In my world, these two wouldn’t have even made it to booking.
I miss the good ole days.
Disgusting.
Father, please help this little girl get better...how can anyone?
What the police can't take care of, the inmates will.
And, God help this "couple" if they make bail. Solitary confinement might be the safest place for them.
The bible says it is folly to pine for the “better” old days. We forget that every age has its own failings, its own successes.
It is the situations that most tempt us to forget God’s universal council to as much kindness as is useful, that are the ones that are important to remember God in. Don’t give us guff about a “balance between justice and mercy” — God worked the balance almost ludicrously towards mercy for us by suffering on the Cross, and also by delaying hell to eternity. Our challenge is to see how that can be worked to good in humanity.
Get out a bible and read the last verse of the Old Testament. What does it call for? Riiiiiight.
The optimal result would be for both the girl AND the parents to realize the truth of Ephesians 6 — this was demon driven behavior, and uniting against Satan is the actual solution.