HLMenckenFanM to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoA pastor invited to DeSantis' Disney board meeting quoted the Bible telling people not to 'resist authority' as it strips workers' park perkswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down15cross-posted to: workreform@lemmy.worldleopardsatemyface@lemmy.worldleopardsatemyface@lemmit.online
arrow-up1154arrow-down1external-linkA pastor invited to DeSantis' Disney board meeting quoted the Bible telling people not to 'resist authority' as it strips workers' park perkswww.businessinsider.comHLMenckenFanM to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: workreform@lemmy.worldleopardsatemyface@lemmy.worldleopardsatemyface@lemmit.online
minus-squareEl BartolinkfedilinkEnglish-7•edit-210 months agoI hate every religion equally, but let’s be clear that you’re thinking of catholic priests, not pastors. Edit: well, I’ve been schooled.
minus-squareFuglyDucklinkfedilinkEnglish13•10 months agoEvery major denomination that has looked into it has found similar- or more frequent- instances of abuse. Every. Denomination. The only religions that “don’t have a problem” haven’t invested in the effort to check.
minus-square@Chickenstalker@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglish9•10 months agoAmerican protestant pastors also molest kids. Secular coaches too. Teachers as well. Also doctors and nurses.
minus-squareFuglyDucklinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-210 months agoIt’s a global problem. Basically any one in power over kids. Which is why it’s important to pay attention to how those people act around your kids. Most aren’t. But enough are.
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish8•10 months agohttps://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102621352/how-the-southern-baptist-convention-covered-up-its-widespread-sexual-abuse-scand
minus-squareFuglyDucklinkfedilinkEnglish7•10 months agoGonna drop this one, as well: https://stopabusecampaign.org/2018/01/08/is-there-more-sexual-abuse-in-the-protestant-churches-than-the-catholic-church/ Also there was that incident with the Dalai Lama, and some reports from Muslim-dominate worlds in Islam.
minus-squareThe BartolinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoI can’t think of any major religion that doesn’t have a child molestation scandal of some sort.
No… Pastor only says that to the kids.
I hate every religion equally,
but let’s be clear that you’re thinking of catholic priests, not pastors.Edit: well, I’ve been schooled.
Every major denomination that has looked into it has found similar- or more frequent- instances of abuse.
Every. Denomination. The only religions that “don’t have a problem” haven’t invested in the effort to check.
Holy shit! I stand corrected, then.
American protestant pastors also molest kids. Secular coaches too. Teachers as well. Also doctors and nurses.
It’s a global problem. Basically any one in power over kids.
Which is why it’s important to pay attention to how those people act around your kids. Most aren’t. But enough are.
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102621352/how-the-southern-baptist-convention-covered-up-its-widespread-sexual-abuse-scand
Gonna drop this one, as well: https://stopabusecampaign.org/2018/01/08/is-there-more-sexual-abuse-in-the-protestant-churches-than-the-catholic-church/
Also there was that incident with the Dalai Lama, and some reports from Muslim-dominate worlds in Islam.
That Dalai Lama thing was weird as hell.
…yeah.
I can’t think of any major religion that doesn’t have a child molestation scandal of some sort.