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Originally Posted by Sliver
Good points, but I think it goes beyond just saying abuse happens in the church and outside the church so it's a wash.
Isn't it possible the church attracts pedophiles? Again, if you live an areligious life, you don't submit yourself or your children to any leader in the same way you do if you belong to a religion. You don't tell a weird old virgin intimate details about your life and then have him tell you what to do to make yourself whole again. You don't have a concept of somebody ranking above you on a cosmic scale that can hold sway over your eternal soul. And if you're areligious you would never dream of putting your kids in a position of being with an authority figure who would not face legal consequences were he to abuse or assault them.
That parents defer authority and protection of their kids to an institution with such a track record of consequence-free abuse is actually psycho.
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I suspect a lot of problems would go away if they just let them have sex like normal people.