty University today but then instructed his attorneys to not tender the letter for immediate resignation. The Executive Committee will go forward with its meeting in the morning followed by the full Board."
Said acting President Jerry Prevo: “I call upon the University community and supporters to be in prayer for the University and for all its leadership, past, present and future, as we walk with the Lord through this stormy time of transition.”
[PADA: Yep, its like pulling a donkey's rotten tooth to get rid of some of these "spiritual leaders." Same problems we have had in ISKCON. ys pd]
... "Falwell is not the first right-wing hypocrite, quick to judge others while apparently sinning on the sly. Judgment in these circumstances seems not only appropriate, but also karmic. Or to quote the Bible (Matthew, Chapter 7): “Do not judge, or you too will be judged… For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” "
ReplyDeleteWell yup, karma. Heh heh heh. ys pd