Like out of the twilight zone: Naked Jehovah Witnesses kidnap family, feared Armageddon

[Willamette City]

One of the rules JW's ascribe to is that sexual misconduct must be witnessed by another member of the congregation to be considered valid. If the perp and the victim are the only ones there, it never happened. That's absolutely crazy!

[Shirina]

Originally Posted by Willamette City

One of the rules JW's ascribe to is that sexual misconduct must be witnessed by another member of the congregation to be considered valid. If the perp and the victim are the only ones there, it never happened. That's absolutely crazy!

Few religions ever took rape seriously -- and many still don't.

Our laws against rape in the United States exist in spite of the Bible - because Biblical rules regarding rape are cruel, barbaric, and victimize the victim for a second time; the "justice" is almost as bad as the crime itself.

Biblical laws on rape also give any man a way to simply *take* whatever virgin female he wants -- whether the woman likes it or not.

Since a rapist must pay a fine and then marry his rape victim, well, if little Suzy spurns a man's sexual advances, all the man has to do is rape Suzy, pay the fine, and now Suzy MUST submit to the man and be his wife -- when she didn't want to even be around the man much less marry him.

Real good stuff for the women of Israel.

Religions are always inserting loopholes into their rape laws so that men can get away with it -- because religions are invented by and the rules written by men, therefore, these religious men protect themselves knowing damn well that, sometimes there's nothing better on a boring Sunday afternoon than a pint of ale, a good old fashioned rape, then kicking back with a hearty belch and turning on the football game.

As George Carlin said: "Cops didn't see it, I didn't do it." But where Mr. Carlin says it comically, religions say it ... and mean it.

[MysticPhD]

Originally Posted by BaptistFundie

Well stated. And there's no indication whatsoever that anyone in any kind of a leadership role in any way endorsed or taught what was happening here. This appeared to be a mental illness issue.

[eddie gein]

Originally Posted by BaptistFundie

This appeared to be a mental illness issue.

No it isn't...........Why this is demon possession pure and simple.

[ImissThe90's]

Originally Posted by BaptistFundie

Well stated. And there's no indication whatsoever that anyone in any kind of a leadership role in any way endorsed or taught what was happening here. This appeared to be a mental illness issue.

Of course it is a mental illness issue. You would have to have a mental issue to be a JW....


But seriously, people with mental illnesses can be made worse by other things, such as a repressive and ridiculous religious group.


To quote Steven Weinberg, "Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. "


**Obviously doesn't apply to everyone in every religion, but certainly to a decent amount of people, including JW's.