Auntie Charo's Soapbox

Would Jesus poach? You know the answer so I'm not going to insult your intelligence. Jesus was a Minister. He led by His example. He did as He said and Said as He did. He didn't say one thing and do another. He didn't break any laws, made by man, or by God. The laws made by man not to poach I assume is to keep the number of deer or boar to a minimum or maximum, thus the reason to have licenses that allow one to hunt during certain times of the year. Man makes it legal to hunt during these times. Jesus, as a Minister would have followed this law so that His flock would have followed His example.
Recently, a human minister who has his own flock was arrested for allegedly poaching(supposedly dead animals were discovered in vehicles, etc.) and initially, the minister resigned his high government position which showed humility on his part. For some unknown reason, the allegations, the arrest and everything that dealt with the arrest were expunged as if it were a figment on one's imagination and this minister was reinstated to his high government position as if no man-made law had been (allegedly) broken.
Having always been a Catholic, I don't know if Christians have a different way of judging the gravity of sins. Catholics judge sins as venial and mortal. I would judge poaching as venial and abortion as mortal. Perhaps Christians do likewise, perhaps they have three ways and poaching is looked as 'okay' for ministers to do on a first time basis(likewise, allow for the use of bulldozer uses in Bubulao (or somewhere in Guam where it's deep and muddy )that costs the government of Guam $7K in damages without permission).
Either way, the minister is back behind the desk at his high position within the government, without the stain of allegations, nothing to forgive for firsties, and is perhaps behind the pulpit facing a forgiving flock that'll give him a high five and'll lend him their 'head' lights the next time he wants to make another 'first' where the deer and the antelope, oops, boar used to play.......
When your child steals candy from the grocery store, don't scold him if it's his first time....tell him you learned that from the bible school in Tamuning.
If the minister were a holy man? He would...re-resign. Amen.