Former (thank god the forces of nature that drive all things) Congressman Mark Souder, the deeply devout Christian can’t understand why he couldn’t stop [insert your favorite word for the act here] his abstinence touting mistress, even after praying to Jehovah:
“I prayed multiple times a day, sang hymns with emotion and tears, felt each time that it wouldn’t happen again, read the Bible every morning. . . . So how in the world did I have a ‘torrid’ (which is an accurate word) many-year affair? How could I compartmentalize it so much?
Basically, he could do it because he was a gold plated hypocrite. But not to worry, as the story at the link shows, he is forgiven by his peers, who have a way of forgiving their hypocritical political or religious friends while extending no mercy to their foes (not for them Jesus’ injunction to love your enemy). Souder is apparently hitting the confessional circuit, where no doubt he’ll be a big draw, see e.g., John Rowland.
Meanwhile, what of the over 200,000 college students who lost student loans, courtesy of Mark Souder, because they were convicted of minor drug offenses. No forgiveness for them, and no second act on the lecture circuit.
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