To be shocked it’s Huw?

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His wiki page says he’s a Christian and a weekly church goer. Not a great ambassador for them, ah well

I think that poster is being sarcastic and illustrating how stupid and ludicrous it is to assume Huw did what he did because he is a Christian. Load of shit that is. And utterly offensive. Insert ANY other religion and it would be deleted. Christians seem fair game for attack though. Fucks me right off.

Funny no-one is mentioning that people from other religions are not perfect and commit plenty of SINS themselves. I don't even know where to start with a few religions. I won't say anything though, as I won't lower myself like SOME posters here.

Exactly.

Yes, genuinely shocking. Like finding out the Archbishop of Canterbury has been caught kerb-crawling.

(BTW, I am not in any way suggesting that such a thing has ever occurred before someone reports me.)

This.
Also, saying you're a Christian does not mean saying you're perfect.

Is that not the idea? Aren't religious adherents expected to behave in a representative way (as per that religion's teachings?).
I think that's all the OP meant tbf. Holier than thou isn't a common phrase for no reason.

You're not being holier than thou just by being active in a congregation.

Quite.

it’s the biggest non story that’s been dominating the headlines, I can’t fathom why. 2 consenting adults sent naughty pics to each other. Who gives a fuck? Really.

Yes but we don't offer to the world a pious facade and preach about the sanctity of family while we're cheating, we just... stay quiet.

Err what has he been found guilty of?

As far as i can see we have some unsubstantiated allegations and thats it.

The Sun originally said he was abusing a minor, it now turns out he wasn't (no MET action) so what else may well turn out to be a crock of shite?

ATM all we have is hearsay and gossip.

Oh sure, because the Met is well known for their hardline approach to sex crimes. Are we meant to suddenly trust them for some reason?

I suppose they'd credit your account by a tuppence.

I got the meme with his face yesterday

I've never heard Huw Edwards preach, tbh

@Sandra1984 exactly. It adds the extra element of them being a massive hypocrite.

This! Look at the catholic chuch in Ireland if you want to see pure evil. I'm not religious myself but i would hold religion responsible for an awful lot of evil in the world.

I wasn't suggesting that. Just that the major religions have an expectation that adherents will tend towards moral superiority, thus it's clearly noteworthy when an adherent (a very high profile one, in this case) strays quite as spectacularly from expectation.

I guessed it was him earlier today. A process of elimination. I watch the news all the time and he was the main person missing on TV since suspension announced and fit the demographic.

@GingerScallop Would you have made a similar comment if it was an atheist?Muslim? Hindu? One person does not represent an entire religion. In fact Christianity is emphatic that we or at least, all Christians are sinners. Being a Christian doesn't mean one is flawless.

It doesn't make you flawless, it just makes you a hypocrite.

Nah, not surprised. It was clearly someone very high profile, previously well loved and well regarded, Huw was definitely on my shortlist.

Yes. My mother in law being one!

Just wondering about the religious aspect and considering that Edwards (born 1962?) would have been a practising Christian at a time when the church was preaching that homosexuality was a sin, a flaw, and that they were acts of wickedness. Wonder if he married against his true sexual orientation in the hope that he would be somehow 'strengthened' against acting upon it. Many people brought up in faith used to do this. Sad if that was in fact the case.

It’s absolutely sickening that he is being treated for ‘mental health’ issues, for what it seems is his liking for sleazy text and pic exchanges with young people. It makes a mockery of people suffering genuine mental health issues. I hope he gets treatment, whatever that treatment looks like, but spare us the pity party.

I'd sat his mental health issues are pretty real right now.

He has had bouts of crippling depression for over 20 years, and spoke about it in a documentary a couple of years ago.

His wife is saying these mental health issues are long standing ones, I presume implying that this was why he behaved as he did.