tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post3264543660940867555..comments2024-03-17T16:21:14.907-05:00Comments on Stop Baptist Predators: Baptist propagandaChrista Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04560409585720043015noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-61496440256392551732010-04-03T20:05:23.383-05:002010-04-03T20:05:23.383-05:00It's about time some Baptist leader admitted t...It's about time some Baptist leader admitted this. But what will he actually do about it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-59495046930571806762010-03-31T18:57:52.391-05:002010-03-31T18:57:52.391-05:00"This situation demands reform, immediately, ..."This situation demands reform, immediately, for the sake of the vulnerable and abused children among us — not to mention for the sake of the gospel witness, so desecrated by the abuse behind our stained-glass windows."<br /><br />I'm profoundly grateful to David Gushee for his acknowledgement of Baptist clergy abuse. This has most definitely desecrated the vulnerable among us and the gospel witness. <br />I hope he will not back down from his revised statement when those who have turned a blind eye show their disapproval. Maybe this is a step forward.I hope so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-61246835060832839142010-03-31T18:34:29.257-05:002010-03-31T18:34:29.257-05:00"...distinguished by its integrity."
I ...<i>"...distinguished by its integrity."</i><br /><br />I think so too, and on this issue in particular, it was certainly something unusual to see in Baptist life.Christa Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560409585720043015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-87371670274269292562010-03-31T16:59:36.089-05:002010-03-31T16:59:36.089-05:00We believe that David Gushee's handling of thi...We believe that David Gushee's <a href="http://baptistplanet.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/david-gushee-sets-the-record-straight/" rel="nofollow">handling of this matter</a> was distinguished by its integrity.BaptistPlanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17900327670598346695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-26301118272709554712010-03-31T15:12:31.555-05:002010-03-31T15:12:31.555-05:00Christa, obviously you DO NOT know David Gushee. ...Christa, obviously you DO NOT know David Gushee. I was taken aback when I read your post concerning his article in ABP and I was not at all surprised when I saw his statement: "I should not have written he last paragraph as it now stands." I do not need to defend Dr. Gushee, but I think I understood what he was trying to say in the initial article. However, I am pleased he has rewritten the paragraph in question. His really is one of the good guys.Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-75196942328946949092010-03-31T12:02:43.376-05:002010-03-31T12:02:43.376-05:00"The Baptist situation may be no better than ...<i>"The Baptist situation may be no better than the Catholic, only shielded more deeply from view."</i><br /><br />These words of acknowledgement about the problem of Baptist clergy child molestation are from <a href="http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/4997/9/" rel="nofollow">David Gushee's revised column.</a> I am grateful for them.<br /><br />I also note his final sentence: <i>"The situation demands reform, immediately...."</i><br /><br />I pray that these words may become more than words, and that they will be transformed into deeds.Christa Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560409585720043015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-85671940723897527452010-03-31T11:27:16.278-05:002010-03-31T11:27:16.278-05:00ABP News > Opinion (UPDATED): The churches and ...<a href="http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/4997/9/" rel="nofollow">ABP News > Opinion (UPDATED): The churches and sexual abuse By David Gushee</a>.<br /><i>(Editor's note: The original version of this column, published March 29, contained an assertion -- regarding differences in clergy-sex-abuse scandals between the Roman Catholic context and the Protestant context -- that many readers found unsupportable. The author agreed to change the column. The version published below contains a slight alteration to the second sentence of the second paragraph, elimination of what had been the eighth paragraph, and a replacement of the final paragraph.)</i>Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09728392311602332613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-89383131342188178102010-03-31T08:47:13.939-05:002010-03-31T08:47:13.939-05:00David: I am rendered virtually speechless. In my e...David: I am rendered virtually speechless. In my experience, on this subject, your consideration and response on this are something truly extraordinary in Baptist life. I am grateful and I look forward to reading your revised article.Christa Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560409585720043015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-66038014126358165712010-03-31T07:29:56.910-05:002010-03-31T07:29:56.910-05:00Today a revised version of my article will appear ...Today a revised version of my article will appear on ABP that reflects the lessons learned through this exchange. Thank you. <br /><br />David GusheeDavid Gusheehttp://www.davidpgushee.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-59430044534943418272010-03-31T06:27:17.549-05:002010-03-31T06:27:17.549-05:00My congratulations to David Gushee for his stateme...My congratulations to David Gushee for his statement to Christa, above.BaptistPlanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17900327670598346695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-91832923729069088112010-03-31T05:52:13.789-05:002010-03-31T05:52:13.789-05:00Christa, I thank you for this challenge, and griev...Christa, I thank you for this challenge, and grieve along with you that the evidence leads where it does. I should not have written that last paragraph as it now stands.<br /><br />David GusheeDavid Gusheehttp://www.davidpgushee.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-51857530162744933432010-03-30T15:02:00.263-05:002010-03-30T15:02:00.263-05:00No doubt it is naive, but I dropped hoping David G...No doubt it is naive, but I dropped hoping David Gushee had visited to offer unexpected data support or at least better explanation for his penultimate paragraph.BaptistPlanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17900327670598346695noreply@blogger.com