Jim I personally don't think you care about what happened to Linda or the truth. I think you just care about you own personal needs. You keep appealing to you own personal blessings you revcieve from 3abn. You don't want ot mess that up. Your unwillingness to even consider that Danny my be guilty is troubling. The Evidence is against Him. How danny explains how adultery occurred when linda and the Dr. were on 2 different continents is beyond me. that is a major blow to him. I have considered the fact that lInda might be guilty, but the motive is not there, the means is not there and the opportunity is not there. and the evidence is not there. all the evidence point to danny lying. I am sorry that is hard for you to accept and may wrinkle you world a little, that is the cost of doing good. Doing good an telling the truth is not an option.
Wow, there has been a flurry of activity on this thread over the weekend. I have had several PM's over all of this and the support of the many who lurk here is encouraging to say the least. Thankyou to all of those who wrote me with all of the kind words.
Thanks, Sophia for your concern and mod work, please let us know of your findings on the financial report if you could.
Now to icedragon's response. I think the long and short of all of this is that both sides think they are right. However, who is really behind all of this really? It's unconscionable ( most likely mispelled ) that someone with any modicum of character would push an issue like this knowing full well they were completely in the wrong but sometimes we can do things for the enemy and not even know it.
In the process of reading and analysing all of the accusations and the nature of them. Along with the apparent motives of those doing the slanderous postings. After really pondering and praying about all of this, what I have come to honestly believe is the only thing that stands out as actually being important is Tommy's alledged sexual crimes.
Divorces happen all the time in our church. I've never seen one where false accusations were't made and folks line up on separate sides doing exactly what we are doing here. This is all non-sense folks. The Shelton family laundry needs to stay in the hamper. Let the courts and the elders handle all of this. The only reason all of this is happening is because of 3ABN and the elevated profile of Danny and Linda. If this was the every day common brother and sister in our church, do you think a ton of posts would be posted on CF to spill out the sorted details of what happened or what he/she said that was or wasn't true etc.? Lets get realistic shall we? Let's examine the ultimate impact and outcome of what is going on here. Let's ask ourselves some questions.
1. What are the apparent motives of the attackers of Danny and Tommy Shelton here?
Since some have asked for supporters to withhold donations and nearly all of the post's impune Danny specifically and Tommy the over-all impact seems to me to be about bringing 3ABN down or severely damaging it. Even though the posters here deny this and in their hearts may not want that, the over-all impact is heading in that direction. Some times we need to step back and look at the big picture.
2. What are the apparent motives of the defender's of Danny and 3ABN?
So far most of the ones I have read have been about finding the real truth and not inflating hear-say evidence only . Ultimately this type of thing can only serve to possibly and falsely impune a man of God. Obviously, if the accusations against Tommy is correct he shouldn't be allowed around small children at 3ABN and he should be forced to register as a sex offender. Any clear thinking person should agree to this.
3. What has been the visible fruit of some of the attackers so far?
Spreading , in my opinion, ( with the exception of Tommy Shelton ) nothing more than mostly hear-say garbage about a marriage gone bad. This has been done by starting and maintaining more than one web-site where the character of a man and the workings of a ministry of God has been impuned.
4. What has been the visible fruit of 3ABN?
3ABN stands out as a becon of light spreading the undiluted gospel of Jesus Christ in the closing moments of earth's history. It would take many pages to list all of the good things 3ABN has done since it started. The main fruit to me is seldom do I watch this station for more than an hour that I don't feel blessed by being there. Seldom do I watch this station for any time at all when I don't learn of thousands world wide who come to
Christ because of what is going on there. Recently, I have a morman friend who told me she really enjoys watching 3ABN. The bottom line may be that they are not a non-profit organization, however, the spiritual bottom line is they are a 24/7 witness for Christ and the gospel. I'm still looking forward to hearing from Sophia on the substance of the report she got from them.
God Bless
Jim Larmore