Proof that if you are white they care NOTHING about you
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It's not wrong to want, even pray for Justice on the earth. That's why we have judges, and trials and laws. In the Bible the unrepentant are brought to trial in the Great White Throne Judgement at the end of time. They will know why they are judged, as well as be reminded on the times they could have repented but chose not to.
In addition I believe that the commandment to not judge others sins means we are not to just them against our righteousness. I heard a preacher once that I respect say something I tend to agree with, and that is it is only acceptable, and in fact correct for us to judge others sins against the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Let him who is without sin cast the first stone. Christ was without sin.
Being accepting of anything that is scripturally wrong is certainly not a good practice. It's not okay to have open pedophiles in your church. It doesn't mean you can't love them enough to help them to confess their sins and repent, but even then you don't just let them run a Sunday school class or tell everyone in church how they've embraced a pedo lifestyle. Sin is sin, indeed, and even though we all struggle with it, it doesn't mean we get a free pass.
I contemplated what you mean by "open" pedophiles. What I came up with after considering this from a few different angles is that you are using the word "open" to mean "known", known pedophiles. In my mind, the nuance between an open pedophile, and a know pedophile, for the sake of this argument, is the difference between "identifies" and "Identified.
In the context of your comment, in my view an open pedophile would be someone who says "I am sexually attracted to, or derives sexual gratification from fantasies, or acts involving a prepubescent child."
Open Pedophile exist more in the now, the present, in my view than does a Know Pedophile, and a known pedophile could be more of subjectively defined that could open pedophile.
Are you sure it would be okay with you to have someone in the church who openly admits to being sexually attracted children, or openly declares that they derive sexual gratification by fantasizing about acts with a child?
I have to go out and do somethings now, but I wanted to say more. Will try and finish up later.
Huge TL;DR alert here friend. But I did read it.
I get your point, that open p's would probably be asked to leave every church. I do feel they could find forgiveness and redemption with Jesus Christ, but agree that someone who is openly so would not be allowed to be so in most churches. I was thinking more-so consenting homosexuality but coding it as P because this isn't directly a theological discussion board and we universally agree P isn't okay.