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Where is the Outrage? (protestant pedophiles)
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Posted on 04/22/2011 10:27:57 PM PDT by bronxville
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To: antceecee
To: PetroniusMaximus
Agreed! If anyone in my church was known to be committing such evil I have no doubt the members would insist the perpetrator(s) be arrested and suspended from any ministerial duties. If convicted, they would be fired and other related churches would be made aware through a national registry - not just a "Baptist", "Methodist", etc. list. Other sins such as sexual involvement between consenting, but unmarried, adults is only a church issue if it is known to the people. Then there are Biblical rules to be followed and it includes expelling from fellowship those who refuse to repent from their sin. I would expect any person who was guilty of any gross sinful behavior be barred from holding a leadership position within the congregation even after he/she confessed and repented.
I question why the Catholic Church has NOT followed the Biblical guidelines and why so many Catholics seem to want to point the finger at other churches as if doing so takes the burden of correction from them. I wouldn't care how high the offender went in the chain if command. Those within the body of Christ have a moral mandate from God to be the face of Christianity to the world and to stand up for goodness and righteous living. It starts at the house of God.
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posted on
04/22/2011 11:23:45 PM PDT
by
boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
To: buccaneer81
Do you think they’re fakes? Leftie trolls? I honestly did wonder because no real Christian would carry on like them especially during Holy Week. And real CHristians would also get the message that we need to stay together against the upcoming onslaught on faithful Judeo-Christians. They just couldn’t be that dopey...
I enjoy discussions on religion but so many threads on pedophilia within hours is wayyyy beyond the pale.
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posted on
04/22/2011 11:23:50 PM PDT
by
bronxville
(Sarah will be the first American female president.)
To: buccaneer81
I hate to say that FR has become a Catholic bashing site in the Religion Forum.What I've noticed is that Free Republic has become more... um, lets say strident over the years, and if you notice, the sects of Protestantism that most bash Catholics are the ones that attract the more strident types.
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posted on
04/22/2011 11:24:14 PM PDT
by
MichiganMan
(Oprah: Commercial Beef Agriculture=Bad, Commercial Chicken Agriculture=Good...Wait, WTF???)
To: boatbums
You both need to read post #17 and then respond otherwise neither of your responses are contributing anything useful to the discussion.
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posted on
04/22/2011 11:26:32 PM PDT
by
bronxville
(Sarah will be the first American female president.)
To: buccaneer81
I hate to say that FR has become a Catholic bashing site in the Religion Forum. So, what, you want to now turn it into a "Protestant" bashing site? Isn't the word "hypocrite"?
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posted on
04/22/2011 11:26:56 PM PDT
by
boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
To: PetroniusMaximus
Really??? Point to MSM response to this. Must be nationwide to be credible... international to be absolutely stellar
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posted on
04/22/2011 11:30:17 PM PDT
by
antceecee
(Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
To: buccaneer81; Jeff Chandler
Too many mouth breathers are on board today. Id like to reverse that trend. So to "reverse that trend" you call people nasty names? How's that working for you so far?
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posted on
04/22/2011 11:31:27 PM PDT
by
boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
To: boatbums
How about we become a site that only bashes the perpetrator? What a novel idea!
We could actually go after corruption on all levels, all organizations.. all will fear our watchful eyes. Never will happen...as all are entrenched in their own little kingdoms... wake up people... corruption is everywhere and it is because of individual personal choices made by individual people. How about going after that?
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posted on
04/22/2011 11:35:31 PM PDT
by
antceecee
(Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
To: boatbums
What do you think would work?
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posted on
04/22/2011 11:37:59 PM PDT
by
D-fendr
To: boatbums
Thank you for proving my point. Some are drawn straight out of the den as the catch their breath.
To: Choozer
So true. As a parent you have to be so vigilant. As a Catholic, I have only come across fantastic, caring Priests but I remain ever watchful. I feel bad because the great Priests I know are looked at differently by some in the community that aren't Catholic and from what they think they know they assume all Priests are pedophiles. Our church speaks very openly about child abuse and each grade level attends a class, once a year with their parents, to discuss on an age appropriate level what molestation and child abuse is and the importance of reporting it.
To: bronxville
Trolls for sure. Yet they own the FR Religion Forum. Very troubling. Real Americans don’t think like them.
To: bronxville
I responded to this same kind of post several weeks ago because, as here, it left off what the SBC president said
were the reasons for why a local registry was inadequate. He was not trying to avoid it but said he wanted one that could identify offenders across the board. What is to prevent a Baptist minister who is found guilty of child sexual abuse from going over to another Protestant denomination? If he/she is only listed in the SBC list the other church would not know about it. As it is, I would think that today no church would even think of hiring someone without a complete background check.
Does your church do that now? I would certainly hope so, three billion dollars is a pretty hard lesson.
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posted on
04/22/2011 11:44:42 PM PDT
by
boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
To: boatbums
So, what, you want to now turn it into a "Protestant" bashing site? I want it to be a non-bashing site with legitimate doctrinal arguments instead of the daily hate posted here.
To: antceecee
Hey, I’m all for going after workers of evil - in all walks of life. What I would NOT like to see is the opportunity to debate beliefs and ideas taken away because some people get their feelings hurt too easily.
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posted on
04/22/2011 11:49:11 PM PDT
by
boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
To: boatbums
So to "reverse that trend" you call people nasty names?Are you admitting you're a mouthbreather?
To: D-fendr
What do you think would work? Avoiding gratuitous name-calling for one. Not lumping all people into one basket is another. Posting in a way that shows respect while at the same time not being afraid to oppose another's beliefs with reasoned and well thought out proofs. Far too many people think they are being "bashed" personally when it is a doctrine that is being discussed. I have seen you do a pretty good job of exhibiting these ideals most of the time.
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posted on
04/22/2011 11:55:44 PM PDT
by
boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
To: boatbums
What I would NOT like to see is the opportunity to debate beliefs and ideas taken away because some people get their feelings hurt too easily.Then you need to tell your compatriots that debate is one thing, but abject hate is another and will be met with refutations.
To: buccaneer81
Thank you for proving my point. Some are drawn straight out of the den as the catch their breath. And you do mine as well. I don't think I've seen a post of yours yet that actually speaks about anything other than insults and anger. I am perfectly willing to discuss any point in a calm and respectful manner.
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posted on
04/22/2011 11:59:32 PM PDT
by
boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
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