I’ll only touch religion with your 10-foot pole
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The headlines read, “Polygamy probe.” But that is misleading.
While much of CNN’s coverage over the last two weeks has focused on the raid of the a polygamist “compound” in Texas, CNN reporters have failed to emphasize the fact that abuse is the sole reason for the raid. They have certainly said it, but not enough!
In that regard, why does CNN not give equal press to an equally important story which took place Thursday, when victims of abuse within the Catholic church were given the opportunity to tell the Pope that there “is a cancer growing in his ministry.”
Very long story short, 450 children were removed from the Yearning for Zion (YFZ) ranch and the coverage on CNN has been non-stop since.
I don’t mind the coverage, because it is very much needed. But perhaps it needs to be emphasized that this is less about persecuting their beliefs on men having multiple wives and children marrying under the age of 18, and much more about ABUSE.
I’m not going to pass judgment on religous beliefs, because I hope my positition as an agnostic does not come into question. But it does need to be pointed out that the people belonging to The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints are only a cancerous branch of the Mormon faith.
We don’t see non-stop coverage of the sexual abuse scandal within the Catholic church, but I will suggest that the number of incidents within the Catholic church far surpass those at the ranch. So couldn’t this be construed as a form of religious persecution.? Doesn’t it seem as if this coverage is happening because other faiths believe in “holy matrimony?”
One of the men who spoke with the Pope told him how he was sexually abused as an alter boy by a priest who allegedly molested up to 50 other children.
When people “cling to religion,” they will defend it at all costs.
I’m not trying to justify any thing or any one, but perhaps when they finally prove in a court of law that molestation occured at the YFZ ranch, we can consider the fact that the women who bore those children were simply being led on by a cancerous faith.
Let’s take it case by case, child by child, lawyer by lawyer. Those women who participated in the abuse of children at the ranch must never see their children again. But remember that most of those mothers felt as if they had nowhere to turn. Remember that they trusted their spiritual leaders just as the parents of children abused by priests trusted their parish leader.
And that’s my rant!
How can not agree with what the state is doing? Do not put the Catholic faith even in the same category as the FLDS. They are brainwashed and misled. Whoever believes in their lifestyle has some SERIOUS issues. Welcome to the 21st Century.
You have to be kidding me if you’re comparing the two religions. If you’re not, I understand.
Yesterday, the “sister wives” from the ranch were asked if they would leave their former lifestyle behind in order to get custody of their children. I guess a majority of them said they would, which shows that they still have their priorities straight. The kids matter more than religion.
I like the term “cancerous branch,” because it shows that it isn’t the whole tree. What those priests have done to kids is just as disgusting as what is going on with these FLDS members. But in both cases, the mot important thing is doing whats best for the mental health of the children who were abused. Let the state decide, and if it means returning them to the mothers who choose to leave the ranch, then so be it.
Wow. Jumping right to the deep end of the pool (religion). Credit for guts.
I would say that we certainly did see non-stop coverage of the molestation scandal in the Catholic church, as it was unfolding. Therefore, the assertion that this incident is isolated and could qualify as persecution, doesn’t really hold up.
Also, I must take issue with your use of the phrase cling to religion in quotes. A reference to recent remarks by the good Senator from Illinois perhaps? Of course, he wasn’t talking about extreme examples of the mangling of religion for personal gratification. He was talking about average people who go to church on Sunday and believe in a higher power.
I agree with PTepoorten, you get my credit for stepping right into a hot topic. Keep it up!
If any mother of a one of those chidren refuses to leave that ranch forever, then they should lose their children FOREVER (and be punished for child abuse). If they agree to leave the ranch then they should be required to go through extensive therapy and deprograming before being allowed to keep the children while not strictly monitored.
Now, regarding the Catholic church and it’s sad state….the church should have never….NEVER… reassigned priests who committed such heinous acts in attempts to hide it. Instead those priests (and all guilty from here on out) should have been excommunicated from the church….PUBLICLY.
I am not a big believer in lumping people/things into one group, but in this case I do believe that any member of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints and priests that have abused/do abuse children should be held to the most strict of punishments and public displays of humliation allowable by law.
***Disclaimer – Not all members of the Church of the Latter Day Saints OR Catholic Priests behave as these individuals have.