MSNBC is reporting, a female pastor has been jailed for abusing her five adopted daughters.
She recieved two consecutive life sentences. I think it's about time they actually punish someone for abusing kids. In this case, she didn't recieve a slap on the wrist like they usually do.
But why not? It's rare that a child abuser of any kind does hard time for their crimes.
Here's my issue with this. The woman is 65 years old. She would be lucky to survive one of those life sentences, let alone both. Is that why they gave her this sentence? Because they're confident she won't have to actually spend too many more years in prison before she dies?
She deserves worse. She deserves to die in prison. But I don't think the remainder of her life is enough suffering for her crimes. But it's the only way.
Are we surprised that she was a pastor? There seem to be many cases when pastors get caughting abusing children. Whether it be their own, or someone else's. That's not to say all pastors are child abusers, but we can't deny the fact that this is not uncommon among them.
I'm not religious. But I imagine people who trust pastors with their children, truly believe as a man or woman of god, they will treat their kids the way kids should be treated. That's what you would expect from someone claiming to be holy, right? But it's not often the case. They are abused more often than not, and yet parents continue to trust these religious figures.
Do you truly have that much faith in your god? That he would stop it from happening to your child? What happens when it IS your child next time?
In this case, these children were adopted the predator. But that is rarely the case. Furthermore, I'm sure she would've abused someone else's children, had her own not been there.
When will it end? When will the world realize that religion causes many more problems than it solves?
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
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The age-old "Problem of Evil" has been a stitch in the side of traditional Judeo-Christian faith for as long as theologies have considered such complications.
I wrote a thesis that you would be interested in. However, as I doubt that you have wasted your time, as I have, in reading Anselm's 'Ontological Proof of God,' (fear not, the word 'proof' was used much differently than popularly inferred today), I'll just give you the nice and sleek version:
If God is thrice qualified as follows: Omniscient (All-knowing), Omnipotent (All-powerful), and furthermore, Omnibenevolent (All-'good'), then how can evil exist?
For, if God is as he is claimed to be as written above, (Omni- -scient, -potent, and -benevolent), and evil indeed exists, (as the Bible itself attests to it existing), then:
1. Is God aware of evil and able to stop it but not willing? This violates omnibenevolence.
2. Is God able to stop evil and willing to stop evil, but unaware of its existence? This violates omniscience.
3. Or, is God aware of evil and willing to stop it, but unable? This violates omnipotence.
Long story short, as long as the existence of evil is attested to in the Bible and by followers of such traditions, there is an undeniable impasse - a gridlock between the theology of God and the veracity of God's word (which, indeed, is God itself by virtue of the Tradition and the scripture of the Roman Catholic Church), which creates the classic philosophical dilemma.
I must apologize twofold, however. First off, I have referenced a very small sect of religions (namely Catholicism, which I admit is only <17% of the world population. I merely cite this since it is a prominent force in the political and religious stage). Secondly, I also acknowledge that I have responded to a very small sample of your post's overall message.
I take a strong liking your opinions on such things. Perhaps going to a Catholic University has starved me for the correspondence of reasonable people more than I have even realized.
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