I M Perfect lady

I watched this episode about sexual abuse among the amish. “Keep Quiet and Forgive” on PBS.

https://player.pbs.org/viralplayer/3105356631/

And there is a book “Behind the Blue Curtain” – by Lizzy Hershberger – which I plan on reading soon.

“How Great Thou Art” was being sung….leading into stories of young girls and women breaking the silence of their sexual abuse – the beauty and the horror – is the how I feel about religion. The juxtaposition leaves religion with a very sour taste.

This is just another cult like sect that uses the fundamentals of their religion to keep victims silent – while protecting the males who are criminals.

When the leaders speak of forgiving the perpetrators – it is a sex trafficking environment where little girls are unprotected.

I don’t care how many times you sing “How Great Thou Art and how you see Him – etc. If your religion blesses away sexual crimes against children It is NoT a God connection. Period.

Folks are quick to tell me I am against religion. I am trying to wreck the First Apostolic Lutheran Church, that the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church- and any other religion who allows the perpetrators to sit in their benches. I am against these ones for sure and I don’t believe they would be sanctioned by God or love or kindness.

The tragedy is the criminal sexual assault on young girls IS that it happens in the midst of ‘god fearing folks’.

The hymn plays on – in its beauty and behind the scenes little girls are forever changed by the acts of sexual deviant behaviors.

It is insulting to even call these religions of God. They are more of the devil.

I feel so deeply about the exposure of these crimes in religions and I would love to see them all implode –

The women are leading the charge and some men have joined in to see what can be done.

Some were saying there needs to be a preventive measure put into place – instead of dealing with it after the fact. Now isn’t that a great idea! I am sure the little girls and boys would love to be in a spot where abuse was forbidden.

This gives me great hope – of more and more silences breaking. That even in the ultra conservative churches, the women are standing up!

An alternative to silence is upon them.

I hope there is a movement of women failing their religions and the rules that were forced upon them.