Bonnie, You may or may not have read the following letters Between the Thompsonville Church and Linda Shelton regarding Church discipline and the choices she made. If not, here you go:
This means what,I have read them. I see the church acting on what DS said.
The very first thing I read on this,and I believe it was on C/A that DS accused LS of spiritual adultery. There isn't any such animal as far as I know. Then when that wasn't working well we switched to physical adultery, then oops,you will have to wait because we aren't going to provide as we "don't want to damage LS reputation", we will hint, we will promise proof if we are forced to,etc.
By now it is a moot point whether she committed adultery. I believe DS knew just what he was doing and did it well.
In the minds of many LS committed adultery.
Mr Pickle's example is a clear reference to the allegations he has published and assisted in getting published against Tommy Shelton.
Neither side gives me the warm fuzzies on this.
As usual it's all a bit muddy.. The discussion is seemingly about Church discipline in our Church (also known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church) but Mr Pickles example is of someone who is a member of the Church of God, (T.S.) and outside our churches jurisdiction. None of the alleged victims are members of the SDA church either.
I understand that. I think the point was trying to be made that because he was now working on 3ABN it had become an issue of interest. I have said before and now again for your information.
I believe what has been said based TS own letter. I have also said if the "alleged victims themselves did come forward and file charges there would be little that could be done. Had TS reoffended it would not have reflected on the Church of God but on the adventist church.
I agree however this was a ruse to bring it out in the open. To me that does not dismiss the respsonsibility that DS had in placing TS in a position of trust among potential unsuspecting .vulnerable victims.
From my own inquiries it does appear one adult married man, and employee of 3abn at the time, made a complaint against TS, but in a later meeting with TS and the 3ABN President retracted it and aplogised.
This is not unusual at all. That alone should have signalled to DS that his brother was not qualified to be in a postion of trust.
The truth is Pastor Glenn Dryden of the Church of God and one of Pickle's main informants has brought up Tommy Shelton to his Church of God board, long since, and nothing has happened.
If the alleged victims did not and can't come forward there is little anyone can do. I well understand the feeling of being the Lone Ranger in trying to do something where the person making the complaint is a 3rd party.
I have little sympathy for DS or TS in this. I do believe the "alleged victims" I also know there is little to be done as a church in this
The truth also is Pickle issued a subpoena to Glenn Dryden a while back for all information he had regarding Tommy Shelton and the allegations against him and asking for all documentation and any evidence or proof he had to support such.
SO?? In a lawsuit either side will be issuing subpoena's in hopes of finding enough to throw and hoping something sticks to the wall.
That Subpoena was not objected to nor fought that I know of... yet Pickle continues to go fishing for evidence and proof, and yes, apparently obsess about this topic...
Just one example of some things that can make you go hmmm...
Personally both sides make me go hmmm.
Many things in this I read and it sounds plausible,on the other hand I also hear a dead silence when we start discussing the IRS and personal income.
You can repeat till the second coming that the horse issue is clean and I will repeat till the second coming I do not believe DS or DS defenders and that makes me go himmmmm.
On DS stated income he could not have purchased several horses,baler,rake,mower,tractor, hay elevator,vet,farrier,grain ,hired help,to say nothing of building a barn. DS would have to have three people for hay, Paying for two of them gets mighty costly as I would believe they had to be paid.
I see other things here that make me think of silly putty as you can take what someone says and twist,pull and work it to get the shape you want.
A couple on both sides make me go hmmmm quite frequently
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