James Watkins Author Speaker Threat to society

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January 2008

Wow! I can't believe it. A so-called Christian writer has just been accused of . . .

. . . cross-dressing while in high school

. . . spending numerous nights over a six-year period in a girl's dorm

. . . being confined to the "closed" section of a mental hospital

. . . spending time in and out of prison from 1989 to 2005

. . . sleeping with the senior pastor while serving as an associate minister at her church

. . . using illegal drugs while on an overseas missions trip

. . . being investigated by both county and state police agencies, with police cars at his home several times a week

. . . and hosting an "adult site" on the Internet.

Unbelievable. His writing and speaking career is over! Or is it? Hey, that's me!

Three of my friends and I dressed up as an all-girl rock band for a youth group talent show in high school. My wife served six years as resident director at Indiana Wesleyan. While visiting a student in "closed" section of a mental hospital, the shift changed and the new matron had to verify that I wasn't a patient before I was allowed to leave. I also visited parishioners in both juvenile and adult prisons. My wife was senior pastor at a small church while I served as her associate pastor.

While in India, I came down with severe bronchitis and our host went to the local drug store for cough medicine with codeine, which would be illegal without a prescription in this country. Our son-in-love is a police officer, so we had to have a police background before he could be hired. (He also drops off our granddaughters for babysitting every week.) And hopefully, my articles on sexuality do address sexuality in an adult manner.

Here's my point. During the 2008 election campaign, the negative attack ads have been vicious. And the email smears have been even worse!

Even a positive message can be deceptive. For instance: half the truth, I have a doctoral degree in para-literature; the whole truth, my friend, John Latta, bought it from a diploma mill as a gag gift.

So, Verify, verify, verify! "If your mother says shes loves you, check it out!"

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