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Originally Posted by freeatlast
You see, when you have lived under the types of abuse, that has happened to some of us, well I don't veiw those who do such to the saints they have been entrusted to pastor, much differently than I do Father Ilikeboys.
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1. I've "lived under" abusive leadership. I survived. God is still a good God, and His people are still worth loving and respecting.
2. We aren't supposed to look at anyone that way, even when they've wronged us. When we marginalize someone, it frees us to disrespect them and talk badly of them and treat them poorly, and then we have lowered ourselves to their level.
3. I cannot agree that verbal abuse is the same as molestation of children, or that the perpetrators are as bad. Verbal and emotional abuse is much more subjective, and often it is completely unintentional, unlike molestation, which is deliberate abuse. I will agree that it is equally WRONG, but it is not the same thing, and the perpetrators do not have the same intentions, in general. Many men feel they are doing the right thing when they yell at someone and tell them they are going to split hell wide open if they _______. Ignorance may be a factor, but not necessarily intent to harm.
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