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guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 12:03 PM Sep 2018

Good news: Survey shows more pastors preach about abuse in #MeToo age

From the article:

Half of Protestant pastors say they preach to their churches about domestic and sexual violence, an increase from four years ago, when only a third said they raised the issue, a new survey shows.
LifeWay Research took a detailed look at Protestant clergy’s attitudes toward abuse and harassment and what they’ve done about it, surveying 1,000 pastors by phone during the summer of 2018 as the #MeToo and #ChurchToo movements dominated the news.


To read more:

https://religionnews.com/2018/09/18/survey-shows-more-pastors-preach-about-abuse-in-metoo-age/

51% in 2018 is better than the 34% recorded in 2014. But more is expected.
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Good news: Survey shows more pastors preach about abuse in #MeToo age (Original Post) guillaumeb Sep 2018 OP
Lip service is lip service. MineralMan Sep 2018 #1
And judgment is judgment. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #2
And I trust my judgment. MineralMan Sep 2018 #3
And that means? guillaumeb Sep 2018 #5
Yes, that's what it means. MineralMan Sep 2018 #8
I posted some other survey data from MineralMan Sep 2018 #4
Are you engaging in whataboutism? guillaumeb Sep 2018 #6
No. It's just some other data from the same source. MineralMan Sep 2018 #7
Your entire response is classic whatboutism. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #9

MineralMan

(147,578 posts)
1. Lip service is lip service.
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 03:21 PM
Sep 2018

Their rice bowl is their rice bowl. Wouldn't want to break nobody's rice bowl.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
9. Your entire response is classic whatboutism.
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 07:56 PM
Sep 2018

You declined to discuss the subject and pivoted to a different topic in an attempt to deflect.

And that misunderstanding of the logical fallacy explains many of the responses here.

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