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lees1975

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9. Look at the extent of the clergy sexual abuse scandal among Southern Baptists.
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 09:42 AM
Jun 2022

Comparatively, given the size of the denominations, the odds of being a female victim of sexual assault by a Southern Baptist minister are almost twice as high as being a child victim of sexual abuse by a Catholic priest.

I think there's something to this theory.

But, having grown up in an Evangelical church culture, I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that most of them have little to no idea what the Bible says or teaches about moral values, and little to no idea about their faith, other than the cliches their pastors tend to use from the pulpit to keep themselves in it. They lose most of the children and teenagers raised in the churches because their role models and examples are so shallow. And voting "conservative," no matter who bears the title, is a way to protect the culture in their view.

Southern Baptists have been absolutely hostile and loud in their condemnation of Mormonism as a cult, and do not refer to it as a Christian denomination, believing that following the Mormon gospel is a perversion of the gospel of Christ and leads to hell. But they were willing to support Mitt Romney, who believes that Mormons are destined to rule the world by taking over the US government, which is foundational Mormon teaching, rather than President Obama, whose actual personal religious beliefs are closer to their own.

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