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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

Note who's sitting at number 13:

13.) March 31, 2026 — REV. ROBERT MORRIS, 64, the founder and former pastor of Gateway church, one of the largest megachurches in the country, was released from an Oklahoma jail on Tuesday, March 31st, just six months after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s when he was 21 and serving as a traveling evangelist, staying at the child’s home. In early October Morris pleaded guilty in Osage county district court to five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child. During Trump’s first term in office, Morris served on his spiritual advisory board.

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 2 points 3 hours ago

Theyre just trying to bring glory to god. Imsure its in those raped children somewhere.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 35 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

And yet again, not one drag queen or transgender person.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yeah because drag queens and transgender people aren't degenerate conservatives.

At what can we stop dissociating the religion eith the atrocious acts its leaders do?

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago

That's easy. When there's consistent accountability.

As long as any organization attempts to hide and cover up it's sins, it can never be trusted.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 9 hours ago

My hypothesis: Youth pastors are supposed to counsel teens in order to woo them into the fold. They're there to help, but not for sake of the teen but for selling the teen Jesus. It's dishonest work for an allegedly good cause.

But someone who can sustain that kind of dissonant duality in their relationships can do so for other causes. If they can be equivocal for Jesus, they can be equivocal for their own libido as well.

Hence the nickname given to YPs by the kids The freak of the week.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 17 points 11 hours ago

Weird that that keeps happening.

[–] Drusas@piefed.social 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Atheism is a lack of belief in deities, not a criticism of religion. The two tend to go hand in hand, but this post doesn't have anything to do with atheism specifically.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

You’re right.

But it goes against the moral argument for god.

If god is real, and moral, and raping children is not, then these fucks should either not exist at all, or somehow be kept from kids; then these fucks shouldn’t even exist (or something demonstrably punitive should happen to them.)

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 11 hours ago

Taking a sacred name in vanity.

Vanity, vanity! All is vanity!