Hello Hilda. Thank you for your response.
::Well, since all of us use are fleshful brains with corresponding synapse, nerves, and other related structures, than I would say about the only damn way you could think is according to the 'sinful flesh', because the 'sinful flesh' originates the 'sinful thought'.
:You obviously have no idea what I am talking about. I am sorry that I gave you credit for having at least some knowledge of Pauline mystical language. Brother Paul obviously uses the word "flesh" in a different way than you talk about. Sorry for imputing such knowledge to you.
Sorry, I keep my knowledge base limited to reality. I don't ascribe to fairy tales or mysticism, and while I read cult lingo, I do not speak it unless comic relief is warranted. Your attempt at 'poetic discourtesy' is noted.
::Jeez, if that's doesn't sound like catholicism. Go out and rape/molest/steal, and BEG for forgiveness, because you can.
:You got it all wrong again. Repentance is only of value when it is genuine and rendered in godly fear.
Oh, you must really be mystical then Greg. Here you are indirectly claiming to read the hearts of others as a voodoo priest would. I agree that 'Repentance is only of value when it is genuine and rendered in godly fear', because God has nothing to do with it. (I realize this is not what you meant, but I used the term "godly" in a different way than you talk about in my 'suckian language')
::: Should we then tell the whole neighborhood that she is a pedo, after she repents?
:: No, we should tell the whole neighborhood that she was a pedo, and that she at one time 'peedo'd'.
:If the state required such action I would agree for then superior authoritties would come into play. Otherwise, I say let the elders handle matters according to Paul and the rest of Bible.
Since you already acknowledge the authorities as superior, why not encourage the elders to allow the ones professionally trained to deal with the situation handle the situation, instead of "untrained volunteers"?