Duggar is not a perfect soul. Neither am I. Neither are you.
Yeah, but I’m perfect enough not to rape children.
Well said.
I think there’s a basic problem with making idols out of people. This article tries to minimize his crime - what a “pleasure it was” to meet him etc. No one said child molestors couldn’t be pleasant when they want to be. Humble? I hope that “humility” is utter shame. I was never a fan of the show so I have no impulse to write the kind of defensive screed in the OP. I understand that there have been many who attacked the show strictly because of their spiritual faith and yes, those will celebrate this depravity as it is useful to their cause. But I don’t understand the “need” the OP had to defend a child molester in supposed support of Christianity. I don’t want to read about what a nice man he is ...towards adults...when I know what he has done to children, his own sisters. *shudder*
Why mention rape? There was no rape involved in this situation, that I know of.
who was raped?
14 and 12 year olds fondling each other is not necessarily rape, and it was not characterized as such. Perhaps you never engaged in fondling of anyone when you were an adolescent, in which case you are at least as moral as or more moral than average. If an adult fondles a 12 or 14 year old, that is certainly a sexual assault; but when 12 to 14 year old children fondle each other, it is immoral and sinful but NOT necessarily assault. Based on the information available in this case, those quick to label Josh a "sex offender" and a hypocrite are far more hypocritical in their own self-righteousness.