Former Vermilion County pastor facing sexual abuse charges of family member under 18

Why did you only post about a Pastor on a Christian site? There are many atheists that are in the same boat... but hey carry on

Dosblade said:

Why did you only post about a Pastor on a Christian site? There are many atheists that are in the same boat... but hey carry on

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Should we ignore bad things done by people who preach about the wrongness of doing bad things?

essentialsaltes said:

I don't only post about pastors. I post about policemen and deputies and youth sports doctors and pro-life activists and...

I'll post about a drag queen if ever I find one charged with child abuse.

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Id like to introduce you to statistics. Lets start with the idea of per capita. There are more policeman than drag queens. There are a heck of a lot more policemen than drag queens who like to be around young children.

Sors said:

Id like to introduce you to statistics. Lets start with the idea of per capita. There are more policeman than drag queens. There are a heck of a lot more policemen than drag queens who like to be around young children.

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This one has been debunked…at least so far as pastors to drag queens.
Cops? I dunno.

Dosblade said:

Why did you only post about a Pastor on a Christian site? There are many atheists that are in the same boat... but hey carry on

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There are some frequent posters here that I won't further name who will not waste an opportunity to take a news story about the misdeeds of a member of a powerless and marginalized group and try to portray that story as emblematic of the entire group.

It's very quick and easy to take one anecdote and use it to smear a larger group as being 'problematic'. I see that as a dishonest tactic because it doesn't bear out in the stats. It's simply ragebait and an attempt to throw some red meat. Abuse should be condemned regardless of whichever perceived camp it occurs in. But when it comes to messaging one side is at a disadvantage.

If there were parity in the threads about abuse there would be a thousand threads made about individual pastors, priests, members of clergy who have been arrested or convicted of child sexual abuse this year alone. The amount of work that would take is unreasonable. It would almost be a full time job to keep track of it all. A very very depressing job. You might think this is hyperbole but it's really not.

And so what happens is that for every story about sexual abuse in the LGBT community for example, only a small trickle of news stories about sexual abuse in the various church communities makes it through. And I'm thankful for diligent posters such as @essentialsaltes who keep track of things and revive threads with relevant updates.