(October 27, 2013 at 9:53 pm)Ryantology Wrote: This, unfortunately, is part of the problem. It's certainly an outrage, but to imply that such travesties are against the spirit of Christianity is abjectly false. It's a direct command from God to Moses. It's one of the rules they are supposed to follow. Why should it shock us when, occasionally, some of them do?
The blame ultimately rests upon the belief system which officially sanctions such atrocities.
The other important thing to note is that it's always a tragedy after the fact, it's always so sad, not a reflection of True Christianity... but the religion itself never seems to go beyond platitudes regarding it.
This is a religion in which large swathes will lobby against gay marriage, spend countless dollars trying to stop abortion, will fucking go to court over putting creationism in classrooms, or goddamn prayer, and yet this stuff, fucking child killings, doesn't raise any more than sound bites.
When was the last time you heard of someone in an official church capacity attempting to organize outreach efforts for these kids, or an education program for pastors not to do this stuff, since apparently it's so far away from the true spirit of the lord? We hear plenty of stories of gay church-goers getting kicked out just for being gay, but the pastors that burn children with acid... nobody is going to make any effort to correct his misunderstanding of the lord?
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