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An Atheist Is Born

Submitted by Brent Rasmussen on April 11, 2006 - 5:32am.

Youth minister David M. Boudreaux, of the Crescent Lake Christian Academy in Liberty, Missouri must be a secret EAC agent.

While engaged in a friendly, Christian game of dodgeball, one of his 16-year-old charges hit him with the ball. Which I thought was kind of the whole point of the game. Boudreaux, 27, got angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry.

The same teen, whanged him again, knocking his glasses off. So, what does this paragon of Christian virtue do?

He becomes enraged, of course - because apparently that's how adults who work with kids should react, according to Boudreaux's reaction. You know, with anger, and rage, and physical assault.

What an asshole.

The kid is scared, and tries to apologize to this suddenly-frightening adult man who is bearing down on him in an angry rage. First Boudreaux shoves him in the chest and forces him to fall to the ground and hit his head. Then, when the poor, scared kid tries to get up - the Christian "Youth Pastor" kicks him in the nuts.

Yup. Kicks him so hard in the nuts that he ends up in the hospital, pissing blood, with a concussion, and whiplash.

[link] The teen suffered whiplash and post-concussion syndrome and had blood in his urine after being kicked, according to court records.

Boudreaux later apologized, prosecutors said.

Jeanne D. Hewitt, administrator of Crescent Lake Christian Academy, said Boudreaux had been placed on administrative leave.

Oh. He apologized. Well, that makes it all better now, doesn't it? Apologies have been shown in scientific medical studies to cure blood in your urine, haven't they?

Boudreaux should be placed in jail. He's lucky that wasn't my kid or he'd be in the hospital himself.

In any case, to the 16-year-old victim in this story, come on over to atheism. We promise to never kick you in the nuts. In fact, that's a GREAT tagline for the EAC!

The EAC. We Promise To Never Kick You In The Nuts.

Marketing GOLD!

Oh, and you'll be free of a repressive, anti-thinking organization that encourages violence towards children. That too.

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Hey there Mr. opinionated, I

Submitted by Anonymous User (not verified) on June 11, 2006 - 11:03am.

Hey there Mr. opinionated,
I am one of the members of that church, and I definitely think he acted rashly. But as you you said, "the court records said...." all that about pissing blood and all that, I have heard first hand accounts from many of the other students that were there and they tell me it didn't happen like that at all.
So, let's get our facts straight first....and it just so happens no one has the facts because it is all he said she said. What he did was wrong, but now some parents see their chance to get a lot of money from a bad situation....who is in the wrong here

OK, Let Me Get This Straight

Submitted by Brent Rasmussen on June 11, 2006 - 11:46am.

OK. Let me get this straight. You are defending a youth pastor that kicks one of his kids in the nuts.

Is that correct?

If so, Sickening.

Micro-content, man! Micro-content!

Submitted by Johnny Vector (not verified) on April 12, 2006 - 6:38pm.

The EAC. We Promise To Never Kick You In The Nuts.

Too long! I'll just shill again for the bumper-sticker slogan I proposed over at Panda's Thumb:

PROVE IT

Although I have to admit yours would work well on a T-shirt...

surprised he even apologized...

Submitted by John (not verified) on April 12, 2006 - 12:55pm.

I'm surprised the Pastor even apologized. At least it shows an inkling of remorse.

Too many Christians I've known, when they do wrong by you, "pray on it, then ask the Lord for forgiveness" and that's it. Nuts to you...if Gawd forgive's 'em (which the only requirement that he will is the belief in his supposed son encarnation & all that hooey) and you DON'T, why, that's just sour grapes on your part. At least Judaism recognizes, along with atheists, that you have to get forgiveness from the PERSON you wronged (whereas Christians seem to think God can do that FOR you).

This pastor deserves jail time & a stiff fine and community service and probation and probably should be moved out of YOUTH ministry. Let'm pick on someone his own size.

Well, that's the way it

Submitted by Paul (not verified) on April 11, 2006 - 1:06pm.

Well, that's the way it works, right? Say you're sorry, and it's all OK. Just repent, and you can still go to heaven.

The Lord is Testing

Submitted by dAVE (not verified) on April 11, 2006 - 10:16am.

The Lord is testing the 16 year old, to see if he has truly learned the lesson of Christian forgiveness.

Seriously, the 16 year old was probably a dick. All those teengage kids raised in an uber-Christian environment are dicks. In fact, that kid is most likely well on his way to growing up just like the guy who kicked him in the nuts.

Think of it as preemptive Karma.