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"" —LORD BERTRAND RUSSELL (1872-1970), British Nobel Laureate, mathematician, philosopher and peace activist, in
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*[http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/07/jury_hears_father_recount_fait.html Parents in faith-healing case never considered calling a doctor]
 
*[http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/07/jury_hears_father_recount_fait.html Parents in faith-healing case never considered calling a doctor]
 
*[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/32252045/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/#.WXnE2mLyvFg Wis. jury: Father guilty in prayer death case]
 
*[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/32252045/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/#.WXnE2mLyvFg Wis. jury: Father guilty in prayer death case]
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*[http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/us/maryland-priest-exhumed-nun-murder/index.html DNA from exhumed body of priest could solve cold-case murder of nun]
 
*[http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/us/maryland-priest-exhumed-nun-murder/index.html DNA from exhumed body of priest could solve cold-case murder of nun]
 
*[http://wdtn.com/2017/04/20/closing-arguments-begin-in-murder-trial-of-dayton-pastor/ Former Dayton pastor found guilty of murder charges]
 
*[http://wdtn.com/2017/04/20/closing-arguments-begin-in-murder-trial-of-dayton-pastor/ Former Dayton pastor found guilty of murder charges]
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==LBGTQ+ Discrimination==
 
==LBGTQ+ Discrimination==
 
*[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/archbishop-tells-woman-to-reject-gay-son-or-suffer-eternal-damnation/?fb_comment_id=fbc_280138315431372_1258955_282277408550796#f24f84fdee6057e Archbishop tells woman to reject gay son or suffer eternal damnation]
 
*[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/archbishop-tells-woman-to-reject-gay-son-or-suffer-eternal-damnation/?fb_comment_id=fbc_280138315431372_1258955_282277408550796#f24f84fdee6057e Archbishop tells woman to reject gay son or suffer eternal damnation]

Revision as of 11:10, 1 August 2017

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Clergy serve in the holy office of the ministry; and are expected to serve as exemplars for the community whose spiritual and moral development they oversee. Yet, too often, these guides and teachers are responsible for the most heinous of crimes, often their own parishioners and community members, enabled by exploiting the special trust and confidence which their communities have placed in them.

Jesus' main focus was not against stealing, sexual sins, or even violence -- but against hypocrisy, the identification with a false persona which prevents one from being genuine or real[1] How can the clergy and the church save others, when they cannot save themselves?

Those who claim that holiness leads to goodness must answer for all of the crimes listed below. Please note that this is just the material we have accrued and not a complete list; this list will be updated as more information becomes available. A more through, independent listing is available at Clergy Gone Wild.

Fascism

Fraud

See ten thousand ministries
See the holy righteous dogs,
They claim to heal, but all they do is steal,
Abuse your faith, cheat, and rob,
If God is wise, why is he still,
When these false profits, call him friend,
Why is he silent, is he blind!?
Are we abandoned in the end?
—Motörhead, "God Was Never on Your Side"

Homicide

One is often told that it is a very wrong thing to attack religion, because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it.
—Bertrand Russell, "Why I Am Not a Christian"

"" —LORD BERTRAND RUSSELL (1872-1970), British Nobel Laureate, mathematician, philosopher and peace activist, in

LBGTQ+ Discrimination

Physical Abuse

Sexual Abuse

Unclassified and/or Weird

References

  1. ↑ J. A. Sanford, Ministry Burnout (Westminster John Knox Press, 1992).
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