Pedophilia is not something new: it has been part of man's political-religious culture for thousands of years---from Babylon, to Greece, to Rome, to London, to the United States, and to other cities and nations worldwide, and to our own communities and neighborhoods.
Until people are willing to raise the hoods of government and religion, they will never know the evil that lurks in the darkness beneath, deep in the engine room of the abyss, by men who appear to us in their fancy suits and priestly garments.
We will likely never know the thousands and thousands, or even the millions, of boys and girls that men have sexually violated across human history.
Pedophilia is a disease of the soul: there is no cure for it. It is in the DNA of certain men and their sexual desire for children is their natural behavior. They have no conscience: no guilt, no shame, no remorse, and therefore they will never change, or never repent, and they do not consider their behavior to be sinful. They have no knowledge of good because their minds are saturated with evil.
Religious and political arenas are their natural habitats: the perfect places for them to hide their crimes against children---and to get away with it---while appearing to us as lights in the harbor, a safe place to anchor our ships, and to trust in them to watch over our little children while we congregate with other adults for coffee and doughnuts.
Perhaps one of the greatest mistakes in Christian churches and throughout Christianity is when we began to separate adults from children---believing that children need children's lessons by children's teachers---while knowing that the Gospel of Christ is so simple that children can understand the simplicity of Christ, for even first-graders can read the Bible. So then, why do children need coloring books, crayons, cookies and punch? Are classes for kids supposed to be no more than entertainment while mommy and daddy get the adult version upstairs that is just too difficult for children to understand?
"It's complicated, kids, but you will understand it in the bye and bye."
Really?
Jesus said,
Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 19: 14)
Young children can understand everything that is on television, they can understand all the lyrics of songs they hear on the radio, and they can quote 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, word for word and line by line. So are we to believe they cannot understand John 3: 16? Or the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke?
So then, why do adult men seek careers in religions or in churches as ministers of little children? And why do they want to remain there for years and years or even for decades?
Are we to question the motive of the Young Reverant, a graduate from the seminary?
Of course! He has no kids of his own, but, oh, how he loves the children of others! Isn't he just a darling and with the face a mother could love?
Remember Jerry Sandusky? He took his victims to church with him to deceive others to believe that he was pillar in community, the perfect role model that people could trust.
Until people are willing to raise the hoods of government and religion, they will never know the evil that lurks in the darkness beneath, deep in the engine room of the abyss, by men who appear to us in their fancy suits and priestly garments.
We will likely never know the thousands and thousands, or even the millions, of boys and girls that men have sexually violated across human history.
Pedophilia is a disease of the soul: there is no cure for it. It is in the DNA of certain men and their sexual desire for children is their natural behavior. They have no conscience: no guilt, no shame, no remorse, and therefore they will never change, or never repent, and they do not consider their behavior to be sinful. They have no knowledge of good because their minds are saturated with evil.
Religious and political arenas are their natural habitats: the perfect places for them to hide their crimes against children---and to get away with it---while appearing to us as lights in the harbor, a safe place to anchor our ships, and to trust in them to watch over our little children while we congregate with other adults for coffee and doughnuts.
Perhaps one of the greatest mistakes in Christian churches and throughout Christianity is when we began to separate adults from children---believing that children need children's lessons by children's teachers---while knowing that the Gospel of Christ is so simple that children can understand the simplicity of Christ, for even first-graders can read the Bible. So then, why do children need coloring books, crayons, cookies and punch? Are classes for kids supposed to be no more than entertainment while mommy and daddy get the adult version upstairs that is just too difficult for children to understand?
"It's complicated, kids, but you will understand it in the bye and bye."
Really?
Jesus said,
Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 19: 14)
Young children can understand everything that is on television, they can understand all the lyrics of songs they hear on the radio, and they can quote 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, word for word and line by line. So are we to believe they cannot understand John 3: 16? Or the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke?
So then, why do adult men seek careers in religions or in churches as ministers of little children? And why do they want to remain there for years and years or even for decades?
Are we to question the motive of the Young Reverant, a graduate from the seminary?
Of course! He has no kids of his own, but, oh, how he loves the children of others! Isn't he just a darling and with the face a mother could love?
Remember Jerry Sandusky? He took his victims to church with him to deceive others to believe that he was pillar in community, the perfect role model that people could trust.
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