Anything But God
Posted by: stuartdelony in Blogroll, Christianity, Craig Gross, Donny Paulding, Uncategorized, god, judgemental, porn, xxx church 
[photo courtesy of Donny's Ramblings]
I received a myspace bulletin from (XXXChurch.com).
The post is about Donnie a former porn producer who has turned his life over to the Lord. Donny was a pastors son who rebelled and ran from God. But like a prodigal, the Lord has done amazing things with Donny. He’s turned his life around and now speaks out against the porn industry and how destructive porn can be. His story is inspiring change in many hurt and broken people. Sounds like a great story right? Something to inspire the church? You know, how God heals and restores lives. Well, here is how someone responded to Donny.
“Right now CPS (child protective services) is sticking their nose into my life because some idiot at a local church told them I used to be a porn producer and that they should investigate to make sure I never exposed my son to anything he shouldn’t see. That is ridiculous, as I would never in a million years do such a thing. They listened to him because he’s a licensed counselor and therefore has contacts inside CPS.
What this does to me is raise up all the old bitterness I feel towards anything to do with churches, and I’m battling a raging anger and hatred at the moment. Why is it that churches have to bury their wounded? I don’t understand it. Now CPS wants to talk to my son, and every attorney I’ve spoken with says there is nothing we can do to keep them from talking to him. God only knows what types of questions they’re going to ask. A 7 year old should not have to be exposed to such things. And I have no doubts that as he gets older he’ll remember being asked about this and wondering why he was made to go into a meeting, alone, with total strangers and answer questions about his daddy… How ignorant the majority of Christians are? How they act like anything BUT God?” - Donny
Some good questions were brought up.
Why do we bury our wounded?
How come sometimes we (Christians) act like anything but God?
Why are so many of us so ignorant?
For more about Donny check out his blog here.
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Thanks for the link Stuart. I talked about porn two weeks ago. It is a tough subject to talk about period. I’m excited about this guys change. I pray he gets the love and forgiveness that Jesus gives to all of us.
someone else wrote about this,
here is my comment to them, i also should put it at donnys blog…
man, im sorry, that sucks.
The sad thing is the ‘christian’ who turned him in is feeling fully justified in doing so. {i did read something about the person who turned him in, did it pertaining to his job}
Most of us are pretty bad ‘witnesses’ Thank the Lord that a new believer, believes unto Him and not us.
and to think, if someone turned everyone in who at one time did something bad in the past, we all would be at CPS’s doorstep.
Tell Donny to keep the faith, look upward toward God, not sideways toward the rest of us sinners. {Donny did actually say this on the xxxchurch site}
loving and putting up with humans, takes more faith/patience and perseverence than loving God.
Kristina
“Why do we bury our wounded?”
Very good question. Tell you what, this guy who told on Donny could easily be accused of working for the enemy. His “accusatory” nature reminds me of the one Jesus defeated on the cross.
Instead of jumping for joy for another person having their life turned around, he “accuses” and in effect creates such negativity in the life of a new Christian.