“I have a good friend who I have known for forty years, since childhood, who was molested by her older brother. Her father covered it up. She is not particularly interested in how either of them are doing with it.”
You think the actions this father took are comparable to your friend’s experience? I think the fact that this man has owned up to what he did, acknowledged it happened, took full responsibility for it, did not hide it from the girl he married before he married her, all indicate that how the father handled it was not “covering it up”. Maybe the father should print up t-shirts that say my oldest son molested his younger sisters and wear that everywhere he goes so he isn’t covering it up. Or maybe he should just admit he is a failure as a father and turn all of his children over to CPS where they can be raised by a nice homosexual couple. Obviously, the government authorities on children are much more trustworthy and educated than this ultra-right-wing-tea-party dad. /s
“I have zero sympathy for people who terrorize children.”
And if you could be God for a day I am sure you could do a much better job of fixing these moral evils than Him. Enough with this nasty forgiveness idea (unless the sins are little ones like all of mine are). /s
No one asked for your sympathy. This man has paid an awful price for what he did. And he will continue to pay. That will not undo his actions. That will not heal the girls involved. But neither will damning him to hell. That’s what “no sympathy” really means. And if God decides not to send him to hell, then you need to decide if you can accept God’s righteousness as being greater than your own.
“I don’t have sympathy for people who do this kind of crap to kids.”
Again, you don’t need to. The 14 year-old boy did not sin against you. He sinned against God and these girls. They are the ones who were harmed. They are the ones who can forgive or not forgive.
Christ said if we do not forgive those who sin against us, His Heavenly Father will not forgive us either. Do you need forgiveness from God? Is there someone you have not forgiven?
I think anyone molesting children is bad.