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CTyankee

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2. I have this theory.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Sun Nov 12, 2017, 06:41 PM

Nov 2017

I feel that the people who support him view him as a sort of example of human sinfulness that God can and does forgive. Therefore, they themselves can be forgiven. My theory supposes that they identify with the sinner, rather than the accuser, because the sinner will be forgiven and given the grace of God.

It's a rather bent view of Christian theology but that is my view.

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I have this theory. CTyankee Nov 2017 #2

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well, again, perhaps they see themselves as the molester and not the child.... CTyankee Nov 2017 #8

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