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So some ex-mormon bishop is on a hunger strike, protesting how children are supposedly treated in the LDS organization.
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/local/2018/07/30/ex-lds-bishop-starts/
Possibly due to questions like these:
As a JW, similar accusations are made against us, that the Elders of our congregations ask similarly invasive questions in certain situations, so I'm a bit biased. I believe that both us and them have their reasons as to why they do what they do. For us, in cases of serious sin (example: an admission of premarital sex) any questions we'll ask help to determine the severity, what course needs to be taken and what counsel needs to be given. For cases of rape, we'd probably ask similar questions for similar reasons. I don't have any sort of list on-hand, but I'd believe it, and I can see an explanation for it.
I find the "rape questions" interesting, because in this era, women must be listened to and believed without question, and they can ruin someone else's life with an accusation, no evidence needed. Sex you've regretted in the morning can be rape, as long as you accuse fast enough. This interrogation process, removed from the court of public opinion, exists in stark contrast to that culture. It dares to question how innocent a victim really is.
Even if the intent of the questions is just to humiliate someone else, I could see that having a use. It could be a test for how obedient and humble one is, how willing they are to repent and accept correction. I'm not saying that these questions are truly asked, or that this is truly the reason why they are asked, but only that this is an explanation that I could accept.
What do you think? Should these questions ever be asked, even in the context of religion? Is it wrong to question a rape victim?
So some ex-mormon bishop is on a hunger strike, protesting how children are supposedly treated in the LDS organization.
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/local/2018/07/30/ex-lds-bishop-starts/
Possibly due to questions like these:
Questions being asked by Bishops and Stake Presidents and Mission Presidents
Documented over and over and over in the Sacred Stories on protectldschildren.org
Do you masturbate?
Do you know what a vagina is?
What were you thinking of while you masturbated?
When was the last time you watched pornography?
What type of pornography do you watch?
Do you masturbate while you watch pornography?
Where and how did your boyfriend touch you?
Where your nipples hard?
Did you get wet?
Where were his fingers?
Where was your underwear?
What color were your panties ?
Did you orgasm?
Did you know that once boys reach a certain level of arousal, they have no choice but to keep going? That hey can no longer stop their sexual advances
Describe the sexual positions you engaged?
Did you engage in oral sex?
Did she orgasm?
Did you ejaculate?
How many times did he ejaculate?
Where did he ejaculate?
Did you engage in anal sex?
Did the boy ejaculate in your mouth?
Did you put your mouth on her vagina, or use your fingers?
Did he touch your breasts?
Did you touch his penis?
Did he penetrate you?
To a rape victim:
Did you like it?
What did you do to egg him on?
What were you wearing?
Did you orgasm?
As a JW, similar accusations are made against us, that the Elders of our congregations ask similarly invasive questions in certain situations, so I'm a bit biased. I believe that both us and them have their reasons as to why they do what they do. For us, in cases of serious sin (example: an admission of premarital sex) any questions we'll ask help to determine the severity, what course needs to be taken and what counsel needs to be given. For cases of rape, we'd probably ask similar questions for similar reasons. I don't have any sort of list on-hand, but I'd believe it, and I can see an explanation for it.
I find the "rape questions" interesting, because in this era, women must be listened to and believed without question, and they can ruin someone else's life with an accusation, no evidence needed. Sex you've regretted in the morning can be rape, as long as you accuse fast enough. This interrogation process, removed from the court of public opinion, exists in stark contrast to that culture. It dares to question how innocent a victim really is.
Even if the intent of the questions is just to humiliate someone else, I could see that having a use. It could be a test for how obedient and humble one is, how willing they are to repent and accept correction. I'm not saying that these questions are truly asked, or that this is truly the reason why they are asked, but only that this is an explanation that I could accept.
What do you think? Should these questions ever be asked, even in the context of religion? Is it wrong to question a rape victim?