They believe the women,

They just don’t care.

I saw a poll yesterday that said 47 percent of republicans would not change their support of Trump even if his name IS in the Epstein files.

It confirmed what I suspected in the evangelical church for years. It isn’t that they don’t believe women. It’s that they don’t care.

Once we understand that, our approach changes. Instead of trying to convince them that the women are telling the truth, we need to understand that they are not Christian and don’t have an ethical system that has any point of connection with us.

Any ethical system built upon hate is at the root no different than Nazi Germany. They don’t care who their leaders destroy, as long as they hate the same people.

For all of those who are still trying to convince your Right Wing church that you were sexually assaulted, abused, raped or hurt in any other way, or that you have a right to divorce, I hope you will find peace in knowing that the proof won’t matter. It isn’t you.

They just don’t care.

It is like trying to convince a Baal-worshiper not to offer their firstborn child to the Iron Furnace of Molech.

Once you know that, you can do what you need to do to survive and heal and not give a fig what they think. They’ve lost the right to have an opinion about your divorce, your therapist, your choice to have children, your lifestyle, your dress or especially your relationship with Jesus.

To put it very practically in my life, they’ve lost the right to have an opinion about where I go to church, how I handled my “trial”, what I do for a living, what I believe about love and freedom, or what I do with my family.

Once you say that raping a child isn’t a deal-breaker, there is nothing that you have of value to say to me.

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  1. The Night Wind's avatar The Night Wind

    It’s gotten to the point where I can hardly read so-called ‘Conservative Christian’ sites any more. Their constant white-washing of overtly evil acts shows what their true colors are.

    As far as Epstein goes: he didn’t hate women per se; he hated humanity in general and so do most of these fake Christians—which is why they don’t care about his activities or who was involved with him.

  2. NJ Marrietta's avatar NJ Marrietta

    is there ANYone you like? Your FB is filled with criticism, vitriol and anger. You’ve gone into the abyss. You write about Dobson and MacArthur receiving their just desserts. What about you, a guy who trashes anyone in the Republican camp (I’m no apologist for them), but did you criticize Biden, or any of the Dems? I find it crazy what you’ve chosen to embrace. You’ve become a caricature of your former self, but you’ll continue because your FB is an echo chamber. Only friends can comment, and they fall all over themselves praising you. I find it nauseating.

    • An echo chamber is where one only listens to those who one agrees with. I spent almost 60 years as a republican, right wing, conservative. Around 20 years ago, I started seeing through the cracks and the children beaten until blood ran down their legs, women beaten bloody and left without any resource, I’ve seen families torn apart, watched friends lose their loved ones. I’ve heard from teenagers left without hope because
      God didn’t change their orientation, I’ve heard from children abused by elders in the church. And I started speaking out.
      You say my facebook is filled with vitriol – it is absolutely NOTHING compared to what one receives when one started to criticize the abuser, the rich, the powerful, the gods of the world. Look at your post – you are so full of anger and rage against me, and I don’t even know you. Why would I allow you to vomit on my page?
      You have no idea what I have seen or what I have been through.
      I spent close to 60 years criticizing Democrats, but they weren’t the ones destroying my life and my reputation.
      So, yeah. I’m going to go ahead and speak up for the outcast, the abused kid, the silenced woman, the minorities, the BIPOC. I’m outside the camp now. You can’t hurt me anymore.
      Thanks for the comment.

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