RE: R'uh r'oh, Sunday school teacher impregnates teen
May 28, 2015 at 6:08 pm
(This post was last modified: May 28, 2015 at 6:23 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(May 28, 2015 at 4:41 pm)C4RM5 Wrote: I don't excuse the wrong doings of anyone, I don't excuse the wrong doings of myself. No one is perfect, that is what I ultimately reconise.
What you don't seem to recognize is that when one holds the title of priest or vicar or pastor or father, one has a moral responsibility that is the greater for the religious claim that backs the title and the position.
The weightier the responsibility, the purer must be the behavior.
You seek to excuse their behavior in this post by saying, "no one is perfect" -- but these guys aren't just anyone. They are the guys who claim to be your moral leaders.
This is the best you can do?
(May 28, 2015 at 4:46 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: The simple fact is, he does deserve special mention for being a particularly bad person, doing something that many of us would never do.
Forgive my going into a little detail here, but what makes him "particularly bad" is that he took advantage of the trust emplaced in him given his position in the church as he seduced a child who was not mature enough to see what was going on. When you combine the authority an adult has in the eyes of a child with the authority a church official has over a child believer, this sort of abuse is really a matter of a wolf in the flock.
He abused the trust of a naive child, even as he proclaimed his moral authority to lead his flock.
(May 28, 2015 at 4:52 pm)C4RM5 Wrote: No, it is not that I think he is special or diserves to be deflected of blame, I just believe everyone is equal.
Then perhaps he should quit preaching to others and clean up his own backyard ... and stop abusing the trust of innocents while he's at it.
While you're thinking about that, ponder this as well: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...tthew+7:18
I should think a moral church would not produce immoral leaderships.
(May 28, 2015 at 5:10 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: I don't think Mike Huckabee is going to step up to the plate for this inseminater.
Probably because there isn't a fan-base with ready donations at the ready.
(May 28, 2015 at 6:08 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: Oh please...
These types of people will exist in any church congregation, (believer/make-believer/unbeliever) but "ye shall know them by their fruit". Was not Judas counted among the disciples, yet Jesus referred to him as a devil?
Quote:John 6:70
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
That's right. Your shitty little faith doesn't guarantee anything outside of your own smug sanctimony on an Internet board, until another Christian gets caught being a molester, and then you run like roaches from the light away from the example.
