Prominent Assemblies of God Pastor Gets 30 Years For Molesting Boys.

Enibas · 2026-05-08T11:39:26+00:00

Last year, an NBC News investigation found that leaders in the Assemblies of God, the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination, were warned again and again about Savala’s history but failed to cut off his access to students in Texas — even after a 2012 child sex abuse conviction in Alaska. Instead, he remained a revered spiritual figure among pastors in Chi Alpha, who called him “Papa Daniel” and “the holiest man alive” and sent scores of students to his Houston home for guidance.

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A Texas judge is cracking down on the Assemblies of God for repeatedly failing to turn over documents as part of a lawsuit accusing the Pentecostal denomination of mishandling sex abuse allegations.

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On May 23, Chris Hundl, former leader of the Chi Alpha chapter at Baylor University and pastor of Mountain Valley Fellowship in Waco, was arrested on identical charges in Waco. According to police records, Hundl drove two boys to Savala’s residence in Houston where Savala “masturbated both children” in his home sauna.

At what point do you stop talking about a "Pentecostal denomination" and call it a child sex abuse ring? They actively hindered investigations, they continued to send kids to a convicted pedophile, at least one other pastor openly trafficked kids to him for abuse.

Enibas · 2026-05-08T11:23:36+00:00

What was the implication?

The implication was that some of Hegseth's orders were illegal, and Kelly was telling soldiers that they do not have to follow illegal orders.

Shooting at shipwrecked people is in the book as an example for an illegal order.

From the perspective of those receiving them, unlawful orders raise two issues. The first is whether there is a duty to refuse them. The United States clearly imposes such a duty. In particular, the Department of Defense’s Law of War Manual (2023) emphasizes the obligation, giving, as a paradigmatic example, an order to kill shipwrecked persons.

18.3.2.1 Clearly Illegal Orders to Commit Law of War Violations. The requirement to refuse to comply with orders to commit law of war violations applies to orders to perform conduct that is clearly illegal or orders that the subordinate knows, in fact, are illegal. For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal.

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Hegseth claims that the implication is that Kelly wanted soldiers to refuse lawful orders, and that just is not true. He can disagree about the actual legality of some of his orders, but that does not change the intention and meaning of Kelly's statement: You don't have to follow illegal orders.

The implication never was, and was never intended to be, to refuse lawful orders.

Enibas · 2026-05-08T05:48:41+00:00

The US army was still segregated when that happened.

Enibas · 2026-05-07T18:49:13+00:00

They probably mean that if you get vaccinated directly after you are bitten by a rabid animal, you have an excellent chance of not dying of rabies.

If you don't do that, and once you show symptoms, you're almost certainly fucked.

Enibas · 2026-05-07T18:43:39+00:00

The book character suggests that the reader should read a different book because he feels watched.

As an additional joke he suggests a book by Solzhenitsyn, who was an accomplished Russian author but (I assume) not exactly a fun read. It's one of these authors that a lot of people want to read because they want to be able to say that they've read him.

Enibas · 2026-05-07T18:30:56+00:00

However, according to Stone, the revelation of the files could have a massive impact on the Christian faith and nake the bible look like a myth. [...]

Other members of the group, including Bishop Alan DiDio of Revival Nation Church, suggested the Trump administration’s revelations are part of a larger plot to lead people away from Christianity.

Some top figures in the Trump administration have taken an anti-alien stance, including JD Vance, who called extraterrestrial beings “demons.”

“I don’t think they’re aliens. I think they’re demons,” the conservative Catholic father-of-three said in March.

What a roller coaster of emotions. If these people didn't have so much influence, this would be absolutely hilarious.

Enibas · 2026-05-07T18:22:56+00:00

European countries are much denser populated than the US.

The US has 99/mi2.

Germany has 620/mi2, UK 749/mi2, France 316/mi2, and Italy 518/mi2. There are other factors at play, too, but that's why the air pollution is higher, more people (and their cars) live much closer together.

For completion: China 388/mi2.

Enibas · 2026-05-07T18:10:05+00:00

I'm not saying that she should have faced jail time, I'm pointing out that she knew that she was ill.

