You are right about one thing Eddy, it is an assumption I am making regarding wealthy Evangelicals – although I believe they exist and I don’t think its a stretch to suggest they support ministries like Exodus – Whether there are a few, some, many, or many many, is something I’ll probably have to get back to you on, but I feel that our time has been well spent discussing this! LOL

I’m not sure how you got that post 53774 “stopped just short of calling Alan a liar”! And what exactly is the unfounded assumption regarding his support base? Are you suggesting that the assumption that wealthy Evangelicals support Alan and his ministry either directly or indirectly is without merit?

I understand why you are challenging some of my assumptions Eddy, I really do, but the challenges become distracting from the real issue after awhile – this discussion has been about Alan and about how many are upset with him and his own unfounded accusations. And to be honest, I have no idea what you meant by “decided that this would be yet another case where we’d find out in a day or two that you didn’t really mean it”

Like Mary, I think I understood what you were taking offense at, it’s just that your words made no sense to those of us who are reading. I actually read your posts before going off to work, chewed on them through the day and then decided that this would be yet another case where we’d find out in a day or two that you didn’t really mean it. Post 53774 stops just short of calling Alan a liar. It also makes an unfounded assumption re his support base…’the many, many…who support him.’ It further suggests that the ‘many, many’-if they do exist-are directly supporting Alan rather than supporting Exodus or its member agencies.

To be clear, I never said Alan couldn’t make money, rather it was Alan who was the one making a big deal out of money and who was suggesting that being a second class citizen somehow relates to your income – that is what I was taking offense at.

What I’m trying to say is that I don’t understand at all what you are trying to say in that post. I’ll understand if you don’t want to elaborate.

Really – all I can say is reread the sentence and don’t add or take anything away. I’m sorry but I get frustrated with some of your posts.

I’m not quite sure I understand what you are saying. Are you agreeing that Alan is in the wrong because of what he said?