I automatically assume all hyper religious public figures are either pedophiles, are with a group that turns out to have a history of abuse, or are covering for pedos.

Killer57@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 341d

When the Statistics show about 1/6 can't say I'm too surprised about how many religious people are.

Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 341d

Guilty until proven innocent

shittydwarf@piefed.social · 40 pts · 342d

natecox@programming.dev · 35 pts · 342d

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TuffNutzes@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 342d (1 reply)

Always the ones you most suspect.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 342d

Oh good. I don't have to worry about Dolly Parton, or Mr Rodgers.

I feel like my world view would be crushed if I ever saw a legitimate claim against either of them.

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 341d (2 replies)

I had a “Christian” ask me why I don’t rape and kill people if I don’t believe in god…..I said “because I don’t want to to do anything like that and if this world is the only world wouldn’t I want to make it as good as possible starting with my own actions” I think about that conversation a lot lately and it is deeply concerning

CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 341d

I like Penn Gillette's response to this question which is just as good:

"I've raped and killed all the people I've wanted to."

shalafi@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 341d

I had a flipped conversation. Working IT, late at a client's office, the secretary (we knew each other well enough) stated that without the Bible we couldn't know right from wrong.

"Um, I don't need religion to tell me rape and murder is wrong. Do you? I mean, think on that, did you have to be told?"

I'm sure I got a bit of that wrong, but that was the gist of it, and it was that short. She sat back in her chair and stared at me a minute. One of those oh-so-rare times in life when you hit someone with a brand new thought. Love to see it, love to experience it!

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 24 pts · 341d

BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz · 23 pts · 342d

You mean a Child Rapist had Direct Access to the Republican Party which is ACTIVELY SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND HIS CHILD RAPING ASSOCIATES? What a weird Coincidence! Anyways DEMONRATS are Raping Children in Pizza Parlors!

ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 341d (1 reply)

My copy of the surprised Pikachu meme is broken.

MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 341d

Meanwhile my unfazed Pikachu meme is working perfectly

VeryVito@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 342d

Anyone surprised by this? The people screaming about immorality are ALWAYS those engaged deepest in it.

HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 342d (1 reply)

What are the odds on Drumpf stepping in?

RustyShackleford@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 342d

How do you think they celebrated Trump hiring Morris.

manxu@piefed.social · 13 pts · 341d (1 reply)

I am very positively surprised that the prosecutors in Oklahoma didn't let this drop. The temptation might have been huge: the statute of limitations had long expired and they revived the case with an old law that pauses the clock on the statute.

This guy is still trying to get his huge pension back. After ruining a child's life.

tyler@programming.dev · 13 pts · 341d

The statute of limitations didn’t expire, which is detailed in the article. He left the state so the statute of limitations freezes

pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 342d

Was this the one that said it happened a long time ago and everyone prayed about it? I didn't realize he had the largest church in America.

selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 342d

Gateway to pedophilia.

Gateway to childhood trauma.

And ofc the Pedo-in-Chief protects his own ilk (until he needs to trash them to make himself look good or to keep himself out of trouble)

Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 342d (3 replies)

I'm shocked.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 342d (2 replies)

Well, not that shocked.

Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 342d (1 reply)

No. Not at all.

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 342d

If pedophile denial in Churches were a stock, I'd short it.

takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 342d (1 reply)

Pedos all the way down

don@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 342d

Always has been

VeryVito@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 342d

That’s more time than you get for trying to overthrow the US government. Criminals gonna crime.

noxypaws@pawb.social · 6 pts · 342d

I believe in the family

With my ever-loving wife beside me

But she don't know about my girlfriend

Or the man I met last night

-Genesis, Jesus He Knows Me

the_q@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 342d

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omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 342d (1 reply)

Why does he look like a character Dave Chappelle is playing on Chappelle's show lol

shalafi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 341d

Because Chappelle was playing a caricature of the "trustworthy white man". Nailed it.

molten@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 341d

It's so well known and pervasive I can ask my conservative 'friend' "what do you think the founder of Gateway just pleaded guilty to?" And with no prior knowledge he knows what he did and can become defensive.

I almost wanted to do a switch too and tell him he actually pleaded guilty of fraud.

motor_spirit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 342d

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fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 342d (2 replies)

These cases all just blend together. At this point you should just expect these types to be abusive and you'll be right more often than your own. I guess he'll have to go on the list, Part 57

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 342d (1 reply)

Only 57?

fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 342d

So far. That's still 1400 entries

SabinStargem@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 341d

Robert Morris is angling to becoming the next keeper of Epstein Island, I see.

...I am not sure if an /s can apply here. All things evil are possible with the Trump Regime. 😰