The former CEO of My Faith Votes, a prominent conservative Christian activist, has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.
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like a clockwork
...the orange menace has just rescinded a rule making priests tattle on kiddie diddling priests...
this is the admin of rape and sexual assault.
Being Conservative and being Christian aren't compatible ideologies. You can follow the teachings of Jesus or be conservative, you can't do both.
This assumes that Christian means "follow the teachings of Jesus Christ". Unfortunately Christianity has never meant that. Even less in the US since Billy Graham.
I have no idea what you're talking about, it's always meant that. Anyone who doesn't follow the teachings of Jesus but calls themselves Christian is just lying.
I’m not sure they’re lying as long as they actually think they are christians but are just wrong about it in your eyes.
There are definitely millions of people who “follow” the teachings (they listen when somebody feeds them a tracking) even though they don’t implement them in real life.
Have you read on the history of evangelical Christians during the US civil war? Two different factions of Christians argued both sides, against and pro slavery. Both cited Jesus and the bible, often.
Christianity is anything you want it to be. Proof is on the fact that there are like 45 thousand different Christian denominations, and they all have a different interpretation of Jesus, some diametrically opposite each other. Even the apostols argued with each other about how to interpret Jesus on certain topics. That's the problem of trying to rule your life under the words and teachings of one single person who may or may not have existed.
Funnily enough, an enormous amount of Americans somehow did the mental gymnastics tomdo both anyway
You just start saying that Jesus was this blonde guy with an Arnold Schwarzenegger type body, who loved CEO's and shit like that.
That in turn also goes to show how dumb religions are
God has an oddly ironic and dark sense of humor, I'd be worried that heaven is a massive monkeypaw situation.
Biblically accurate heaven is literally you spending every moment on your knees in prayer forever. Does that count as a monkey paw?
100%
Wtf is it with these assholes and even being attracted to kids???
I think it's people projecting. Then they make a whole charade out of it, and it gives them free access to the most vulnerable people without safeguards. I'll never truly understand it.
Power
No drag queens here.
When's the last time a Drag Queen hurt anybody? I don't remember any incidents.
June 28, 1969 Marsha and a few friends really hurt the fee fees of some fascist losers by having the audacity to stand up for themselves.
Thats the only thing I can come up with.
Rest in power Marsha.
2008, Hess Village, a drag queen told me "you know clothes come in colours now, right?" It wasn't even part of a set — I was just walking on the sidewalk.
Hess village in hamilton? Thats your problem, its the people who go to hess, not drag queens specifically that are the issue.
Is there any other? As someone who used to go there, I can confirm I was also on occasion the issue.
of course they do. that's why I wear two of them - one colour for my pants, and one colour for my shirt
nothing too bright, of course
I believe in democracy. We should have Drag Presidents or Drag Prime Ministers instead IMO.
That’s dragocracy. Still, better than what the USA has now.
How actually great would that be though
Most famous one I have in recent memory was Sherry Pie, lied to a bunch of young gay men saying he was auditioning for something and coerced them into recording themselves doing sexual actions.
Not the worst thing in the world but still is a pretty awful thing to do to others
Edit; probably important to note that he did this out of drag, his drag persona was not involved at all (iirc)
I grabbed a drink with a buddy a couple weeks ago at a bar that happened to be having Drag Bingo. The host kinda guilt-tripped me for not playing. That's about the worst interaction I've ever had with a Queen.
Hey look, another not a drag queen.
It’s always the ones you most expect.
So this guy faced 8 counts, with a maximum sentence of 10 years each. He pled guilty to 2 counts in exchange for getting the other six dropped. he's gonna go for some psych evaluation, maybe spend some time in jail, maybe not. He left his cushy gig, but I'm sure in a few months he will go on a public speaking tour about how repentant he is, the board will talk about how God always gives second chances, and he'll get back pretty much everything.
Meanwhile, there are immigrants who are being tossed out of the country by this administration for much more minor offenses committed 10 or 20 years ago (which they already paid the price for). They have been following all the rules since then, and now we decide we don't want them here anymore, and they lose everything they built here.
I think our values are all out of whack here.
US morals have always been out of wack/hypocritical
US declaration of Independence: Freedom
US constitution: 3/5 clause implicitly allowed slavery
It's always the ones you suspect the most.
Another drag quee— wait, no? Still not? Huh. Imagine that.
Another one for the list of republican sexual predators, abusers, and enablers.
Conservative Christianity is the most glaring sign that someone is likely a pedophile. I'm not surprised in the slightest.
It's still surprising because we still allow these conservatives near children
What is it with Christians and pedophilia?
As someone who grew up in a fundamentalist Christian household, and have been around a lot of "Christians," i think many of them become so fiercely religious because they think it will help them overcome "sinful" tendencies. For example, my father liked to drink and fight in his twenties. Around the time I was born he became fiercely religious. I've always assumed that was because he wanted to clean up his life to be a better dad. He stopped drinking but he found plenty of people to fight in his own house ....
You trying to say that you think this isn't happening in, say, Muslim circles?
Cuz I have a really good bridge here that I'd like to sell and I'd just like to be sure you're interested.
All religions are abusive, and it's not only sexually.
Oh my God, somebody gave an example! Quick, let's call it a whataboutism!
My point is that ALL religions are used as an excuse for any abuse and torture and warfare and the most sadistic acts possible.
ALL religions are evil.
How is that for whatabout?
If you don't want to be called out for using whataboutisms then don't use whataboutisms. Don't piss and moan because you were called out, it's pathetic.
