Javed Iqbal Kaleem
2007-11-21 02:46:11 UTC
Christian clergy from Day one has acted against the interests of
Christiniaty. Instead of following Jesus Christ's policy of helping
and serving the downtrodden, it has chosen to identify itself with
Monarchs and kings . Wherever the kings went, the clergy went in its
wake and and tried to make its work easy by giving glad tidings of
victory at one hand and justifying the attacks on religious grounds on
the other. During imperialist wars, clergy started preaching the
victim so as to enhance their woos, instead of preaching the rules of
the religion to the invaders.
The Christian youth hate clergy because they lack the character and
charisma to represent the True faith of Jesus Christ. They live in
luxury, indulge in pomp and glory, contrary to what Christ did and on
the top of that their private lives are worse than most worldly
people.
This fact is manifest in the following true story of an 80 year old
priests, who was found father of an illegitimate child.
DECATUR, Ga. - The 80-year-old leader of a suburban Atlanta megachurch
is at the center of a sex scandal of biblical dimensions: He slept
with his brother's wife and fathered a child by her.
Members of Archbishop Earl Paulk's family stood at the pulpit of the
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit at Chapel Hill Harvester Church a few
Sundays ago and revealed the secret exposed by a recent court-ordered
paternity test.
In truth, this is not the first -- or even the second -- sex scandal
to engulf Paulk and the independent, charismatic church. But this
time,he could be in trouble with the law for lying under oath about
the affair.
The living proof of that lie is 34-year-old D.E. Paulk, who for years
was known publicly as Earl Paulk's nephew. "I am so very sorry for the
collateral damage it's caused our family and the families hurt by the
removing of the veil that hid our humanity and our sinfulness," said
D.E. Paulk, who received the mantle of head pastor a year and a half
ago.
D.E. Paulk said he did not learn the secret of his parentage until the
paternity test. "I was disappointed, and I was surprised," he said.
Earl Paulk, his brother, Don, and his sister-in-law, Clariece, did not
return calls for comment.
A judge ordered the test at the request of the Cobb County district
attorney's office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which are
investigating Earl Paulk for possible perjury and false-swearing
charges stemming from a lawsuit.
The archbishop, his brother and the church are being sued by former
church employee Mona Brewer, who says Earl Paulk manipulated her into
an affair from 1989 to 2003 by telling her it was her only path to
salvation. Earl Paulk admitted to the affair in front of the church
last January.
In a 2006 deposition stemming from the lawsuit, the archbishop said
under oath that the only woman he had ever had sex with outside of his
marriage was Brewer. But the paternity test said otherwise.
So far no charges have been filed against Earl Paulk. District
Attorney Pat Head and GBI spokesman John Bankhead would not
comment.The shocking results of the paternity test are speeding up a
transformation already under way in the church after more than a
decade of sex scandals and lawsuits involving the Paulks, D.E. Paulk
said.
"It was a necessary evil to bring us back to a God-consciousness,"
said the younger Paulk, explaining that the church had become too
personality-driven and prone to pastor worship.
The flashy megachurch began in 1960 with just a few dozen members in
the Little Five Points neighborhood of Atlanta. Now, it is in the
suburbs on a 100-acre expanse, a collection of buildings surrounding a
neo-Gothic cathedral.
For years the church was at the forefront of many social movements --
admitting black members in the 1960s, ordaining women and opening its
doors to gays. At its peak in the early 1990s, it claimed about
10,000 members and 24 pastors and was a media powerhouse. By
soliciting tithes of 10 percent from each member's income, the church
was able to build a Bible college, two schools, a worldwide TV
ministry and a $12 million sanctuary the size of a fortress.
Today, though, membership is down to about 1,500, the church has 18
pastors, most of them volunteers, and the Bible college and TV
ministry have shuttered -- a downturn blamed largely on complaints
about the alleged sexual transgressions of the elder Paulks. In 1992,
a church member claimed she was pressured into a sexual relationship
with Don Paulk. Other women also claimed they had been coerced into
sex with Earl Paulk and other members of the church's administration.
The church countered with a $24 million libel suit against seven
former church members. The lawsuit was later dropped. Jan Royston, who
left the church in 1992, started an online support group for former
members to discuss their crushed faith and hurt feelings.
"This is a cult. And you escape from a cult," she said. "We all
escaped."
These days, Earl Paulk has a much-reduced role at the cathedral,
giving 10-minute lectures as part of Sunday morning worship each week.
"My uncle is 100 percent guilty, but his accusers are guilty as well,"
D.E. Paulk said, declining to talk further about the lawsuits.
