tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post7666223668003670259..comments2024-03-26T14:34:28.415-07:00Comments on Religion and Child Abuse News: Child sacrifice and other atrocities ignored by believers who consider the Bible the source of moralityPerry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-7127184047456809782016-04-23T14:16:30.739-07:002016-04-23T14:16:30.739-07:00RNS Some have argued that the Bible – all of it – ...RNS Some have argued that the Bible – all of it – presents only one model of marriage, sex, and family: “one man and one woman for life.” With the numerous pictures actually present in the text, this seems to be reductionistic if not dishonest. What say you?<br /><br />DL: In Prostitutes and Polygamists, I discuss the Bible’s many examples of sexual relationships beyond the “one man and one womanPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-45548817811661913002016-04-23T14:16:23.447-07:002016-04-23T14:16:23.447-07:00What made these four sinners righteous is what mak...What made these four sinners righteous is what makes all of us sinners righteous—a humble declaration before God that we have done evil and need him to create a clean heart and to renew a right spirit within us.<br /><br />RNS: Abraham wasn’t the only polygamist. Jacob and Solomon and many other people that Christians revere were too. There is no condemnation of polygamy in the Old Testament, andPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-73299925470192231782016-04-23T14:14:53.896-07:002016-04-23T14:14:53.896-07:00From polygamy to incest - confronting the Old Test...From polygamy to incest - confronting the Old Testaments strange sexual standards<br /> <br />by Jonathan Merritt | Religion News Service April 8, 2016<br /> <br />One of the biggest hurdles to believing the Bible is the content of the first testament. Though many conservatives claim that the Christian scriptures teach only one model for marriage—one man and one woman for life—the truth is notPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-45924366629709732442016-04-23T14:03:02.315-07:002016-04-23T14:03:02.315-07:00Strict class systems linked to human sacrifice
Wa...Strict class systems linked to human sacrifice<br /><br />Watts and his colleagues found that ritual human sacrifice was relatively uncommon among egalitarian societies, with only about a quarter of them engaging in it.<br /><br />But the vast majority of highly stratified societies — about two-thirds — made human sacrifices to the gods.<br /><br />Typically, the victims were those of low social Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-48331764006248887152016-04-23T14:02:53.748-07:002016-04-23T14:02:53.748-07:00Human sacrifice helped ancient societies entrench ...Human sacrifice helped ancient societies entrench class divide study suggests<br /><br />Discovery points to the 'darker role' of religion in evolution of modern civilization<br /><br />CBC News April 08, 2016<br /><br />Why did so many ancient societies around the world make human sacrifices to appease the gods? A new study supports the theory that the practice may have played a key Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-90594886802983074302013-10-22T11:28:59.259-07:002013-10-22T11:28:59.259-07:00How did parent rights make it onto the Tea Party l...How did parent rights make it onto the Tea Party list along with God, guns, gays and gyne-politics? The kinds of fears expressed by parental rights advocates offer a clue. Among the horrors threatened should the U.N. treaty pass:<br /><br /><i>“Parents could no longer spank their children. Children would have the legal right to choose their own religion. Parents would be permitted only to give Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-31533826105212185012013-10-22T11:27:57.164-07:002013-10-22T11:27:57.164-07:00Why Bible Believers Have Such a Hard Time Getting ...Why Bible Believers Have Such a Hard Time Getting Child Protection Right<br /><br />by Valerie Tarico, Away Point October 21, 2013<br /><br />Far too often, the news cycle includes a tragic story about a child dying because his or her parents applied religious teachings with too much vigor. The most recent victim, Hana Williams, was adopted from Ethiopia by Evangelical parents who believed Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-88436523451789200322013-08-05T13:40:39.399-07:002013-08-05T13:40:39.399-07:00Social climbing
The results are consistent with a...Social climbing<br /><br />The results are consistent with a previous study in which Taylor, Wilson and their colleagues showed2 that the Maiden’s diet probably changed to include more high-status foods — such as meat and maize — about a year before her death, suggesting that being singled out for sacrifice granted her an elevated social standing. In contrast, the two younger children found with Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-17432401614716268312013-08-05T13:40:32.953-07:002013-08-05T13:40:32.953-07:00Incan child mummies show evidence of sacrificial r...Incan child mummies show evidence of sacrificial rituals<br /><br />'Maiden' ingested large amounts of alcohol and coca just before she died.<br /><br />by Erika Check Hayden, Nature July 29, 2013<br /><br />The hair of three Incan mummies bears evidence that one of them used large amounts of coca and alcohol in the year before she died, which may have been fed to her as part of a ritual Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-42026088821354694452013-08-05T13:37:02.520-07:002013-08-05T13:37:02.520-07:00continued from previous comment:
In sociology, “c...continued from previous comment:<br /><br />In sociology, “convergence” refers to the linking of two disparate things, creating an unwarranted parallel between them. An isolated but critical event (like a murder) gets linked in the public mind to a widespread phenomenon (like an outsider religious movement). The result is moral panic.<br /><br />We're seeing evidence of this exact link in Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-4566923746748387612013-08-05T13:36:43.024-07:002013-08-05T13:36:43.024-07:00Mexico's Own Satanic Panic
By JOSEPH LAYCOCK,...Mexico's Own Satanic Panic<br /><br />By JOSEPH LAYCOCK, Religion Dispatches April 10, 2012<br /><br />In 1969, the murders committed by Charles Manson and his “family” convinced many that just under the surface of the hippie counterculture lurked a network of criminal Satanism. Every flower child in the country became a potential Manson, ready to commit an act of ritualistic violence in the Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-41614280521277079232013-08-05T13:36:23.706-07:002013-08-05T13:36:23.706-07:00Arrests made following three human sacrifices carr...Arrests made following three human sacrifices carried out by followers of Saint Death cult<br /><br />The Associated Press HERMOSILLO, Mexico March 30, 2012<br /><br />Warning: This story contains graphic details<br /><br />Eight people have been arrested for allegedly killing two 10-year-old boys and a 55-year-old woman in ritual sacrifices by the cult of La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-3285565186009613372012-03-29T10:28:39.179-07:002012-03-29T10:28:39.179-07:00continued from previous comment:
Having a brother...continued from previous comment:<br /><br />Having a brother act as a sperm donor isn’t the only biblical solution to lack of offspring. The patriarch Abraham is married to his half-sister Sarah, but the two are childless for the first 75 years or so of their marriage. Frustrated, Sarah finally says, “The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-37319564480859585882012-03-29T10:28:15.214-07:002012-03-29T10:28:15.214-07:00continued from previous comment:
Through this len...continued from previous comment:<br /><br />Through this lens, you find that the God of the Bible still endorses polygamy and sexual slavery and coerced marriage of young virgins along with monogamy. In fact, he endorses all three to the point of providing detailed regulations. Based on stories of sex and marriage that God rewards and appears to approve one might add incest to the mix. Nowhere Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-1087399008886913552012-03-29T10:26:44.404-07:002012-03-29T10:26:44.404-07:00Captive Virgins, Polygamy, Sex Slaves: What Marria...<b>Captive Virgins, Polygamy, Sex Slaves: What Marriage Would Look Like if We Actually Followed the Bible</b><br /><br />By Valerie Tarico, AlterNet March 27, 2012<br /><br />Traditionally, Republicans tend to run on a platform of God, guns and gays. This time, it’s God, gyne-policy and gays – a set of urgent priorities straight from the mouths of conservative bishops and evangelists who call Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com