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Originally Posted by MrsBOOMM
I understand what you are saying, but really has society got any better since it has become a common thing to open everything up for everyone hear.....I don't think so, it still waxes worse and worse. Just when we think we hear about the most horrible thing that could happen something else takes its place. We can learn to teach our children without broadcasting to everyone about it. The more stuff like this is talked about the less it disturbs us and the more normal things become that used to really distress us. We are being destroyed by our craving for information. We are bombarded with stuff 24/7 and we still want more. Yet we still seek to be in the know even to our own detriment. I am talking about myself as well.
Take a situation that is relevant this week. How much more tolerable has Lanny Wolfe become in some ranks. Years ago, you would have never heard of him singing on anyone's platform. Now, he is promoted as if nothing ever happened. Do I believe in forgivenss, yes! God is the only one who can forget so let's not kid ourselves. If he was truly repentant he would be satisfied to be a church janitor intead of wanting to be in the limelight again. But, my point is, do you see how tolerable we have become? Sickening!
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Well, I don't think I have become more tolerant of it personally, every time I find out something that I really would rather not know, I die a little inside.
But I don't think it has gotten worse really, I think it is just more visible because finally people are doing something about it and not turning a blind eye.
Two of my best friends growing up were molested as children, in both cases nothing was done to the perpetrators, it was hushed up by the families. These were church people.
Both of those girls has suffered long term consequences of the molestations and even more, the pain of nobody doing anything about it.
Both have had many, many problems in their lives that stem back to this.
I have to believe (well, I know) that if two of my closest friends lived this, there were many more unheard victims.
As far as the Lanny Wolfe thing, I don't have any answers to that. Has it been established that he ever admitted to anything? If not, I guess it would be up to the individual churches who are using him to make a decision about what they believe about him. I don't know what to say about it.