___
On the Net:
http://www.mycathedral.org
------
Remember the Holy Quran mentions these priests as the ones who
undertook an unnecessary thing ( living as singles) and then could not
fulfill its requirements.The dismay and dissatisfaction in the
thinking generation of the West opens the door for consideration of
other religions, such as Islam
Javed Kaleem
Christiniaty. Instead of following Jesus Christ's policy of helping
and serving the downtrodden, it has chosen to identify itself with
Monarchs and kings . Wherever the kings went, the clergy went in its
wake and and tried to make its work easy by giving glad tidings of
victory at one hand and justifying the attacks on religious grounds on
the other. During imperialist wars, clergy started preaching the
victim so as to enhance their woos, instead of preaching the rules of
the religion to the invaders.
The Christian youth hate clergy because they lack the character and
charisma to represent the True faith of Jesus Christ. They live in
luxury, indulge in pomp and glory, contrary to what Christ did and on
the top of that their private lives are worse than most worldly
people.
This fact is manifest in the following true story of an 80 year old
priests, who was found father of an illegitimate child.
DECATUR, Ga. - The 80-year-old leader of a suburban Atlanta megachurch
is at the center of a sex scandal of biblical dimensions: He slept
with his brother's wife and fathered a child by her.
Members of Archbishop Earl Paulk's family stood at the pulpit of the
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit at Chapel Hill Harvester Church a few
Sundays ago and revealed the secret exposed by a recent court-ordered
paternity test.
In truth, this is not the first -- or even the second -- sex scandal
to engulf Paulk and the independent, charismatic church. But this
time,he could be in trouble with the law for lying under oath about
the affair.
The living proof of that lie is 34-year-old D.E. Paulk, who for years
was known publicly as Earl Paulk's nephew. "I am so very sorry for the
collateral damage it's caused our family and the families hurt by the
removing of the veil that hid our humanity and our sinfulness," said
D.E. Paulk, who received the mantle of head pastor a year and a half
ago.
D.E. Paulk said he did not learn the secret of his parentage until the
paternity test. "I was disappointed, and I was surprised," he said.
Earl Paulk, his brother, Don, and his sister-in-law, Clariece, did not
return calls for comment.
A judge ordered the test at the request of the Cobb County district
attorney's office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which are
investigating Earl Paulk for possible perjury and false-swearing
charges stemming from a lawsuit.
The archbishop, his brother and the church are being sued by former
church employee Mona Brewer, who says Earl Paulk manipulated her into
an affair from 1989 to 2003 by telling her it was her only path to
salvation. Earl Paulk admitted to the affair in front of the church
last January.
In a 2006 deposition stemming from the lawsuit, the archbishop said
under oath that the only woman he had ever had sex with outside of his
marriage was Brewer. But the paternity test said otherwise.
So far no charges have been filed against Earl Paulk. District
Attorney Pat Head and GBI spokesman John Bankhead would not
comment.The shocking results of the paternity test are speeding up a
transformation already under way in the church after more than a
decade of sex scandals and lawsuits involving the Paulks, D.E. Paulk
said.
"It was a necessary evil to bring us back to a God-consciousness,"
said the younger Paulk, explaining that the church had become too
personality-driven and prone to pastor worship.
The flashy megachurch began in 1960 with just a few dozen members in
the Little Five Points neighborhood of Atlanta. Now, it is in the
suburbs on a 100-acre expanse, a collection of buildings surrounding a
neo-Gothic cathedral.
For years the church was at the forefront of many social movements --
admitting black members in the 1960s, ordaining women and opening its
doors to gays. At its peak in the early 1990s, it claimed about
10,000 members and 24 pastors and was a media powerhouse. By
soliciting tithes of 10 percent from each member's income, the church
was able to build a Bible college, two schools, a worldwide TV
ministry and a $12 million sanctuary the size of a fortress.
Today, though, membership is down to about 1,500, the church has 18
pastors, most of them volunteers, and the Bible college and TV
ministry have shuttered -- a downturn blamed largely on complaints
about the alleged sexual transgressions of the elder Paulks. In 1992,
a church member claimed she was pressured into a sexual relationship
with Don Paulk. Other women also claimed they had been coerced into
sex with Earl Paulk and other members of the church's administration.
The church countered with a $24 million libel suit against seven
former church members. The lawsuit was later dropped. Jan Royston, who
left the church in 1992, started an online support group for former
members to discuss their crushed faith and hurt feelings.
"This is a cult. And you escape from a cult," she said. "We all
escaped."
These days, Earl Paulk has a much-reduced role at the cathedral,
giving 10-minute lectures as part of Sunday morning worship each week.
"My uncle is 100 percent guilty, but his accusers are guilty as well,"
D.E. Paulk said, declining to talk further about the lawsuits.
___
On the Net:
http://www.mycathedral.org
------
Remember the Holy Quran mentions these priests as the ones who
undertook an unnecessary thing ( living as singles) and then could not
fulfill its requirements.The dismay and dissatisfaction in the
thinking generation of the West opens the door for consideration of
other religions, such as Islam
Javed Kaleem