Christians Deceived US On Harm Caused By CSA With Intent To Suppress Premarital Sex

Nothing is as simple as it seems. Christianity is a complicated religion, often at odds with itself. Still, despite the discord among the thousands of denominations people manage to find common ground. In the US, our form of government has forced a split into two major factions : Liberals ... and Conservatives, #4 on my opponents list ... aka The Christian Right.The Right take the Bible's mandates more seriously, and far more literally. Although this has not always been the case, they are currently more motivated and better organized than the liberals. [2] In Matthew 28:18, Jesus says, "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth." The Right interpret this to mean Jesus has assumed authority over all earthly authority. Secular law. [1] This believe it's not only their God-given right to force Society to conform to God's Law, but their duty. Not coincidentally, God's Law tends to align with socially conservative policies, and the Right strongly support these policies. They principally seek to apply their understanding of the teachings of Christianity to politics and public policy by proclaiming the value of those teachings and/or by seeking to use those teachings to influence law and public policy. ~ Wiki [2] They consider themselves the only 'true' arbiters of morality and have organized against abortion, pornography, homosexuality and fornication of any kind. They see the government's role in society as cultivating virtue. The Bible is their moral guide, and contrary to some who claim otherwise, they wield disproportionate power in our government, and use that power in their ongoing agenda to circumvent secular law and impose God's Law, enforced by legislation. [2] Why do they lie? Why does anyone? Numerous reasons. For starters, the Right believe they are righteous. Good. Moral. Sinners, yes, but saved. And the rest of humanity is evil, corrupt. Possessed by demons. Not saved. The Enemy. There are numerous scriptures that cover this, and I would hope my opponent has at least some familiarity with the Bible, as I could easily use my allotted space and then some just on this one issue. The Right (as you should know) are also convinced they are in a squeeze for time, for the 'signs' are in place for the return of their lord, and they believe they are to 'prepare' the world for the return. This means, convert as many souls as possible, and make every effort to 'encourage' purity. The Enemy ... non believers ... being evil, are, of course, tricksters and liars ... per the Bible, and the righteous are free to trick them in return. Yes, it gets a little fuzzy, as they end up lying to each other, too, but this is all part of the irrationality of religious belief. There are other, less 'spiritual' reasons to lie. Greed. Power. Status in the community. Sexual abuse is a huge industry in America, in the mental health field, law enforcement, the courts, prosecutors, private prisons and more. Of course there are many who accept it as 'truth'. But there are also many who know it's a lie, but fear the consequences of speaking out. The Christians have done their job well. Any who dare to challenge the 'conventional wisdom' can expect to be attacked on multiple levels. Vilified, threatened with personal injury, their character assassinated. They can even expect death threats. The Rind Study is a glaring example of the Christian Right suppressing an unwelcome truth. The scientific paper was peer-reviewed not once, but two times, and it was determined the methodology was sound. The study concluded that CSA was not always harmful, and that some of the pejorative terminology was inappropriate. The authors recommended using more neutral terms. [3] [4] The Right was outraged, and the machine went into overdrive, eventually resulting in an official condemnation by the U.S. Congress. The first such condemnation in our history. [4] The Leadership Council, a prominent conservative organization, and one of the strongest advocates of the debunked 'recovered memories' of the 1980's was at the forefront of the attack on the Rind Study. 17 years later, it still is. The Leadership Council is a nonprofit independent scientific organization composed of respected scientists, clinicians, educators, legal scholars, journalists, and public policy analysts. Our mission is to promote the ethical application of psychological science to human welfare. We are committed to providing professionals and laypersons with accurate, research-based information about a variety of mental health issues and to preserving society's commitment to protect its most vulnerable members. [5] And although they don't advertise this, it is a Christian organization. Many scientific researchers were appalled, the event summed up in this paper, Censoring Sex Research. [6] The Right have long claimed CSA causes serious, if not fatal physical injuries. RAINN is the largest CSA/Rape website, to my knowledge. While most other sites have backed off the internal injuries claims, RAINN continues to provoke outrage by exaggerating them. [7]Depending on the age and size of the child, and the degree of force used, child sexual abuse may cause internal lacerations and bleeding. In severe cases, damage to internal organs may occur, which, in some cases, may cause death. Herman-Giddens et al. found six certain and six probable cases of death due to child sexual abuse in North Carolina between 1985 and 1994. The victims ranged in age from 2 months to 10 years. Causes of death included trauma to the genitalia or rectum and sexual mutilation. ~ Wiki [8] I searched, found nothing.The Christian Right have always insisted that CSA invariably causes severe and life long psychological injury. Back to RAINN and a laundry list of problems attributed to sexual assault. [9] On the contrary, the studies (and there have been many) are unable to show a direct cause and effect. They show a 'link' to, or an 'association' with. But scientific paper after scientific paper on the subject has this disclaimer : "No direct cause and effect can be determined, after controlling for family environment." But the Christians, the CSA sites, magazine articles, news programs ... all leave that disclaimer out. The litany of psychological issues on the RAINN site are NOT proven to be directly caused by CSA. The Christians flat out lie about this.The following is typical of the scientific research. Early Sexual Abuse and Lifetime Psychopathology ... A Co-Twin Control StudyThus, our findings give further support to the conclusion that, rather than being a pure cause-and-effect relationship, the association between CSA and subsequent psychopathology in fact reflects a complex interplay of factors, very likely related to parenting. [10]However, the Christians ARE directly responsible for the feelings of shame, disgust victims experience. That's how they want it to stay. As stated, the Christians are committing and egregious injustice to both perpetrators AND victims. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org... 2. http://en.wikipedia.org... 3. http://freedomoutpost.com... 4. http://en.wikipedia.org... 5. http://www.leadershipcouncil.org... 6. file:///C:/Users/James/Downloads/excerpt.pdf 7. https://www.rainn.org... 8. http://en.wikipedia.org... 9. https://www.rainn.org... 10. file:///C:/Users/James/Downloads/CV260Dinwiddie_UQ_Copy.pdf 11. http://www.census.gov...; 12. http://www.mercyseat.net... 13. http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us... 14. http://www.legis.state.tx.us... 15. https://www.biblegateway.com... 16. http://www.sunypress.edu... More in comments.