(February 14, 2021 at 10:14 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: They fuck with more kids minds than they literally diddle, and that, right there, is what justifies the faithfuls stance on the issue. It's basically written off as the cost of business, and they think the business is good. It's the business they wish to protect - because it sells divine pardons, which they want very much, and believe a witchdoctor is required to provide.
It's really not that hard to understand, imo.
Sounds about right - they need "salesmen" in the churches in order to keep the business going from one generation to the next, and a lot of those people are bad actors who either became intoxicated by the power they hold over the flock, or sought that power deliberately.
Any time the church attempts to discipline one of the abusers, it weakens the church's authority (and therefore their business model and the revenue stream) by revealing that they don't have a hotline to a loving, caring, all-knowing deity with the ability to warn them about bad clergy.