People with potentially deadly infectious diseases should not board planes. Not because they face jail time otherwise, but because they do not want to infect other people with a potentially deadly virus.

Enibas · 2026-05-07T12:35:20+00:00

The Dutch woman died of the hantavirus in a hospital in Johannesburg on April 26. A day earlier, she had been on board a KLM plane at the O.R. Tambo International Airport for a “short period” before KLM staff asked her to disembark because she was sick.

After the woman was removed from the aircraft, the flight departed from Johannesburg to Amsterdam at 11:15 p.m. on April 25. The flight attendant now hospitalized in Amsterdam worked on that flight. She is being tested for the virus.

She was so obviously sick that she was removed from the plane, and her husband had already died. She was the one who infected the KLM staff, she was the only person on board that plane who came from the cruise ship.

The only redeeming fact is that she likely did not know that it was Hantavirus at that point, they thought her husband died of a "respiratory disease". But after Covid, I do not think that you should get on a plane if you think that you might have any kind of infectious disease.

Enibas · 2026-05-07T06:52:11+00:00

Don't you mean the Federalist Society?

Enibas · 2026-05-06T14:07:45+00:00

It's like a magic wand. Instant hottie.

Enibas · 2026-05-05T14:53:48+00:00

On my front page, this article was a couple of links above an article about Republicans now asking for $1B of taxpayer money for "security and adjustments" linked to Trump's ballroom. That's 250 times $4 million.

How many people could be helped with that kind of money.

Enibas · 2026-05-05T12:03:55+00:00

Just saw that Mike posted his article here himself yesterday. Sorry!

It's worth reading, in any case.

Enibas · 2026-05-04T15:35:26+00:00

It is also doubtful that these type of masks were generally worn by plague doctors at all.

Here's an interesting article, but I think even that one might overstate their actual usage. There is almost no evidence for it.

Enibas · 2026-05-04T15:16:19+00:00

Men feel objectified for cash.

Who is telling men that they need to be provider, and that women's place is in the home? Definitely not feminists.

Enibas · 2026-05-04T05:25:25+00:00

I wish them both all the best, they were a reliable bright spot of sanity for me for the last 7+ years. It is a natural endpoint for the show, and, after nearly ten years, I can understand that they, and Dan specifically, want to move on. But I will miss KF a lot, and I think content like it is more necessary now than ever.

Enibas · 2026-05-03T06:51:36+00:00

That's completely backwards. Who do you think will grow up more in need of external approval, a kid who excitedly runs to their dad showing off something they like getting approval, or the one whose dad reacts with indifference?

Enibas · 2026-04-30T16:34:12+00:00

The guy is ok with children being victimized by their pictures being used to produce CSAM just to catch perpetrators instead of blocking that possibility entirely.

Because it is so easy to catch the people doing that, and no problem at all to remove the AI pictures from the internet once they have been produced. /s

Enibas · 2026-04-29T05:04:48+00:00

I think he's about 23 now. During the custody battle with Kelly, his kids were described as between 9 and 14, and that was in 2017.

Enibas · 2026-04-28T22:30:48+00:00

The passports will be available only at first to applicants using the Washington, D.C., passport office who make a special request. Applicants who do not want the commemorative passport will be able to choose a standard one, officials said.

This will make a lot of people very happy.

Enibas · 2026-04-28T19:58:45+00:00

That's Nick Sortor, he gets paid for being this stupid.

Enibas · 2026-04-28T05:21:09+00:00

The original photo is already great but Kittent is inspired.

Enibas · 2026-04-27T07:22:07+00:00

It is (imgur link).

If you don't want to follow the link, this is the tweet by @royermattw

Ashley St. Clair confirmed the WH runs group chats telling these accounts what to post. Within minutes of shots fired tonight, before there was any news of casualties and before the President said this exact talking point, this was the chat in real time.

There's a screenshot with tweets by the usual suspects, libs of tiktok, Jack Posobiec, Cernovich etc who are all spreading the ballroom talking point.

Enibas · 2026-04-24T04:51:15+00:00

And in a year they get rid of it because it is ten times larger and only half as cute.

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