Reply #4: Just a hunch... [View All]

[CoffeeCat]

My guess is that there are a boatload of sexual deviants who use religion to cover up their "sins."

Sexual deviants, especially child molesters, build up very complex and thick walls of denial around themselves. In order to self preserve, they deny who they truly are by building another reality for themselves, in which they are religious, moral people. I'm sure many of them turn to religion---and the practice of masquerading as a highly religious person--to feed the denial and pummel their true selves further into the basement.

Religion, for many sexual deviants, is simply food for the denial monster that prevents them from dealing with their authentic selves.

I've read several studies on pedophiles. Pedophiles cut across all socioeconomic levels and it's hard to pin down a "typical" pedophile. However, one common trait does stand out--most studies indicate that the majority of convicted pedophiles describe themselves as "very religious."