Well if a person knows that someone is a molestor, raper, adulterer and then they do not report to the authorities then where is the respect for the law that they claim to abide by. Is it not illegal to know a crime has been commited and not report it ?
Actually OldFlame, if the state they dwell in REQUIRES that you report a molestation, then they are encouraged to do so. If I remember correctly there are 27 states that require reporting to authorities molestation. A witness is first encouraged to report it to "the brothers", then I believe they call the society and they tell you if your state requires reporting it and if your state does not require it, they don't report it and handle it themselves through the local congregation. Any way they can "save face", they do so.
Terry, you make some honest points. The slaughter by god in the O.T. would make any non-preconditioned person appauled by many of the actions that god did himself, or allowed to happen in which justice was not carried out fairly as you demonsrated with king David. If two kids were eaten by two she bears for calling a patriarch a baldhead, then David should have had his nutsack slapped with a hammer till he died.
Gumby