JUST IN: Satanic Temple member found guilty of possession of 'very disturbing' child pornography in Idaho: police. "Numerous files of very disturbing child abuse and child pornography were found in Russell's possession during the investigation. Russell is a member of the Idaho chapter of The Satanic
(thepostmillennial.com)
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If by a lot you mean an above average amount, then yes, total lie.
There's an above average amount. That's not a lie. It's not nearly as bad as public schools, and I'm sure Disney is even worse, but it's a problem that can affect any heirarchical structure, Christian or not. If it's centralized, it can be infiltrated. Which leads to the other problem: Good Catholics have their faith tarnished by the sins of corrupted leadership.
Certainly, the sin of scandal is significant.
But it's by some numbers not above average. It's likely not as clear-cut as either of us want it to be.
And you're also right that the evil one seeks to infiltrate anything he can. But I'd argue that the common factor in all institutions is their eventual fall as of result of him... all institutions, that is, except the Catholic Church. The Gates of Hell have not prevailed yet, and I'd wager based on precedents that they won't be any time soon... or ever.
Ok. Do you realize that you're kind of making my point for me here?
You made it a point to separate the Catholic Church from other Christian denominations, and to then imply that the rate is much higher than average.
This is a lie, public schools are worse but no one goes after them of course, and some sources even claim it's lower than average in the Church.
Yes, because many people don't consider Catholics to even be Christians.
I'm quite sure that people "go after" pedophiles in the public school system. I'm not sure why you think otherwise.
And the Catholic Church has had an historic "problem" with priests sexually abusing children and it being covered up by TPTB in the church.
I'm curious where you're getting your numbers here.
But do you not see the hypocrisy of one member of The Satanic Temple being accused of pedophilia, and the conversation being about how it's someone from The Satanic Temple? How often does that happen here?
ALL pedophiles suck. It doesn't matter what group they belong to.
But look at the posts here about pedophiles, and its usually a conversation about how it's liberal that is the pedophile, or it's a gay person.
Do people think straight Christians can't be pedophiles? Or are people from The Satanic Temple and gay people and liberals held to a higher standard, and it's particularly horrible when they are the ones that are pedophiles?
Or is it just hypocrisy?
When Christians are pedophiles, it's an outlier. It's also indicative of them going against their professed beliefs.
When Satanists are pedophiles, it's par for the course. It's also indicative of them fulfilling their professed beliefs.
And the majority of Satanists don't have to be pedophiles, but they're surely involved in some other equally evil shit if they aren't. Worshiping the Father of Evil will do that to a person, while worshiping He who created the Heaven and the Earth will generally draw one into the light.
And while yes, all pedophiles suck, all Satanists also suck. This is true whether they unknowingly worship him or are actually full-blown Satanists who knowingly worship him.
And for the gays and the libs, they all suck too, just not as bad. But also, when they do it, it is absolutely indicative of something. To act like this is the same is asinine. I'd bet heavily that the numbers skew higher among such types of people vs your standard straight white male conservative type. Sin rarely exists in isolation, and unless this gay liberal is celibate, he's into plenty of other evil shit. Liberalism is itself a dysfunctional ideology that leads to moral decay by design, and homosexuality is the morally reprehensible decay itself.
It's certainly the case that the idea that public school teachers diddle kids at a far higher rate than Catholic priests is simply objective reality. There are plenty of search results online that assert this.
And in my experience, no one brings up public school teachers. I'm sure the authorities go after them when they catch wind of it, but I'm referring to the people online who like to tell made up stories about the Catholic Church. I never see anyone mention public school pedophilia as even a minor problem, yet plenty of people do it for the Church. It's because they aren't actually concerned with the pedophilia per se, they just don't like the Church.
Calling priests pedophiles is the cool thing to do. It's the accepted behavior. In contrast, no one gives a shit about public school teachers (and I mean in general, not just discussions specifically about the Church), since public school teachers aren't slandered and defamed constantly from all sides. There is no concerted effort by, say, the media to paint them in a negative light. But those filthy Catholics? Bastards the lot of them!