Posted on 09/25/2015 4:58:51 AM PDT by HomerBohn
Salon.com recently posted an article on their website titled, "I'm a pedophile, but not a monster." It included the byline "I'm attracted to children but unwilling to act on it. Before judging me harshly, would you be willing to listen?"
Todd Nickerson is the author and yes, he honestly and openly admits to being a pedophile.
"My name is Todd Nickerson, and I'm a pedophile," he wrote. "Does that surprise you? Yeah, not many of us are willing to share our story, for good reason. To confess a sexual attraction to children is to lay claim to the most reviled status on the planet, one that effectively ends any chance you have of living a normal life. Yet, I'm not the monster you think me to be. I've never touched a child sexually in my life and never will, nor do I use child pornography."
One can hope that at least Nickerson is honest that he has not engaged in the activities which he claims he has not. His claim to "orientation" and comparing it to sodomites is interesting though. He doesn't claim to be born that way, but recognizes a "sexual preference" around the age of puberty. Clearly, as has been discussed by Shea Bernard, everyone is born to be heterosexual. There is no gene or scientific evidence to prove anyone is born anything other than that.
However, as you read his account of sexual abuse at a young age at the hands of a German man, and his grandparents covering it up, there is a part of you that does feel sorry for him as a child. He was confused, vulnerable and such. However, thought he could recall his sexual abuse at a young age, he claims that he hardly felt it warranted what his father said should be done to a criminal who sexually abused a girl: "They should take people like that and place weights on top of their genitals until they smash."
Jesus actually went further:
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. –Matt. 18:6
After Nickerson tells his life story, he ends up telling others who thinks as he does to seek help for their perversion, and it is a perversion of mind. As a man thinks in his heart, so is he (Prov 23:7).
Confessing one's sins, and make no mistake thinking about engaging little children in sexual intercourse or sodomy is sin and does need to be repented of, especially concerning this matter is something that needs to be handled before God and in a setting where there is true Christian accountability to counsel from the Scriptures and point such a person towards Christ, the law and repentance towards God. It should not be aired out in a lengthy article telling people they are not a "monster" and not to judge them too "harshly."
And this is the point. I think Steven Crowder tried to deal fairly in his piece on the article. He wrote:
Here's the problem with the title and the byline: it's misleading. The article is written by a pedophile who says he's never touched a child and never would. The man, who identifies himself as Todd Nickerson, agrees that it's wrong to both be attracted to children and to act upon that attraction. He then goes on a long diatribe about his past, the abuse he's encountered, why we should be understanding in place of judgmental, blahblahblahblahblah. Finally, At the end of the long article is a call to action for pedophiles to get help, to seek advice and to find a solution to their sexual attraction to children. That's not the argument here. It's good that Nickerson wants other pedophiles to get help for their sexual desires. Not arguing with that. Okay? Okay.
BUT, the call to action of getting help for pedophilia is after Nickerson recounts his childhood disability, the time he was molested, and about being an outsider. Nickerson paints himself a victim in hopes of garnering your sympathy, and if you didn't finish the entire article, the impression your left with is simply this: Salon.com is trying to normalize and de-stigmatize pedophilia.
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My entire problem with the article isn't with Nickerson so much as it is with Salon.com, for allowing the article to be framed in a misleading way, and titling it "I'm a Pedophile, But I'm not a Monster," with a byline that calls for understanding and admonishes its readers for pre-judging someone who just admitting to being a pedophile. That's one of the problems with this article.
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If the first and only goal was for pedophiles to seek help, the article should've been titled: "I'm a Pedophile, I'm a Monster and I Got Help," with the byline I've never once touched a child and never would. And neither should you. With the first paragraphs of the article beginning with the last paragraphs of the existing piece.
To make the point further, Crowder wondered if Salon would have run the article, but instead of pedophilia, the issue was racism. "Would Salon.com run this article? 'I'm a Racist, But I'm Not a Monster: I've never discriminated against a black man and I never would. Before judging me harshly, would you be willing to listen?'"
See how that works? He then offered another suggested title, "I'm a College Fraternity Brother and I Have Rape Fantasies, But I'm Not a Monster."
I'm guessing Salon wouldn't run either of those articles.
Crowder echoed the teachings of Biblical law and the words of Christ when he added, "I still have a steadfast rule: touch a kid sexually and you deserve a bullet."
"This shocks you?" he continued. "Well let me ask this? If a pedophile touching a kid doesn't warrant a red-line… what the hell does? The left wants us to be more concerned with inanimate objects like guns than the incredible liability of pedophiles. If I sound harsh, it's deliberate. There's a certain point you cross where I no longer care about your past, the injustices you've experienced or how little daddy hugged you."
I one hundred percent agree. When the thoughts become actions, justice must be administered.
