sexual assault – Don Boys https://donboys.cstnews.com Common Sense for Today Sun, 05 Mar 2023 04:46:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.29 Beth Moore Has Left the Southern Baptist Convention: the Right Decision But the Wrong Reason! https://donboys.cstnews.com/beth-moore-has-left-the-southern-baptist-convention-the-right-decision-but-the-wrong-reason https://donboys.cstnews.com/beth-moore-has-left-the-southern-baptist-convention-the-right-decision-but-the-wrong-reason#respond Fri, 12 Mar 2021 13:41:39 +0000 http://donboys.cstnews.com/?p=2798 Beth Moore has announced she has left the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) although she is “still a Baptist.” Not sure if that means she now identifies with the churches of the New Testament that were totally independent—self-propagating, self-governing, and self-supporting.

Moore was shocked that so many SBC pastors supported Donald Trump and was highly critical of him (as was I) and saw only his grossness, not his greatness. She was seriously offended at the Billy Bush recording (as I was) where Trump boasted about grabbing women sexually.

Moore could not see the good that resulted from Trump’s policies—numerous babies saved from abortion, Blacks and Hispanics lifted out of poverty, religious freedoms protected, a strong economy that helped everyone, massive tax cuts, oppressive regulations removed, a wall built to keep out undesirable illegal aliens, etc.

Maybe Beth is blind in one eye and has a thick cataract on the other. Whatever, she does not see clearly.

Moore was also rightly concerned about 400 sex abuse charges in more than 20 years against SBC pastors. Of course, Moore knows that the convention does not license or ordain men; only a local church has that authority, so just a local church can pull credentials. While that is true, nothing keeps SBC leaders from putting accused pastors on probation until their churches look into the charges and resolve the issue. If not resolved, the SBC can remove offending churches from membership.

Moreover, a charge against a pastor does not equal guilt, contrary to mainline feminist leaders. We are told that we must believe any accusation made by a woman. Of course, that is insane. While every charge must be taken seriously, the allegation must be admitted or proved to be true. If a pastor is found guilty, he should be jailed. If a woman is proved to be a false accuser, she should be jailed. While sexual assault seriously impacts a woman’s life, personality, health, and the rest of her life, so does an assault on a man’s reputation affect his job, finances, his relationship with his wife and children, and his future.

I demand Equal Rights and Equal Responsibility, and Equal Accountability.

While I don’t ever want to be considered soft on pastoral sexual assault, it must be remembered that there are 47,000 SBC churches in the U.S. While one case of sexual assault is too many, 400 cases in 20 years out of 47,000 pastors (and almost that many associates) is comparable to the ratios in other denominations and non-church groups.

SBC critics speak of offending pastors (accused pastors) being moved to other locations when charges are made public; however, the SBC cannot move pastors to other places. To move to another church is a decision made by a local church and a potential pastor. That charge against the SBC is not legitimate.

One of Moore’s major supporters (who wanted to nominate her to be President of the SBC), Pastor Dwight McKissic recently left his state convention declaring, “We Are Getting Off the Bus,” meaning he has pulled his church out of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention. Moreover, he will pull his church out of the national SBC if he does not like how things go at their national convention.

He has a right to choose with whom to associate as a person and as a pastor.

The President of the SBC, J.D. Greear, said in a statement that he hoped the news of Moore’s departure would cause the denomination to “lament,” pray and “rededicate itself to its core values.” But the SBC, as an entity, left SBC “core values” a long time ago. It is now concerned with critical race theory, feminism, and all progressive issues that makes vice president what’s-her-name Harris stand up and cheer.

The SBC, if not dead, is dying; and the vultures flying over their corporate headquarters in Nashville are indicative of that. (For the metaphor-deficient readers, that is a symbolic comment since Nashville doesn’t have vultures—that fly.) Frankly, it is not a natural death, since the SBC is committing suicide.

I have dealt elsewhere with the convention’s divisive issues in which the denominational leaders have almost always made the progressive but wrong decision. The trend toward an extreme Calvinist position, education at the expense of evangelism, promoting social justice warriors, progressivism over tradition, and female leadership are the reasons crepe will hang on their corporate doors. They are doing it to themselves.

Those are the reasons Beth and others should have left the SBC convention. She made the right decision for the wrong reason.

While all the above hot issues are taking their toll, one of the most divisive is the role of women in the group and in local churches, of which Beth Moore is their main spokeswoman. Of course, that is a decision for a local church to make.

