Ted Haggard 2.0: " Is This a Face You Can Trust?" by Andrew Harmon

The Advocate's cover story on Ted Haggard's reincarnation as a kind of, almost gay-friendly preacher is an interesting read. His new relationship with The Gay is nothing new or interesting, but there's some good thoughts in there about what exactly Christianity is for. I never thought I'd find myself agreeing with Ted Haggard, but his criticism of evangelical groups like the Christian Broadcasting Network and Focus on the Family is spot-on:

“The number 1 way they can raise funds is not to encourage people to be more loving, not to encourage people to be less greedy, or to encourage people to be more kind. It’s to say there’s a secret homosexual agenda to siege America, and fund us so we can battle this agenda, to save the family.”

That's my biggest problem, I think, with evangelical Christianity. It's not so much that I disagree with their beliefs, although I do. It's the charlatanry of it all.