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I have said this before and will say it again. Those who preach most vehemently against sin and giving into temptations are those who know best from personal experience. As a result the reforms they come up with are quite often well thought out since they know well what helps them beat back temptaion. The primary purpose of trying to enlist others in their crusade is that they feel it will help them stay on the straight and narrow. Sadly they eventually fail and give into these temptations and their crusade falls apart under the weight of apparent hypocrisy. The real question about these individuals is what is it about their nature that they find themselves so fequently tempted that they cry out for help in this way. An ordinary person is tempted once in a rare while but it seems these individuals are tempted all of the time and under a heroic struggle to remain faithful to what they want to believe in which fuels their passion for reform and holy behavior. I do think there is something admirable about their struggle, but one should not forget that they are frequently tempted/disturbed and therefore more likely to stray from the righteous path than anyone. I also believe that this tendency is an essential part of their nature and that they are not likely to ever be cured of it.

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Posted By: Beena @ 07/25/2009 10:06:37 AM

And guess what, world media have not blown up this news, no body is discussing it, no body is steriotyping Jewish rabbis and US hypocrates................. had it been China, Iran, Venezvella, Pakistan, Cuba, it would have been a different story, All self-claimed champions of moral values, self-claimed activists of freedom of speech would have been labeling China or Islam as the root cause of issue.
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Posted By: motorherz @ 07/25/2009 9:50:04 AM

Does it mean that body-organ trading rabbies will pop in the CSI series and the like with the same frequency as Catholic priest pedophiles?
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Posted By: Greg the Third @ 07/24/2009 10:11:17 PM

I have said this before and will say it again. Those who preach most vehemently against sin and giving into temptations are those who know best from personal experience. As a result the reforms they come up with are quite often well thought out since they know well what helps them beat back temptaion. The primary purpose of trying to enlist others in their crusade is that they feel it will help them stay on the straight and narrow. Sadly they eventually fail and give into these temptations and their crusade falls apart under the weight of apparent hypocrisy. The real question about these individuals is what is it about their nature that they find themselves so fequently tempted that they cry out for help in this way. An ordinary person is tempted once in a rare while but it seems these individuals are tempted all of the time and under a heroic struggle to remain faithful to what they want to believe in which fuels their passion for reform and holy behavior. I do think there is something admirable about their struggle, but one should not forget that they are frequently tempted/disturbed and therefore more likely to stray from the righteous path than anyone. I also believe that this tendency is an essential part of their nature and that they are not likely to ever be cured of it.