Posted on 11/12/2013 6:27:40 PM PST by Morgana
Something is not ringing 100% true on this story. I’m holding off believing anything on this until more information is developed. It could be a bad actor somehow got into this “community center” and got access to the toddler. It also could be nothing much more than someone trying to hit the lawsuit lottery. We’ll see.
Well the Bible says pastors are judged differently.
IMO people who are in leadership positions of any kind should be held to a higher standard. Doesn’t mean the average Joe can’t do the right thing of course.
What it does mean, is that he fully intended to cover it up.
Makes sense.
Did you forget a sarcasm tag?
Who or what do you think he actually feared?
Are you bipolar? You accuse me of making excuses for the rapist and the pastor and you ask about sarcasm?
seek help
I could pray that you seek it, but it's fairly obvious you won't.
http://www.amazon.com/Predators-Pedophiles-Rapists-Other-Offenders/dp/0465071732
Sexual Predators go where their prey is.
They look and act like everyone else.
The reason that the problem with them has gotten so bad is because people desperately want to believe that other people who seemed so nice and so safe were as nice and as safe as they appeared.
They can be your pastor, your policeman, or your spouse. They can be male or female. They can be a teen or a grandparent.
And every preconception about them you cling to, helps ten of them slip by.
Since you have now weighed in with your considered opinion...allow me to re-state mine, with you in mind.
You, sir or madamn, are an idiot, in my considered opinion.
The sexual abuse of children was specifically addressed by Jesus Christ himself.
Your “observation” is fatally flawed, in that you appear to pretend that the evil act of child abuse is an inconceivable situation, amongst a group who openly call themselves Christians, and who you seem to claim a fellowship with.
You are also guilty, IMHO, of attempting to excuse the inexcusable, under color of ...what?
Exactly what do you base your very superior compassionate support of excusing evil on?
Certainly not biblical scripture, and certainly not under color of any spiritual belief system that comprehends good versus evil to be objectively true.
I'm not familiar with that denomination. Do they worship community?
A few years back I attended a meeting describing new measures by our church to further ensure our children’s safety. The new requirements included background checks. I read the documents and raised my hand.
“It strikes me that if Jesus and his twelve disciples were to apply to work in our Children’s Church, the only one who would be eligible is Judas.”
Judas was never convicted of a crime.
People who wish to target children are frequently drawn to jobs or positions which allow access.
So does mine and it’s been that way for as long as I can remember.
Yep and it’s why one never puts a child OR and adult in this kind of situation. Having multiple adults attend to children safeguards both. Puts a roadblock between a predator or an adult being falsely accused.
Thanks.
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