Opinion of this pastor (see details)?

[John Dibble]

I have to agree with Alcon - where else is this guy going to go? He's got to live somewhere.

As far as how I view the priest, well, he seems to be following that whole "forgiveness" creed that Christians are supposed to be big on, so he's probably not a hypocrite. Reading a few more articles on this suggests that:

"Pinckney stands by his position of forgiveness and says that too many people don’t understand how Christ can change a person, and offer renewal and forgiveness." (supposedly the killer found Jesus in 1993)

Here's another article:

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Pastor+tells+why+he+took+in+killer&articleId=176f2193-7b7b-47b6-a741-1fbeb06c229b

Some important details:

You must be logged in to read this quote.

So he's taking more precautions than the law requires just in case.

I'm going to vote "Great" since this pastor actually seems to practice what his religion preaches but is also being smart about it.

[John Dibble]

As far as how I view the priest

He's not a priest.

Semantics. The job description is largely the same - they preach to their flock.

It speaks volumes of your own opinion on this issue that this is all you can muster against my own argument. So, Mr. Claims-to-be-Christian, why is it that you think "Ugh" of this pastor for acting in a forgiving manner? That's what Christians are supposed to do, right?

[John Dibble]

And the rest of the people in the town have to put up with it. That's not fair.

Again, where else do you propose he live? You have consistently failed to answer this question. People somewhere are going to have to deal with him living close to them, what makes it worse in this town than in any other?


Heck, let me use your exact same logic in a situation where you'd be all up in arms. I want to build a strip club in their town. The people don't want me to but I'm going to do it anyways. They'll just have to put up with it. That's not fair.

[John Dibble]

Put in my neighborhood, I wouldn't care. Urbanites are used to having such people around. This town shouldn't.

Yeah, let's put him in your neighborhood with less restrictions and nobody to help him stay on the right track. That's the right thing to do because nobody will be bothered by it.

By the way, you're ugly and annoying. Your presence bothers your neighbors. Why should they have to put up with it. That's not fair.