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Originally Posted by photon
I used to be a youth pastor (well maybe youth leader? I never had any official education or whatever) and I wouldn't call myself deranged. Delusional may have fit.. I honestly believed what I taught them about the Bible and tried my best to help them and support them because I cared about them.
I definitely wasn't a liar or a scam artist.
It was the fact that while I felt God would tell me what I should talk about or that God would tell the other pastors and leaders about what they should be doing but God seemingly completely neglected to tell the leadership about the abuse that happened in the church that made me start to question things. Well one of the many many things that raised questions..
If God is talking to the leaders but none of the leaders are aware that some person is abusing people (physically, mentally, sexually, whatever) then either God isn't telling, the leaders aren't listening.
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No you certainly were not. You were devoting your time and talents to convey a positive message to the kids...something that some on this board would do well to think about.
Some of the greatest and most giving people I have known were deeply religious. You can devote your time to downgrade religion, but there are some very useful and positive things to be gained from it.