In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.
  • Protecting an Abuser: Leaders of a Minnesota church didn’t report a parishioner to police though they knew he’d sexually abused girls for years and had been told reporting it was their duty.
  • Forgive and Forget: Church leaders held meetings where children were told to forgive the man who sexually abused them and forget the abuse. If they spoke of it, the sin would be theirs.
  • Missed Opportunities: Prosecutors had at least one opportunity to intervene but hoped educating church leaders about their duties would encourage them to cooperate with authorities.
  • krooklochurm@lemmy.ca
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    6 hours ago

    Look, they have faith in god, and god is totally real, but we have to separate the religious people from those who are delusional, naive, hateful, or are using religion for their own gain.

    The best way to do this is to let god, who is definitely, totally real, to choose who he favours.

    So instead of a baptism we just have anyone who is following the lord leap off a cliff. God will save the ones that are actually religious, and we won’t have to worry about the rest of the bad ones.

    The great thing is that this works for every belief system that maintains the existence of any kind of remotely sapient higher power.

    • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 hours ago

      I feel like the rotten brains out there who only know scrolling can no longer detect even a hint of sarcasm unless ChatGTP tells them that it’s a joke.