TIL that Americans give more charitable donations than any other nation

Did you as a child ever think your faith would take you into this path? Defending pedophiles in robes because they're the earthly representation of your supernatural deity and it's will?

What does that actually say about your faith, when this is how it's followers act in practice? It makes you stand in front of disgusting, sleazy, old, dirty men who abuse their trust and position over small children in the most horrible way imaginable.

You think this is the right and moral path that a god would want you to take? .

Would you be happy to defend your position on these people on the pearly gates? You think you would get in? What if every single kid affected was brought there next to you and you would have to defend the abuse they experienced against their statements? You still think you would be let in after you've stood there defending these kids abusers against the kids? Deflecting and saying that hey, lots of people did it! It wasn't just priests!

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