Ohio ex-mayor who ‘dedicated life to Christ’ admits to raping 4-year-old and blames her as ‘willing"

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7. Post 2 is correct, but there is a sadder reason

They don't.

Now please understand I'm not suggesting a majority or even a particularly large number of Christian leaders are fans of child rape, or are willing to countenance it. I'm actually pretty sure the huge majority of them find it as abhorrent as anyone else.

But what they don't do, despite the most egregious provocations, is condemn other Christians as vile immoral monsters. Other people yes, but only with the handy-dandy NTS handwashing that they are not real Christians. I absolutely guarantee any personal condemnation of this guy from them will include that self-protective distancing component that says he's not a Christian like they are.

You will never hear Christian leaders say something like "Prominent Christian X is a vicious evil bastard" unprompted without impugning his Christianity. It's because they are so wrapped up in the utter fiction that Christianity drives and guides morality and provides an ethical foundation. So anybody who does something heinous will never be condemned as a Christian by Christians, because their self-worth is built on the facade of Christian morality that says one cannot be a genuine committed Christian and a sadistic monster at the same time, history replete in such be damned.