Leftist pastors in the SBC have promoted the possibility of Beth Moore being elected to be President of the SBC! Dwight McKissic, the senior pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, said, “If I thought Beth Moore would accept the nomination or be agreeable to being nominated,… I would nominate her for SBC president.”

He went on to say there was no Scripture to prohibit a female leader of the SBC since it is not a local church; however, there is the problem of having authority over men. He mentioned females who prophesied in the Bible, but that is not having authority over men. Moreover, to deny Beth or any woman a leadership position would  be “sinful and shameful,” according to the good reverend.

Nevertheless, refusing Moore as president of the SBC would be Scriptural in my opinion.

Will the SBC make a break with its longstanding position of male leadership and thereby split the denomination? Probably so, and very soon. The SBC is complementarian. That is defined as “While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture.” In opposition is egalitarianism, the unbiblical position that “men and women are equal in authority and responsibilities, including as pastors.”

A train wreck is about to happen.

As the late pastor Adrian Rogers wisely said, “As the West goes, so goes the world. As America goes, so goes the West. As Christianity goes, so goes America. As evangelicals go, so goes Christianity. As Southern Baptists go, so go evangelicals.”

If the SBC follows the path they are on and nominates any female, there will be a bloody battle on the convention floor resulting in the split heard around the world.

Beth Moore has already done her splitting—with more to follow. She made the right decision but for the wrong reason.
(Dr. Don Boys is a former member of the Indiana House of Representatives who ran a large Christian school in Indianapolis and wrote columns for USA Today for 8 years. Boys authored 18 books, the most recent being Muslim Invasion: The Fuse is Burning! The eBook is available here with the printed edition (and other titles) at www.cstnews.com. Follow him on Facebook at Don Boys, Ph.D.; and visit his blog. Send a request to DBoysphd@aol.com for a free subscription to his articles, and click here to support his work with a donation.)

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The Pendulum of Sexual Accusations Has Swung too Far Against Men! https://donboys.cstnews.com/the-pendulum-of-sexual-accusations-has-swung-too-far-against-men https://donboys.cstnews.com/the-pendulum-of-sexual-accusations-has-swung-too-far-against-men#respond Mon, 04 Jun 2018 14:13:02 +0000 http://donboys.cstnews.com/?p=2116 Thoughtful people have read of the numerous “beautiful people” of the media world who have been exposed as repeated rapists–and many women as beautiful whores. Only God knows the innocent women who have been molested or raped–and likewise, the men who have been falsely accused.

Everyone knows the media crowd are generally a bunch of unstable, unprincipled, and untrustworthy lowlifes and increasingly that immorality is infecting the general population because of their music, movie, and television influence. If the plunge continues, we will have to change our national symbol from the noble eagle to the nasty buzzard.

But the sexual accusations against men have an ominous portent for America; and men, in general, are in danger. In fact, leftists and other opportunists are using a legitimate issue, i.e. sexual assault on women, as an excuse to attack our basic foundational principles. It seems their goal is to always believe the women, no matter the circumstances, and castigate the men–whether guilty or not!

I just read an ominous piece titled, “Effective Report Writing: Using the Language of Non-Consensual Sex” and funded in part by you, the taxpayer! It is a course that teaches police authorities how to prepare a report that reflects negatively on the trustworthiness of the accused men! It was sponsored by End Violence Against Women International (EVAWI) and their website says they are dedicated to “changing the way we respond to sexual assault in our communities. Our goal is to pave the way for survivors to achieve justice and healing, so the decision to come forward and seek help is a safe one. Our vision is to end the cycle of repeat offenses and assure that rapists are held accountable.”

Well, no sane person could disagree with that goal except sex abusers; however, the good ladies are willing to stomp on the Constitution with stiletto heels to achieve their lofty goals. They make that clear with their motto Start by Believing; however, police are supposed to assume any accuser may have ulterior motives. The accuser may want payback; she may want a payday; she may be a scorned woman; or she just may be a dingbat. But no, now police officials are told to consider all accusers as sincere and become an advocate for them!

Any police chief who implements this unlawful, unconstitutional, and unfair plan should be forced to stand before his entire force and be drummed out of the department.

You know, I am surprised that I am constantly surprised. I know that the leftist mind is corrupt so it constantly spews corruption. But, I keep thinking that even they would be queasy about promoting such nonsense. But, no, they keep surprising and shocking me.

Police investigators are told to “record witness statements, especially those that corroborate the victim’s account or provide an implausible or even absurd version of reality.” They are told to “recreate the entire reality of the sexual assault from the perspective of the victim.”

