Ted Haggard

GTC and I spent part of our Saturday night watching a fairly incomplete and lame "documentary" much better labeled a home video about the once esteemed Ted Haggard. I have to say the guy was likable in a weird sort of way. He seemed to embrace his sometimes homosexual, sometimes heterosexual nature. In other circles this is referred to as bisexual. Ted presented a very accepting view on his judges in the church who banned him not only from the church but also from the state of Colorado. I am not even sure the FBI can do that.

It was difficult to tell whether Ted was truly happy or okay with anything because he has a facial deformity in the shape of a huge permanent, awkward smile that defies any accurate reading of his feelings. This only went away one time. That was when Ted seemed very pathetic which was right about when I began to find him likable. He seems to be a man who in his own words "sinned" and who is unable to get that grandiose and seemingly non existent thing his church once called forgiveness. I felt like Ted was just one step away from getting it. Maybe the church isn't all it's advertised to be.

I guess I didn't get too much from this except the idea that organized religion isn't where you want to be if you are looking to engage in any sort of nontraditional anything or in the wake of said thing you are looking for any sort of forgiveness, unconditional love, and understanding. No, one would have to venture far far away from any organized religion to obtain those. Hopefully, Ted will get far enough away to realize that. In the meantime, if anyone is looking to purchase some good life insurance or to give out massages, Ted is your man.