Exposing Ravi Zacharias

Apparently explosive allegations against the late evangelist Ravi Zacharias have emerged.  It's what we've grown accustomed to in our enlightened era: he inappropriately acted in a sexual manner both by his own actions and in how he approached and touched women.  The women all worked at a massage therapist establishment in Atlanta that Rev. Zacharias frequented for, apparently, medical reasons. 

That's all we know.  The accusations came after his death, so he's not here to defend himself.  Perhaps the accusers are telling the truth.  Perhaps they are not.  In the olden days, that's what made these things difficult, the proverbial he said/they said.  In our legal tradition of presumption of innocence, not to mention the Christian tradition of charity and weariness about judging, it's tough to rush in and crucify him just because he's been accused.  On the other hand, these things happen, women don't always lie, and it could be true.  

Exactly what they seek to gain from this, given that he's dead, isn't something I'm privy to.  In our day and age, where we are no longer a human race but a loosely identified set of ever changing demographic labels whose worth and reputation is always revolving around victim and victimizer, it's even more difficult to ply the waters of justice and grace.

Best to wait and see, and not even come close to making judgements about the accusers or the accused.  In my ministry days, I had the opportunity to work with Rev. Zacharias's ministry, but never met him personally.  Like all, you hope to see the best in people, especially those doing the good work of the Christian Gospel.   We'll see.  Again, in our age of 'rush to judgement faster than the speed of light', it's best to do the proper Christian, American and English Legal tradition thing and wait for evidence and facts to emerge.