A MORE interesting discussion about FLDS - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

Spaz · 04-18-2008, 04:04 PM

To me, a far more interesting debate brought up by the FLDS situation is the separation of abuse from beliefs.

To help explain, I'll give a few examples of situations...

Case A: A child is taught from the time she's born that plural marriage is the way to go. When she turns 13, she's told by her parents to marry an old fugly dude in his fifties. Believing it's God's will, she does so willingly, promptly becoming pregnant.

Case B: Same as above, except that the girl decides she doesn't want to marry the fugly dude, and objects. She is forced to marry him, promptly becoming pregnant.

Case C: Same as case A, but this girl is seventeen when married.

Case D: Same as case B, except the girl is seventeen when married.

To me, cases B & D obviously represent sexual abuse. Case C obviously does not.

I'm undecided on Case A.

04-18-2008, 04:04 PM	#1
Spaz Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,371	A MORE interesting discussion about FLDS To me, a far more interesting debate brought up by the FLDS situation is the separation of abuse from beliefs. To help explain, I'll give a few examples of situations... Case A: A child is taught from the time she's born that plural marriage is the way to go. When she turns 13, she's told by her parents to marry an old fugly dude in his fifties. Believing it's God's will, she does so willingly, promptly becoming pregnant. Case B: Same as above, except that the girl decides she doesn't want to marry the fugly dude, and objects. She is forced to marry him, promptly becoming pregnant. Case C: Same as case A, but this girl is seventeen when married. Case D: Same as case B, except the girl is seventeen when married. To me, cases B & D obviously represent sexual abuse. Case C obviously does not. I'm undecided on Case A. __________________ "My days of not respecting you are certainly coming to a middle." -Malcolm Reynolds "It doesn't mean that if we lose a game or when we lose a game people won't then jump on and say the quest is over. Because they will. But they've missed the point." -Bronco Mendenhall on "The Quest"