Wives, Sisters, and Daughters, Please Speak

[Bruh]

Which is why I don't like sex offender registries. If someone has to be on a registry because he can't be trusted, why is that person even out on the streets?

Has a registry ever prevented an offense?

Same could be said about allowing them to be church members with guard rails up and someone being with them at all times

 

[ALAYMAN]

I was being a bit snarky regarding being a woman and unmarried.

Ahhh, got it. If you’d only said you were a woman I might have picked up on the snark, but you threw me a curve with the addition of the unmarried thing.

Women are not allowed to be deacons in the IFB, and I'm guessing the church would try to keep things pk's did under wraps. If I had been married to a deacon, it's possible my husband would have known and might have told me if church discipline was used. All of that is conjecture on my part.

I was assuming too much with my church discipline comment, since you correctly pointed out that the first stages of discipline are to be carried out with great discretion and behind the scenes (and members would essentially be unaware except for a select few), whereas the end stage of the unrepentant member is brought into the open before the church. Thankfully, I have only been part of overseeing that process twice, and both times it never got past the personal and private stages.

 

[AverageJoe]

“no one should ever have to live in fear because a rapist is walking the streets”

You said this not me.

How can you say that and at the same time welcome them with open arms as members in your church with women and children?

You believe I’m part of the problem? No actually that attitude right there is actually part of the problem.

The child molester created the problem. This is because of what he did, not me. This is all because he raped a child all of the blame is on him. This is all because of him and HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ME!!

Go ahead and continue to put me in the same basket as a child molester. You are revealing yourself.

This has NOTHING TO DO WITH FORGIVENESS BUT EVERYTHING TO DO WITH PROTECTING WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

These people become members and backslide on one of the children in your church. That will be on you for allowing them to be there.

They backslide and start lusting after the children in your church. You are actually putting temptation in front of them.

You’re trying to get someone off alcohol because he’s an alcoholic. You invite him to your house and have a 12 pack of Bud light.

How on earth does this make sense to you????????????????????????????????????????????????????????!

Wow! When you're wrong, you're REALLY wrong! You should check who said what instead of just flying off the handle like that!