of the post and can produce positive results, it should not matter to anyone what beliefs that leader privately embraces or what behaviors he or she engages in behind closed doors. In other words, it seems that the adherents of this position have sold out to pragmatism at the expense of integrity and character. If a leader can produce positive results, who cares about the moral or intellectual underpinnings of his or her life? If a pastor can develop a well-organized sermon and deliver it with panache,
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