rutrow
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Post by rutrow on Oct 31, 2006 20:46:08 GMT -6
TF, pontotocmom, you both make very good points. My christian side wants to help sex offenders with rehabilitation. To be completely honest with myself, as much as I would like to see somebody rehabilitated, I would NOT trust any sex offender alone with my children even if they are born-again. And if they were sincere about their "rehabilitation" and being a born-again Christian, they would not be offended or ask you to prove your acceptance and forgiveness by leaving your children in their presence without your presence. My responsibility is to protect my children that God gave to me. That is like picking up a viper, it may or may not bite you, but why take the chance by picking one up?
Those predators who are born-again after their sin is revealed are just going to have to deal with it. In Galations it reads to be not decieved, God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. If he sows to the flesh, he will reap corruption. If he sows to the spirit he will reap life everlasting. The born-again ex-predator, if sincere with God, will have to reap what he sowed here in this life, but if he remains faithful to God and determined to do good for the rest of their life here on earth will reap life-everlasting upon death and that is what we all should be looking at also.
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Post by Pontotocmom on Oct 31, 2006 22:06:12 GMT -6
My christian side says an eye for an eye. Even though I do believe Galations. I'm partial to Proverbs myself. And I do believe if someone is truly sorry for what they did, and the reason is their faith in God and not the fact they were caught, they will be forgiven. But I'm a mom and as you pointed out my job is to keep my children safe. I do take it a step farther though, I think my job is to keep all children safe. If you know a child is being abused most people will say it is a family thing or it's not my business. I think it is your business. When a parent fails and you know it, then it is your responsibility to keep the child safe. And farthermore, I practice what I preach. We have had kids stay here from overnight to weeks on end to months and years. And I'll continue to offer a safe haven for any child in need. I'm not paid, and the only reward I recieve is to know I have done my best.
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rutrow
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Post by rutrow on Oct 31, 2006 22:39:12 GMT -6
Absolutely pontotocmom concerning keeping all children safe. It is every person's responsibility to do so. They are children and the sex offenders are grown adults. It hurt me to read the story of the 7-year-old molested. This should not have happened and trusting the molester was the biggest mistake.
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Post by King Rat on Nov 1, 2006 7:03:48 GMT -6
I can't forget the case several years ago where a man abducted a young girl, raped her for hours, drove her out to an isolated area, chopped off both arms at the elbow and left her to die. But she refused to die. And she saw his license plate as he drove away and remembered it.
That little girl, now a young woman, still has no arms. The man who did that to her has already been released on parole for the crime.
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Post by granny2young on Nov 1, 2006 11:58:49 GMT -6
Woah,,,slow down a bit. Have you heard the old saying "if you are on a diet, don't work in a donut shop....or if you are an alcoholic, don't be a bartender for a living? There is a difference in a person being rehabilitated and tempting himself beyond measure. Someone who is obese can lose weight, but they can never again work in a donut factory, but that does not mean they will be fat again.
In a lot of cases it is a temptation, even after therapy and for a lifetime, but in most truely repentant rehabilitated cases the thought is repulsing and sickening, thus the reason requiring intense therapy, tremendous willpower and a great amout of faith.
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Post by King Rat on Nov 1, 2006 12:12:12 GMT -6
Woah,,,slow down a bit. Have you heard the old saying "if you are on a diet, don't work in a donut shop....or if you are an alcoholic, don't be a bartender for a living? There is a difference in a person being rehabilitated and tempting himself beyond measure. Someone who is obese can lose weight, but they can never again work in a donut factory, but that does not mean they will be fat again. So by your own analogy, granny, you are saying that child molestors should not be allowed to "work in the donut shop" ever again. I agree completely. Freedom in society is a child molestor's "donut shop" and they should forever be kept from working in there again. |
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Post by rutrow on Nov 2, 2006 8:09:48 GMT -6
Well, I just read in the DJ this morning who this man is, concerning what he tried to do to the little girl. I know of this man and he has been a menace to women and children for many years. All I can say is that he has been around little children many years before his arse went to jail, so there is no telling just how many children he has really molested and raped. Yeah, this one cannot be rehabilitated and he needs to be locked away from people at all times.  |
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