I'm missing the part where you understand it's not a whataboutism as I just said, because they are ALL evil. Whataboutism doesn't work when referring to ALL options
Stop whinging.
I said something, you said whatabout something else. That's the literal definition of whataboutism.
Being called our and whinging then doubling down and whinging more is pathetic.
Okay, I'll be the one trying to be reasonable.
My single point is that this happens in all religions, not just Christianity. This is not to defend Christianity, this is to say it's everywhere. If extending that little circle you made to be bigger is whataboutism in your mind then please stay out of any discussions in real life because nobody will be able to say anything without you going "whataboutism!!!!!"
This is not "what about Muslims", Muslims were taken as an example, i might just as well have gone for hindi or any religion
The only religions I've found that don't suck are mock religions like FSM and the satanists.
Whataboutisms are also used to distract from the point, distract from the target, to protect the target. I'm not trying to distract you from the target; fuck Christianity, all of it. I'm literally just saying that it's much bigger than the specific group you setup.
If you still don't get that, then I don't know what to tell ya, buddy.
Also, if you feel bthe other side is whining then maybe you should stop responding as your response is then just whining back
Not necessarily all, there are plenty of what I would call folks religions that are more or less the eclectic tales and legends of a family or village that aren't abusive. The abuse only really gets to be a problem once you start getting organization of a greater degree than that one uncle who knows your kins oral history like the back of their hand.
There is always abuse
Be it physical, sexual, psychological, or just by the way of control (because that too is what all religions are about), there is always abuse
What I'm talking about is a folk belief system that overlaps with theology, wherein the difference between culture, tradition, and what we call religion are so intermixed and overlapped that they are effectively inseperable.
The situation I am talking about is one wherein there is no religious control because there is no structure to control it with, wherein theological debate is not between priests but between kinsmen who are at worst separated by eldership. In such a situation the abuse is an outcropping of culture not religion, or at least is about as secular as you can get with such folk beliefs present.
Sorry I recently read an article going over pre Christian anamistic beliefs in Europe and it melted my brain. There is no religion just culture and traditions in such society.
surprise, surprise
at this point I'm just waiting for that Australian org that's currently making a stink about porn games to be revealed to be run by a bunch of pedos.
They already got caught defending one
Every. Single. Time.
...maybe, stop fucking kids?...
Is there a slur for christians? There really needs to be one
Pedo
Lmao we posted basically the same thing at the same time. Im gonna leave it even though you beat me because i hadnt seen yours
On my side it shows you beat me.
I say they're both wrong >:-(
I just call them Christians. Their own reputation turned their name into a slur
I propose 'Crossies', since they worship their dead idol on the cross.
This is why I just refer to them as a death cult.
Its just 'pedo'
Well, they really are constantly thinking of the children...
I knew exactly where this was going. It's like these people all have something in common....
It's always the ones you most suspect.
There is so much variety in pornography available in the world today, why of all things would you delve in to that genre as a conservative Christian. Why are they never like, tree fucking priests? It's always the kids!
Stupid sexy trees.
Repressed idiots.
There's a lot you don't know. Trees can't talk.
Seriously, it's not impossible to reprogram ones own brain. It ain't easy. It takes hard work and therapy, but it is possible to unfuck oneself. I can't accept that pedos are incapable of change.
https://julieroys.com/former-ceo-my-faith-votes-charged-possession-child-sex-abuse-material/
The organization in question's top news item is apparently complaining about pedophiles:
https://www.myfaithvotes.org/
That's actually kind of impressive.
I think this might be apropos here:
Matthew 7:3-5:
I know someone that works somewhere (involved with police enforcement) and there are people that have to review content for CP as part of their job. He said they are instructed to do things like turn the screen sideways, turn down the sound, and so on so that it's not as scarring. I think after X hours of doing such work, they have to Y hours of counseling.
I told him there is no way in hell I have the the wiring where I could do such a job, though I'm thankful someone is able to do it. If I did have to do such a job, I'd probably have to have like 24 hours of counseling for 1 hour on the job...
I imagine the job for private companies is just as daunting, but my guess is that it has less oversight to protect the worker from psychological damage...
Honestly this is one of the few examples of what would be a good use case for AI.
The Pope looked smug. It was the Protestants this time around.
Oh, wow. I’m so shocked I could power a dim bulb for about two seconds.
...why is fucking kids not a roadstop to being a leader?...
Wew, thank god we have people pushing against immoral video games and books, that'll help protect kids from actual christian pedophiles. /s
Not a drag queen (probably), not a trans person...
It's always the people you most suspect.
birds of a feather
These are the people having sweet dreams about a Gilead-like society every night
It‘s always the ones you most suspect.
To me, faith should disqualify you from any position of power, maybe even voting too,
I agree. Lots of biases that are very anti humanity.
Hey once again, not a trans person, but a white Christian male.
Well, didn't Jesus say "Let the children come to me [...] for they do not know what they are doing"?
Love thy neighbor, no matter the age.
Good lord.
Obviously
Anyone even remotely surprised?
We are beyond stereotypes at this point.
I think it goes with the cult
then hes not christian
Huh.
You gotta like technology to nab these sick bastards. Throw the damn key away when he walks into his cell.
Nah, just tell everyone in the cell block that a kiddie diddler just checked in.
LOL! The turd will delight Bubba.
At this point, if you're a Christian it's not unfair to just assume that you're a pedophile
Same applies to all other religions, it's not as if this isn't happening in, say, Muslim or Hindu circles
Gotta love religions