Kopp Disclosure
(John 3:19-21)
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While Scratching the Surface of Genesis was scheduled for release today, we're taking another
detour/deepening dictated by yesterday's revelations from unHappy Valley in
Pennsylvania.
It seems the
iconic coach knew about the dirty details for over a decade and, uh, did
nothing; or as Sarge Shultz pretended, "I know nothing. I hear
nothing. I see nothing."
Sadly, evidence
has been, uh, disclosed to confirm what many have suspected.
Children's bodies
and souls were raped for years and years and years despite the
"saintly" coach, AD, VP, and P knowing about it because the reputation of the
"saintly" coach, football program, and university were deemed more
important than children's bodies and souls being raped.
What's that
chant?
We are...
Yeah, right.
I mean wrong.
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I don't need to
catalogue the sins in an anti-Pauline kinda way.
You know the sick
story.
Yet I've been thinking
about a thread through it all that brought Nixon back to mind in what seems to
me to be a striking parallel that repeats itself over and over and over again
like it just did in unHappy
Valley.
Remember
Watergate?
Nixon could have
preserved a better place in history for himself if he wouldn't have conspired
to cover-up the sins of those burglars being managed by underlings.
Get it?
Paterno could
have preserved a better place in history for himself if he wouldn't have
conspired to cover-up Jerry's sins.
And before anyone
suggests any kinda nobility on Paterno's part for not, uh, disclosing the
darkly despicable behavior of one of his coaches/friends, keep in mind that
we're not talking about an indiscretion or political dirty trick or momentary
lack of judgment. We're
talking about a conspiracy to cover-up the rape of children's bodies and souls
in deference to the fans/boosters who idolized-some-still-idolize-him-anyway
the coach and his football program and his university!
Sick.
Sick.
Sick.
And anyone who
tries to rationalize away any of it - even Jay who can be almost excused
as, uh, a child of... - is sick, sick, sick.
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Now read John
3:19-21.
O.K.
Now read it again
slowly.
Now think back to
Nixon, think now to Paterno, and think about...
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True, as the
misguided Marine said, some people can't handle the truth.
So they hide it.
They don't talk
about it.
They don't do
anything about it.
Ergo, they are
accomplices with it.
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I've been accused
of being too open with the officers and members of His-not-my church about, uh,
uh, uh,...everything.
I've been accused
of answering direct questions with direct answers.
I've been accused
of indiscretion by forwarding e-mails that people have written about other
people that are...
I've been accused
of talking about things that people don't want to talk about like apostasy,
meanness, hypocrisy, and other sneaky, irascible, irregular, and irreconcilable
behaviors in
me as
well as others.
I've been accused
of taking the Lion of Judah thing too seriously; and moving from the strong
calm sanity of watching the pride/family to the ferocious, unrelenting, and
pursuing foe of anyone like
me who
poses Christianity while giving comfort to the enemy in an Ephesians 6:10ff.
kinda way.
I've been accused
of telling too many insiders/outsiders what's really going on in the
franchise, government, His-not-my church, and all of the below.
I've been told I
write too much, say too much, get involved in too much, and...
I am guilty.
I praise God for
this admission.
I praise God that
I don't have a secret password on my computer; so I'm not tempted to...
I praise God that
I don't keep secrets; and, remember, secrets and personal/pastoral
confidentialities are different things despite some folks pretending
otherwise. Secrets, more often than not, are not redemptive.
Usually, they hide pejorative behaviors. Personal/pastoral
confidentialities are part of a redemptive discipline.
I praise God that
I admit I've inhaled and looked...
I praise God that
I know I have sinned, sin, and will...
Now read 1 John
1.
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I have mourned
for the Nixons for a long time because Richard did not understand the wisdom of
Jesus in John 3:19-21.
I mourn for the
Paternos and Nittany Lions because JoePa along with the AD, VP, and P did
not understand the wisdom of Jesus in John 3:19-21.
I mourn for
churches and governments and businesses and clubs and...who do not pray and try
to live by the wisdom of Jesus in John 3:19-21.
I mourn for my
parents, sister, wife, children, friends, and anyone who has ever suffered
because I have not understood the wisdom of Jesus in John 3:19-21.
And that mourning
makes me want to obey His wisdom in John 3:19-21.
Simply,
if we want to keep keepin' those secrets and walk in darkness
because we don't want anyone to turn the light on our...
Well, I hope we
know what He meant in John 3:19-21.
If not, we've
learned nothing from the Nixons and Paternos and me and...
BTW, my password
is 1952.
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Blessings and Love!
5 comments:
I live an hour from Penn State, and the story is a part of our everyday news routine. There is the ick factor that arose every day in the trial ("that happened and you just feel icky after hearing it). This post was at the heart of the Penn State problem. Good writing and better thinking.
Well said Bob. No one can hide from the truth, especially when it is in the light of day like this is.
Hope you are well and ride safely please.
God bless you and yours,
All everybody wanted to hear was about winning football games and not about the human tragedy happening in the locker room .
Unfortunately, I think you're right.
BOB: I read your thoughts on Paterno and have mixed feelings. A wise man who I used to frequently golf with once said, "A single moment in one's life does not define a person's character." That statement is one of the most valuable I have ever heard because I've done some things that I am not proud of, but on the other hand, I've done more things in my life to help others that I am very proud of. Transposed to JoePa, he did more good that evil and helped more people than he hurt. It's just that Penn Staters tried to deify him. That just doesn't work. I admired and idolized Joe. But I did not see him as a God. He was just a man. Nothing more, nothing less. He made some serious mistakes it appears. "The coverup is always worse than the crime," the saying goes, except in this case. I met and knew Jerry Sandusky from the news business, and he sure had me fooled. I thought he was a compassionate and Christian-like kind of person. Do you think I had an error in judgement? We all have errors in judgement. We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Those who wish to piss on Joe's grave may do so, but just know the ground will filter it out before it reaches his body, much like the blood of Jesus will filter out our sins before we are judged. All my best.
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