I’m not blaming religion, simply pointing out that in this specific instance, a pastor abused his position of power and took advantage of a young girl in a horrible way. I’m saying nothing more and nothing less.

You make a good point and I should have discussed my reasons for posting it in the post. The purpose of this blog isn’t to say that religion is the only source of violence, death, and abuse. Rather, it is to point out the portion of this suffering that religion is directly responsible for.

True, teachers abuse children too. That is just as sad as when a preacher does it. In both cases there is an abuse of authority. But, just because teachers and coaches do it, doesn’t mean the preachers and priests are any less responsible.

In other words, like The Alpha said, I didn’t post this (or any of the posts) to prove religions wrong - I do it because people like to act like and think that religions can do no wrong or no harm and that simply isn’t true.

I don’t think anyone here has stated that churches are just wrong simply because a pastor raped a child. The problem I see is that religious people attempt to prove the validity of their religion by expressing that it instills a moral responsibility into people. It’s of particular note, however, when a high ranking official of a religion is not living up to the argument many religious people use. If it isn’t true that religion instills morals then it is one less argument that religious people can use to defend their views. Very few religious people would compare members of a church to that of a school, place of busienss, or day care simply because they believe the church possesses a moral supremacy.

But…he was a man of God…it just doesn’t make sense!

I sometimes wonder if it makes more sense.