Those who think in a manner such as pedophiles, sodomites, murderers, rapists, racists and others need serious help. Of that there is no doubt, but that help is not found in psychiatry because it is based in humanism. The kind of help those who are pedophiles, racists, or rapists in their thinking, I'm not talking about actions yet, comes through holding up the standard of God's law to condemn their sinful thoughts. Then they need to be shown a Savior from such sin, which is found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
If left to themselves, they will inevitably act on their thoughts. Then the issue is no longer between just them and God. Now, someone else is involved and justice in this life must be meted out. I do hope those who think this way, including Mr. Nickerson, will indeed discover the kind of freedom that Christ provides to sinners who desperately seek to be delivered from their sin, not be encouraged to think it is somehow the new normal.
Execution is the only answer. What's wrong with a society ridding itself of a destroyer of innocence?
Leftists think you’re wrong to judge and that life is precious so the death penalty must be abolished.
What... the living Hell? If you go back in time when man lived in tribes, I’m pretty sure the guy who tried to rape children was summarily beaten and/or killed.
All fathers ought shoot any prevert they catch messing with their underage children.
It’s no joke. I read about it here, where someone commented perhaps tongue-in-cheek but probably in reaction to the gays having conquered everything else that the next battle for gays would be over pedophilia.
no. I won't listen because you're probably lying like the Taqiyyans you son proudly support over Christians which leaves me scrathching my head; why would you be so stupid to support someone that wants to kill you if you let them assume control over the U.S.? Then I remember you're a knee-jerk socialist that's indoctrinated by universities and the MSM to hate a group of people that actually contribute to society by feeding, clothing and poviding shelter for the less fortunate that love others. Meanwhile you support barbarians that lie, steal, kill, enslave, and desecrate religious sites and antiquities. There is no wisdom in you, no discernment, no commom sense, and you secretly desire to rape our children. What I think is that if there were no laws stopping you, you would have already raped and abused many children. No there is only one solution - send you overseas to the land of the Taqiyyans you so love and lets see how much they love you.
No. I won't listen because you're probably lying like the Taqiyyans you so proudly support over Christians which leaves me scratching my head; why would you be so stupid to support someone that wants to kill you if you let them assume control over the U.S.? Then I remember you're a knee-jerk socialist that's indoctrinated by universities and the MSM to hate a group of people that actually contribute to society by feeding, clothing and poviding shelter for the less fortunate that love others. Meanwhile you support barbarians that lie, steal, kill, enslave, and desecrate religious sites and antiquities. There is no wisdom in you, no discernment, no commom sense, and you secretly desire to rape our children. What I think is that if there were no laws stopping you, you would have already raped and abused many children. No there is only one solution - send you overseas to the land of the Taqiyyans you so love and lets see how much they love you.
Where’s a judge Parker when needed?
Liberals are usurping the vocabulary. A pedophile is someone who acts on his/her impulses. A murderer is someone who has acted on an impulse. They are trying to undermine morality by de-sensitizing us. Look at what they have done to the word marriage.
So now we’re “bigots” for opposing child rape?
Read a comment to that article by a sane person and then a reply by a fag:
Bill Schrier 13 hours ago
“ So, please, be understanding and supportive. It’s really all we ask of you. Treat us like people with a massive handicap we must overcome, not as a monster. “
Well, I don’t treat you so much as a monster as I consider you to be severely mentally ill and a threat to children. You cross over into the monster category when you act on your mentally ill impulses, which for all I know you already have despite your claims to the contrary. In no case will I ever be “understanding and supportive” of you, other than should you act on your sick impulses to support either getting you castrated or put away for the safety of children.
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enderphile 5 hours ago
@Bill Schrier you’re such an ignorant bigot. Of course, “for all you know”, he has already raped a child. Well, for all I know, you have already burnt a homosexual.
It sounds like this guy may have sampled child porn. If so, he is a pedophile.
Good article! It lays out the attempted deceit of Salon (and most likely, the author of the piece). We’re all sinners headed for God’s wrath. Apart from His grace and the sacrifice of Christ we have NO hope. However, there but for the grace of God go you and I. I’m not willing to say that perverts can’t be cured. I will say most are not, that’s for sure but some are. If there is no hope for them then there’s no hope for those of us with “normal” sins either. As one person has asked, “How many lies do you have to tell before you’re a lier?” Of course, the answer is 1. We sin because we were born with a sin nature. That nature can’t be educated, counseled or changed in anyway apart from the work of Jesus on the cross and in our hearts. Welcome to the human race. God didn’t send his Son because we were pretty good and just needed finishing school. He sent Him because we had NO hope what-so-ever to pay our debt to a holy and just God. Before you can get help you have to admit you have a problem.
Rom. 1:18 - 32
I couldn't agree more.
These freaks can start their ‘dialog’ on this topic all they want...
But touch my kids or grand kids, and I’ll kill you with my bare hands.
“Hey guys, I’m not a child rapist, I deserve an award!”
What a piece of trash.
Your solution would help sever the cycle. It is obvious that what happened to the salon author is a large part of what messed up his mind.
If he acted on his desires, then how many of the damaged children would grow up to do that to other children? Probably a much higher percentage that those with non-adulterated lives.
Pedophiles need to be put down.
You’ll go to jail, your children will be given to pedophiles for adoption.
This is our government.
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