The rumor/gossip is also posted here:
http://www.atomorrow.com/discus/message ... 1202657416
In my opinion the only purpose in bringing any of this up would be to prove the rampant hypocrisy in these discussions. Altogether too many pots are calling the kettles black and think they are serving God while doing so.
The plain and simple truth of the matter is that the main players and accusers in the Pickle team are all guilty of the very things ( crimes, sins, and behaviors) they claim to be so righteously indignant about and offended by when they accuse 3abn.
For example the various accusations against Danny Shelton and 3abn include accusations of financial impropriety and crimes, and being unaccountable to the public for donations, sexual improprieties and sins, harrassment and controlling behavior, lies, falsified documents, coverups, various sins which they say require church discipline such as censure or loss of membership, or loss of job, accusations of suffering from mental disorders etc etc etc...
Then we look at the small group of accusers and what do we find? Not only have many been accused of those very things, but unlike those they are accusing, these people not only do the very same things they accuse DS and 3abn of, they actually have arrest records, convictions, and court records, medical records, newspaper articles and documents revealing this about them.
What do I mean? The Linda-- aka Pickle/Joy team contains those who have accused 3abn of character defamation and false dismissal, but bring no case to the courts while they themselves were being sued for character defamation or are named in the lawsuit filed for that very thing.
They accuse others of crimes both civil and criminal yet there are no arrests or convictions.. or judgments against any they accuse.
Yet that very same team contains a major player who regularly engages in harassing behavior and has been accused of that not only by those he is accusing at 3abn and by those defending 3abn, but by one of the main people he is allegedly defending and siding with against 3abn.. More than several either disciplined, censured, or no longer officers or members of their church. Another who was arrested for stalking and accused of vandalism. One who was found guilty of falsifying records and lost her professional license. Others who stole and copied documents violating their employers privacy and in one case it is grounds for her losing her own license; more than several guilty of adultery; one accused of being a pedophile; a child pornography addict not allowed to be alone with his own children; several substance abusers; several documented with diagnosed mental disorders. Another claiming to be a sexual victim who has been accused of the very things he is accusing his alleged molester of with the same amount of evidence- namely little or none. A convicted embezzler. At least 3 who have falsely represented themselves on 3 unrelated websites and solicited funds dishonestly, and refused to be accountable and explain where the money went. And multiple instances where one or all has been proven to have lied or still be lying, many fired from 3abn for valid reasons but with an axe to grind, or who are the ex spouses of those at 3abn or of those who were fired from there, etc etc etc..,
And all of them covering for each other and defending one another while accusing DS and 3abn and saying they are guilty of cover up and refusing to get rid of the sin in the camp. All of them as a collective trying to control DS and 3ABN and force repentance, and coerce and bring about the changes they want. Many using intimidation tactics and threats against any who disagree with them.
I am not naming names, they know who they are. My point and view is THEY ARE HYPOCRITES, and -- Yes, this forum has had more than several exposes of these people posted here but our response was to
remove them all -- except the ones which were posted as a response to what they themselves had first published and exposed about themselves. Why? It's simple. We know they are wrong in the way they are handling all of this and
we aren't them, and don't want to become like them. An eye for an eye isn't right. We would be just as guilty and wrong if we did or allowed the same things they do here. They have a right to not have their sins and private lives thrown out there attached to their names for all to see and and a right to be treated as a fellow christian and human being, and not be exposed to public ridicule, gossip, or judgmentalism and condemnation. This is not the National Enquirer or a gossip rag, or a "smut forum" to expose another publicly and shame them or coerce repentance, no matter how it may seem justified or like they deserve it. The ends don't justify the means and it is just not what Christians do to anyone imo.
We combat and reply, or rebut the lies and information they publish. Nothing wrong or unchristian about that imo, but we do need to be careful in how we go about doing that...
My 2 cents, and something I hope we all think about. So-- getting off my soapbox now...