christian,
I find your tactics to attempt to dissuade others concerning the character of Danny Shelton and his accountability for his actions ridiculous. First you paint a fanciful portrait of Danny as the long suffering humble Christian and Linda Shelton as the wicked adulteress. Fact: Linda did not commit adultery. She was raised as a Christian and has a strong conviction concerning her personal expressions of sexuality being confined to the marriage bed. Unfortunately, the same can not be said about Danny.
Then out of shear kindness and to keep himself pure and his mind clean he married another lady, who after some time because of the pressure of living with a Godly man was granted a divorce without fanfair.”
Sorry, but Danny already “knew” his second wife long before she married him. The pressure of living with a Godly man? More of a problem of living with an unethical man nearly twice her age. And why, after such a short marriage, doe he have visitation rights with only the younger of her two daughters and no interest in the other child?
What about Tommy? A kind, gentle man of music who has been maligned by so many? A reality check please, the man has already publically admitted to molesting Alex. And it is common knowledge in the Shelton clan concerning the sins committed by both brothers.
After lifting up both Dan and Tommy as humble saints who have been misrepresented, you quickly divert the spotlight away from them and place it on 3ABN as an organization and the workers who are faithfully spreading the Gospel throughout the world.
Interestingly, at the end of your first post in this thread, you begin to shift the accountability away from the perpetrators and the sin they have been accused of committing and shifting it to the leadership of the SDA church. You then portray Danny and Tommy as modern day watchers on the wall and urge all to support their noble efforts:
“...as they stand on the wall day and night with shinning armor on protecting the gospel and repairing the breach.”
In your second post your efforts to remove all accountability from Danny and Tommy and shift responsibility for their actions upon the leadership of the SDA church becomes quite obvious. You no longer portray them in shining armor, but as humble Christian with human frailties. Sinners like ourselves, but shifting the greater responsibility for Danny’s sins away from the sinner and placing it on the church. Is the church now showing greater support for 3ABN and the gospel message it is broadcasting or Danny Shelton personally? Personally, I have never been against the ministry of 3ABN, but against the actions of those who have stolen from the coffers of God, molested the innocent and have maligned the reputations of their victims through lies, innuendo, and intimidation.
You continue to suggest that those apposing the actions of Danny Shelton should turn their energy for justice and accountability from him and spend it in attempting to bring down the SDA Church as an organization. Interesting... You paint the church as a bully who derives pleasure from the suffering of it members. You then continue by admitting that in fact Danny and Tommy are put poor sinners that are allowed to continue their actions by the support of the SDA church. And Linda? Well, now you say that they are justified in the murdering of her reputation even if only a small percentage of what they claimed about her is true, but that perhaps their method was incorrect.
The 300 pound Gorilla in the room is not the SDA church, it is those who believe at any cost the end justifies the means. Their believe that Dan and Tommy should not be personally held responsible for their actions because of the good that has been accomplished through the ministries broadcasting the Gospel through 3ABN, reason contrary to the principles of the Bible. God holds each one of us personally responsible for our sins. He calls us to repentance. Public sin should be publically confessed, restitution should be made to the victims and the sinner should go forth and sin no more. Is it a waste of time and effort to pursue justice? No. Should we take the advice of “christian” and shift the weight of Dan’s and Tommy’s sins upon the SDA church? No. It is time for Danny and Tommy to become accountable for their actions and reap the harvest of the sin they have sown. Yes. Who are the watchers on the wall? Is it those who commit the crime and lie in order to escape accountability for their actions or those who continue to cry out for justice and vindication for the victims?