• Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca
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    Do a search for “pedophile pastor”, “pedophile priest” or “pedophile preacher” and you will find page after page after page of sexual crimes against children… To lighten the mood do an image search for golf cheat and count all the american presidents you see.

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    I’m guessing he’ll be granted a presidential pardon soon. They’re making america a haven for rapists, paedos etc. Andrew Tate too pimp manipulator extraordinare. I remember arguing about him with a maga who assured me he’d never be allowed back into america. Probably decided Tate is innocent by now though.

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    How many times does this have to happen until people figure out it’s not a coincidence?

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    In the south we have an idiom “Birds of a feather flock together”, which means people tend to associate with others of similar morals, ethics, beliefs. So, needless to say, I’m hardly surprised. Trump associate and pastor? There was almost no chance this filth was anything BUT a pedophile.

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      In the north we have a saying “don’t leave your kids alone with a pastor”. It isn’t catchy, but it’s good advice nonetheless

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      Nah! Its probably just one more coincidence, don’t you think?

      I’ve seen a bunch of movies where the cop asks people the same question and they point to a guy, the same guy. Those shows are fun. Because of the coincidences. Am I right?

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      My mom’s pastor was accused of being sexual towards a woman. The whole thing sounded a bit sketch, so I’m not entirely convinced he did anything. But given the reputation of religious leaders inalso wouldnt be surprised.

      My mom defended him by saying he “showed his chaplains ID for the police department.” As if him being thr chaplain that goes in and attempts to convert inmates makes him a good person. It sounded more like a flex, like he was saying “try pursuing this, I have friends in high places.”

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    Clemishire’s disclosure came as the Dallas religious community was still reeling from a handful of recent sex abuse scandals. Since then, at least a dozen Dallas-area churches or pastors have been accused of committing or concealing sexual misconduct — allegations that have ensnared some of the area’s most prominent leaders and institutions.

    Is Dallas a sanctuary city for paedophiles? 'Cause it sure looks like it from here.

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      the Dallas religious community was still reeling

      Religious communities never “reel” from anything. At most they just forget (temporarily) about their kid-diddling pastor and move on to next absurdly-coiffed dude. And then the first one comes back crying and is forgiven.

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      No, the entire south is just where they all flee, since they can claim they are being “persecuted for my belief in GAWD” and the religious idiots just never question it. Despite the fact that they are a member of the most popular cult in the world, and the defacto religion of the US… Then when they start doing the same thing down south, the community will rally around their religious leader instead of kicking them out. Religion is a cancer.

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    As I always say, keep your children away from religion. They are the pedophiles, and they accuse everybody else of it. It’s a cult!

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      And even if you think it’s not a cult, your children will have plenty of time to meet God or whatever when they’re old enough to make the decision on their own. Your god isn’t so weak that he needs to indoctrinate impressionable children to gain followers, is he?

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        That’s the thing that always bothered me about religion. There’s no sales pitch, its just indoctrination. There’s a million different varieties of religion, and supposedly only one of them is “correct”

        Judaism seems to make the most sense to me of the monotheistic varieties because there is no demi gods like Christianity. But clearly religion isn’t about religion, it’s more about having an in group.

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          Its all fake but I don’t despise it all, some people seem to need it to make any attempt at being a decent person. However who could think its okay to indoctrinate a child? There’s also the thing in america of swearing on the flag everyday at school or whatever… Wtf.

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            Religion is a net harm in my opinion. For every person that is inspired to do good, an equal amount do as much or greater harm by doing bad in the name of religion. That’s not even to mention the weird thought processes that arise from the afterlife concept… Climate change not mattering being a prime example.

            I fail to see how people need a moral code written by god to be good. I think if you somehow could mind wipe the earth of religion, there would be a similar number of equally good and bad people here. You certainly wouldn’t have to worry about dominionists provoking war to start the beginnings of their idealized end times.

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    Name an industry that if they had this many child sexual predators, wouldn’t be immediately shut down and banned from operating ever again.

    Seriously. Can you imagine if, say, NASA had the same ratio of child sexual predators as Christian churches do? Or Applebee’s? Or Jiffy Lube? They’d all have to close up shop. Hell, there’s a daycare in my town that was in business for 30 years, and a teacher got busted for diddling a kid. That place was done for THAT WEEK. Doors closed, never opened again. Probably tens of thousands of kids came through that place just fine, but all it took was ONE, and they were kaput.

    These fucking churches need to be shut the fuck down. Those black metal guys in the 90s had the right idea.

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    Why is it always the church? That’s rhetorical by the way. Fuck organized religion that makes everyone bend the knee.