Damned Protestants...

[Anymouse]

Not defending any of these jerks who pass themselves off as pastors, but one would point out the logical fallacy implied in some posts on this subject: because a handful of pastors have been accused/convicted of molestation does not mean they are all guilty of it (guilt by association fallacy).

A similar argument might run that Stalin and Pol Pot were both atheists and therefore all atheists are guilty of their crimes by association.

What might be troubling would be if churches covered up for them and hid such crimes (wait, the Holy See, abortion clinic bombings, &c., oh they do cover up for them, while chastising American mosques for not being forthright about condemning violence done in the name of Islam. Except when mosques or Islamic organisations do that, they are ignored).

A couple months ago I got in a debate with one of my new neighbours here about condemning the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the debate over the so-called ground zero mosque. He was of the opinion that the mosque should not be allowed (Muslims are terrorists, see) and that we would never allow a Shinto shrine that close to Pearl Harbour. I pointed out there are seven Shinto shrines closer than that in Honolulu (courtesy of Mapquest). His response was to shoot his arm out and grab me by the throat and choke me, in someone else's house, then after my wife batted his arm away with her cane, he pushed her off her feet onto the floor and stormed out, calling us both heathens (not true, my wife is an atheist, I am the heathen) and unpatriotic (I guess because we support the first amendment).

Nice example of Christian love, but I don't paint all Christians in the same light because of that ass. I just make sure to avoid him, which is tough to do in a town of 142 people.