Don't throw Duane's name around? Surely you are joking. He chose to put himself and his allegations all over the internet. 3 to 4 different sites that I know of. Sorry you can't blame me for that one.Tomatoe states:
My moral and christian ethics are this: Where Duane is concerned, if alleged events happened, then it was wrong. Very wrong. .......but to lay your feelings and your experiences at the feet of one man, that has never been condemned or charged in a court of law, shows your moral compass.
i have done no such thing. my moral compass is to protect, defend and support victims. my feelings and experiences have nothing to do with TS. they are expressed to help you, who are so blind, to see the deep scars that are left by such cowardly, perverted acts and to help you see how incredibly hard it is to open that wound back up for all the world to see in the hopes of getting some justice and healing.
my moral compass is to show my disdain for homosexuality and pedifiles. whether someone is of age or not, it is an abomination unto God and our world is losing the race on preventing and annihilating that abomination.
the evidence in this case is overwhelming and has been revealed over a period of decades. there is no telling how many times this has happened and gone unreported, but be that as it may, there is no reason to attack someone who has been a victim simply because they have spoken out in this venue. maybe he needs our support. did you ever think of that? have you ever thought of the victims feelings?
just because he spoke out and continues to be attacked for it he has to continue to speak up and defend himself. he is not wrong for doing that. you and those of like mind are wrong to continue to invalidate him simply because this has not gone to court yet. maybe there is no case. maybe this is the "victim's court" where they can be heard.
fact of the matter is, he doesn't speak up that often so you need to get off his case and quit mentioning his name all over the place.
God gave us a brain to discern things with. If two churches found TS guilty enough to remove him as pastor, that is a "court" we should listen to. they obviously believed the accusations more than they believed TS. we should not assume that both of those churches didn't know what they were doing.
this silly exaggeration of: "this whole thing has taken on a mob mentality with accusations, horror stories and judgements being thrown around ...blah blah blah" - is over exaggerating a bit wouldn't you say? the few people who post on this thread can hardly be called a mob. we who defend the victims have no more of a "mob mentality" than you and those few who agree with you. we are just angry that this happened to these young men and nothing has been done about it. i wouldn't call that "mob mentality". i'd call that "morality".
So, where is your moral compass?
maybe we should take a poll.
who's for homosexuality and sexual abuse say "aye".
those opposed say "ney"
You are incorrect about TS being dismissed from 2 churches. See what the internet does. You read so many false statements and then mix them up with the truth. There was no dismissal or anything of the sort in Va. Tommy had a heart attack while pastoring in VA and was told he needed to at least semi retire from pastoring. That is why he and his family left there. There were no allegations, rumors, bad blood of any kind until Dryden arrived there and started trying to find something. Even now with dryden's allegations of abuse there, he has never even presented the church with any names whatsoever. Most of dryden's own board doesn't believe him.
My advice would be to not make such statements unless you can prove they are factual.
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