It's like people believe the logical fallacy:
1. If I do something wrong or abuse people or misuse a person
Harvey Weinstein
Bill Clinton
Bill Cosby
The Baylor scandal
The Stanford swimmer Brock Turner
This kind of sinning is so old. David and Bathsheba. The man Moses killed after he saw two men, one Egyptian and one Israelite, quarreling. Moses thought no one saw him and he was sure no one saw him yet some kind of way he was found out.
There is some demon out there that is strong and convincing. So convincing that he is leading people to believe that they can heinously sin and the chance of getting away with it is so great that it's worth pursuing. It's like whatever evil it is, it's making a play on peoples' desires and weaknesses.
Desires and weaknesses. There's two sides to every story. Even in cases where teachers are having inappropriate relationships with minors, I suspect some of these children know when they are doing something wrong with a teacher. In the Michael Jackson case, even the judge came to the conclusion that it was preposterous that a sane, respectable parent would have the due diligence to know; not to send their kid over to Never Never land to sleep in Michael Jackson's bed.
Two sides to every story. Are the women in the Baylor indecent and all the women who "just happened to find themselves in a hotel room with Bill Cosby" and the all the women who were "abused" by Weinstein completely free from any scrutiny about their actions. Was their lust for career advancement and ambition to blame?
It's like the opposite of what Jesus did. After He died on the cross. He appeared to many people in many places and put it out there that He indeed did this for all humans. He let the truth be known. He didn't sin and then try to cover it all up. He covered nothing up. It was all out in the open. He concealed that He was the Son of God, for a time leading up to the cross, but I'm sure their were reasons for this.
Note to atheists, it's okay to believe that the Lord doesn't exist if that is what you believe, however, it's utterly foolhardy to believe Satan does not exist. Satan will take advantage of this miscalculation in ways you never dreamed of. Even for Christians, we have a healthy respect for Satan. With the power of the Holy Spirit, he may be overcome.
I truly believe one can be taken by Satan and Evil if one wishes to neglect Love and Good or have nothing to do with Love and Good.
Not to mention all the victims. All the embarrassment, the pain, the strife, the anger, the emotional fallout, the shame. When did it become okay to ruin peoples' lives? It's one thing to be free, but freedom goes to far when people start experiencing destruction because of someone else's freedom. This is just wrong. We can have educated, intelligent discussions all day, but when the suffering happens, the suffering happens. All logic is out the window. This is peoples' lives were talking about.
I've heard non-Christians call people of faith "gullible" or "believing fairy tales" well....... Evil and Satan is a check on this. Selfish desires and the profit of sin is a check on this. Wisdom is a check on taking advantage of good. Scrutiny and careful consideration is a check on "the taking advantage of."
Got milk? Please! Got discernment?
1. If I do something wrong or abuse people or misuse a person
- It's okay to do these actions (in some cases) to many different people over an extended period of time.
Harvey Weinstein
Bill Clinton
Bill Cosby
The Baylor scandal
The Stanford swimmer Brock Turner
This kind of sinning is so old. David and Bathsheba. The man Moses killed after he saw two men, one Egyptian and one Israelite, quarreling. Moses thought no one saw him and he was sure no one saw him yet some kind of way he was found out.
There is some demon out there that is strong and convincing. So convincing that he is leading people to believe that they can heinously sin and the chance of getting away with it is so great that it's worth pursuing. It's like whatever evil it is, it's making a play on peoples' desires and weaknesses.
Desires and weaknesses. There's two sides to every story. Even in cases where teachers are having inappropriate relationships with minors, I suspect some of these children know when they are doing something wrong with a teacher. In the Michael Jackson case, even the judge came to the conclusion that it was preposterous that a sane, respectable parent would have the due diligence to know; not to send their kid over to Never Never land to sleep in Michael Jackson's bed.
Two sides to every story. Are the women in the Baylor indecent and all the women who "just happened to find themselves in a hotel room with Bill Cosby" and the all the women who were "abused" by Weinstein completely free from any scrutiny about their actions. Was their lust for career advancement and ambition to blame?
It's like the opposite of what Jesus did. After He died on the cross. He appeared to many people in many places and put it out there that He indeed did this for all humans. He let the truth be known. He didn't sin and then try to cover it all up. He covered nothing up. It was all out in the open. He concealed that He was the Son of God, for a time leading up to the cross, but I'm sure their were reasons for this.
Note to atheists, it's okay to believe that the Lord doesn't exist if that is what you believe, however, it's utterly foolhardy to believe Satan does not exist. Satan will take advantage of this miscalculation in ways you never dreamed of. Even for Christians, we have a healthy respect for Satan. With the power of the Holy Spirit, he may be overcome.
I truly believe one can be taken by Satan and Evil if one wishes to neglect Love and Good or have nothing to do with Love and Good.
Not to mention all the victims. All the embarrassment, the pain, the strife, the anger, the emotional fallout, the shame. When did it become okay to ruin peoples' lives? It's one thing to be free, but freedom goes to far when people start experiencing destruction because of someone else's freedom. This is just wrong. We can have educated, intelligent discussions all day, but when the suffering happens, the suffering happens. All logic is out the window. This is peoples' lives were talking about.
I've heard non-Christians call people of faith "gullible" or "believing fairy tales" well....... Evil and Satan is a check on this. Selfish desires and the profit of sin is a check on this. Wisdom is a check on taking advantage of good. Scrutiny and careful consideration is a check on "the taking advantage of."
Got milk? Please! Got discernment?
