Donning my Devil's Advocate suit :)
Submitted by Triple Q on December 12 2000 00:04:16
In reply to Re: A Question of Accountability submitted by GCFboi on December 11 2000 23:04:38
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Pedophiles who molest children intentionally, out of selfish and lustful motives, with little or no concern for the child's welfare, will be held accountable spiritually by being sent to hell, unless they confess their sin and repent in their heart. That is my personal opinion. True enough, but what if he really LOVED her? Are his actions any different because he engaged in sex with her than they would be if he had the same relationship with the mother? Could it be that he was molested as a child and grew up thinking that sex was the only way to show real, true love? That would change the picture a lot, wouldn't it? Then he would be as much a victim as a perpetrator. As for people whose age of attraction drops off at a certain point (ie, they are not attracted to someone after they get to be a certain age), why consider that a problem? Is it wrong that teachers do not necessarily see or keep in touch with their students after they graduate? Does that mean that the work they did as a teacher in that boy's life was useless? Childhood is an important part of life; to love a child, even if part of the love ends when the child grows up, is not wrong, because that person will be forever better for having been loved as a child, even if the relationship ended. Relationships end all the time; even straight people fall out of love. So I don't think this is a fair criticism. A teacher does not necessarily have to be in love with the children that they teach. Does it make what they teach any less important? No. By definition, they are not "using" the child's body (I was talking about sex, you know) so it does not have the same import that a loving relationship between adult and child has. Yes, relationships end...as I've explained further to Heather below. Yes, even straight people fall out of love, but that's not what concerns me here. The fact that some pedophiles set time limits on their relationships IS what concerns me. For an adult to say "I can love this long and no longer" to an impressionable child, does not bode well for the child's future. An impressionable child may (emphasis on MAY) come to believe that love is temporary and grown up to find themselves unable to form lasting relationships. Gotta go for the night. |
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