Church pastor lied about being a Navy SEAL

[RandySF]

After years of letting his congregation believe he'd once been a Navy SEAL, a Pennsylvania pastor's tale has come undone.

Last week, The Patriot-News newspaper, based in Harrisburg, reached out to former SEALs living in midstate Pennsylvania, hoping for some local perspective on the U.S. commando operation that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. Rev. Jim Moats, of Newville, obliged, and was featured in a story that ran in Saturday's edition. But it turns out Moats was never a SEAL, and the guilt-ridden pastor went to the paper's office on Sunday to fess up.

"I never was in a class, I never served as an actual SEAL. It was my dream," Moats, 59, who did serve in the Navy from 1970 to 1974, told the paper. "I don't even know if I would have met the qualifications. I never knew what the qualifications were."

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/pastors_tale_of_navy_seal_days_undone_by_bin_ladens_death.php?ref=fpblg

[Stuart G]

1. K and R

[brooklynite]

2. I'm sure he lied for a good cause...

...after all, he's a religious leader so it must be for the betterment of the flock.

[FLyellowdog]

15. Yes, cause he's a liar.nt

[sinkingfeeling]

3. And here I thought lying was one of those things restricted by the 10 Commandments.

[pokerfan]

13. only if it's on a Tuesday

and it's between dusk and twilight. And you're lying to a fellow Hebrew. And you're under oath...

[lame54]

4. his whole profession is based on a lie

[geckosfeet]

14. zing!

[RKP5637]

20. Yep, just another lie to the flock, but they love believing in lies and liars. n/t

[madmax]

5. These people stop at nothing.

No lie is too big or too small for 'them'. The hypocrites.

[peace frog]

6. Thou shalt not tell a lie

unless Jesus says it's OK with him. ;)

[DeSwiss]

7. K&R

- A preacher lied? Shocked I say. Shocked!!!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PLjNWOu-Zn0/ScpgE7diU0I/AAAAAAAAAd4/MR8l5f9sDtY/s400/shocked+to+find+gaming.jpg

[Stuart G]

8. Wait a minute...was Jesus against war????

[shraby]

9. When are congregations going to stop forgiving the lies told

by their pastor, and send them down the road in order to get one with the morals a pastor should have?

[grilled onions]

10. It was just a mistake of the press

What I meant to say was I went to the zoo and SAW seals!

[RKP5637]

21. LOL !!! n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. busted!

[pokerfan]

12. I've always wanted to pretend to be an architect

[MineralMan]

16. Lots of bogus SEALs out there.

Someone always busts their lies, though. Real SEALs check up on those claims.

[jberryhill]

17. I was an Army WALRUS

...after I finished my stint as a NARWHAL in the Marines.

[lpbk2713]

18. He enjoyed having people think he was a badass.

Until he got caught.





Poseur. :rofl:

[Bucky]

19. If you're talking about Jesse Ventura, he's also lying about being a minister.

[RKP5637]

22. "The Devil made me do it!" n/t

[RagAss]

23. Fucking Loser.

[Hubert Flottz]

24. Well For Heaven's Snakes...

Gawd must have dialed the wrong number when he called that "Heart Breaker and Life Taker" to preach.

[donheld]

25. John Kyl's best friend

it was not meant to be a factual statement

[Bluebear]

27. +

[Evoman]

26. It is a fact that 70% of men on the internet have been SEALS or marines.

I guess it's happening in real life too now.

[petronius]

28. Maybe it's just because I'm a billionaire astronaut world-class mountaineer, but

I don't see why all those tools lie about being marine mammals or whatever... :shrug: