In Case You Slept Through Church This Sunday

In case you slept through church this Sunday, here's the dream you might have had:

Ok, ok. I'll post about something that really IS rooted in magical thinking. The notion that a sex offender or a violent criminal can just "get saved" and not be a dangerous person anymore is a fantasy. I have had a few comments that I simply refuse to post, in reaction to this post about Matthew Burton, the born-again Christian in Maryland who worked at his church and later got charged with murdering a woman. A woman who might still be alive if she had not trusted the "born-again" logic that some benevolent power will just "change" anyone's mentally ill or criminal leanings. It does not happen. To answer those comments, all at once, let me just say that this is where faith and wishful thinking and lies get very twisted up in each other, giving us the ugly result that is called upon in churches like this church. It is dangerous, and it should stop.