All men are in the crosshairs of these looney ladies but it is really dangerous to be in the crosshairs of police authorities.

Hey, if there is no doubt about a woman being raped, then of course tell the account to best prosecute the pig; however, the police investigator does not know that at the time. Police should give no more credibility to the accuser than to the accused. Remember, he is an accused person at this time not a guilty person. She could be lying in her teeth and he could be totally innocent.

But it gets worse. Police are told to “Recreate the Reality of the Sexual Assault from the Victim’s Perspective.” Not if I’ve been accused! After that statement, emphasized in main word caps, the report has to gall to assert, “While the role of law enforcement is as an unbiased fact finder, a key component of this process is to document and seek to corroborate every aspect possible from the victim’s account of events.” However, she is an alleged victim until evidence proves otherwise.

Officers are told to ask the alleged victim what she felt and thought during the alleged rape. However, if it was consensual and it happened years ago, she may editorialize and say that she was frightened that she would be killed if she did not obey. Or, she may not admit that it was consensual. Men are at the mercy of any dishonest, designing, and disgusting woman.

In this 34-page report, investigators are urged to go beyond being neutral but are asked to “overcome” defense attorneys in sexual assault cases! It is to be assumed that all accusations are gospel truth and this is obvious since victim is used hundreds of times and alleged and accuser don’t even appear once! Is anyone willing to use the words bogus, bias, and bigotry?

Investigators are told that their focus should be on getting statements that “corroborate the victim’s account or provide an implausible or even absurd version of reality.” Wow, there goes all neutrality and presumption of innocent. No matter how absurd!

Investigators are told that when inconsistencies are uncovered during an investigation, they should not prejudice the claims of the female! After all, false accusations seldom happen. Yea, tell that to the boys at Duke University.

Investigators are to “make sure” that the finished report does not resemble a “consensual sexual experience.” What these ladies demand is to start any sexual accusation investigation with presumptive guilt of the man and the angel-like innocence of the woman. Forget ethics, impartiality, honesty, fairness, and justice. Yet, this horrible, irresponsible report has been disseminated across our nation’s law enforcement agencies!

When an accused man presents a robust defense, it is alleged to be victim-bashing. Going into a trial, the woman is told, “You will be believed”; however, if that is acceptable then we can do away with the investigators, judges, and the whole judicial system. Some cities are even piloting pretrial cross-examinations to shield the accusers from a thorough interview so as to not traumatize the victim a second time. Wait a minute. Thus far, no evidence has been developed to prove there was a first time trauma. They even suggest that victim be replaced with survivor. Wow, that’s fair!

It should be remembered, and a reminder should not be necessary, that the judicial system is not to promote any social, moral, economic, or religious agenda. Its main object is justice, not to make a bunch of women giddy with their cause, however noble it may be. Justice for all, female and male should be the end result. The guilty must never escape and the innocent must prevail; but in the real world made up of flawed humans, we know that the ideal does not always prevail. However, going into a case with the presumption of guilt always on the male makes no more sense than going into a case with the presumption of guilt always on the female and both are only a step this side of insanity and a step from legal anarchy.

Most of the media seem to take the position that if a woman said it then that’s all the evidence needed! It doesn’t matter about the circumstances, about her credibility, nothing else matters. She is a woman! As comedian and writer Kurt Metzger factiously said, “ALL women are as reliable as my bible! A book that, much like a women, is incapable of lying!”

Well, the Bible can always be trusted but not all women (or men) can be. The above report is a disgusting, disturbing, and dangerous piece of rubbish that had to be prepared by devious and irresponsible zealots.

Eugene J. Kanin did a study published in Archives of Sexual Behavior titled, “False Rape Allegations” in a “small metropolitan community, 45 consecutive, disposed, false rape allegations covering a 9 year period….” According to the study, the false rape charges constitute 41% of the total forcible rape cases reported during this period. “These false allegations appear to serve three major functions for the complainants: providing an alibi, seeking revenge, and obtaining sympathy and attention.” The false charges “reflect impulsive and desperate efforts to cope with personal and social stress situations.” Now that report makes reflects reality.

All women are flawed creatures like the rest of us so they can lie. False accusations can destroy a man, his family, and his future. All sexual assaults should be seriously looked at and any rapist should be hanged (literally) and any false accuser should be branded with an L on her forehead and horse whipped out of town (figuratively).

After second thought, I believe, no; all right, I’ll settle for figuratively.

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