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Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)
Mon Dec 18, 2023, 06:28 PM Dec 2023

Parents and brother beat boy because he became a Christian, Tennessee cops say

Police conducted a welfare check at the Nashville home shortly before midnight Dec. 11 following a request from the juvenile boy’s employer, according to Davidson County arrest affidavits obtained by McClatchy News. A Metropolitan Nashville Police Department officer found the boy “wide-eyed,” disheveled and trembling, with a scratch along the back of his hand, unevenly cut hair and lumps on his face, police said.

The boy told police he had recently become a Christian and his Muslim family attacked him over his decision. During the altercation, the boy said his family “demanded he recant and say he was a Muslim,” police reported in the affidavit.

He said his brother, mother and father “repeatedly punched him and spat in his face,” then his mother scratched the back of his hand with a knife, according to police.

Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article283186758.html#storylink=cpy

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Parents and brother beat boy because he became a Christian, Tennessee cops say (Original Post) Demovictory9 Dec 2023 OP
What the heck. Why? So ridiculous. jimfields33 Dec 2023 #1
Because he is an apostate. maxsolomon Dec 2023 #2
thank you. stopdiggin Dec 2023 #7
Like NowISeetheLight Dec 2023 #13
There are rigid fundamentalists in every religion IndianaDave Dec 2023 #8
Religious Insanity continues Emile Dec 2023 #3
Yep. Lucky this kid has a good boss Demovictory9 Dec 2023 #6
Speaking of...kid was 11?! And had a job?! Pretty sure thats illegal, even in Tennessee. Volaris Dec 2023 #16
Oftentimes, the method of religion is more important than the God of religion. keithbvadu2 Dec 2023 #4
I despise religious fanatics of every stripe CanonRay Dec 2023 #5
Me too. Delphinus Dec 2023 #9
Take away the word "religion"... WarGamer Dec 2023 #10
Arguments about which religion is better Sky Jewels Dec 2023 #12
Looks to ForgedCrank Dec 2023 #11
Ain't religion grand? nt Maru Kitteh Dec 2023 #14
Religion is the single most Bettie Dec 2023 #15

stopdiggin

(15,549 posts)
7. thank you.
Mon Dec 18, 2023, 07:17 PM
Dec 2023

You can convert too the faith. You cannot convert away ... Upon penalty ...

(And quite obviously not all are going to act upon this - just as all Christians are not going to follow a prescription to 'kill' witches. But, it should be noted that the prescription is there ... And such action is not unknown.)

IndianaDave

(658 posts)
8. There are rigid fundamentalists in every religion
Mon Dec 18, 2023, 07:43 PM
Dec 2023

and they are the source of any idiocy that emerges among believers of every type. Ordinary people of faith are tolerant, strive to be kind, respectful of differences, and supportive of diversity. Those who interpret their Scriptures unvariably literally, and are not respectful of individuals' consciences, almost always overreact to anything which challenges their belief system. Most of us respect the philosophy of atheism, the peaceful expressions of Islam, Judaism, the variants of Christianity, Hinduism, Universalism and all the beautiful expressions of many forms of faith around us. And the intolerance and violence of individuals like those exposed in this post bring us abhorrence and great sadness. Authentic faith brings tranquility and comfort. The example in this post does not. May this exposure help them reassess their position.

Volaris

(11,743 posts)
16. Speaking of...kid was 11?! And had a job?! Pretty sure thats illegal, even in Tennessee.
Mon Dec 18, 2023, 10:11 PM
Dec 2023

keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)
4. Oftentimes, the method of religion is more important than the God of religion.
Mon Dec 18, 2023, 06:48 PM
Dec 2023

We hear similar stories of Christians beating their children to death to 'help' them in their faith.

WarGamer

(18,748 posts)
10. Take away the word "religion"...
Mon Dec 18, 2023, 08:05 PM
Dec 2023

Fanatics of all stripes are mentally unstable.

Fans of some UK football teams beat other fans to death.

 

Sky Jewels

(9,148 posts)
12. Arguments about which religion is better
Mon Dec 18, 2023, 09:07 PM
Dec 2023

sound exactly the same to me as an arguments over whether Santa is better than the Easter Bunny. It's ALL fiction and mythology, and none of it makes a lick of sense or has any basis in reality whatsoever. Magic isn't real, and neither are supernatural beings.

How tragic that these parents turned on their own child over something like this.

Bettie

(19,788 posts)
15. Religion is the single most
Mon Dec 18, 2023, 10:07 PM
Dec 2023

corrosive element in human society.

Terrible things are done in the name of one god or another over and over.

Kid in my high school came out as gay to his fundamentalist family. They beat him, then kicked him out. Disowned him. His parents both died without ever seeing him again...or wanting to.

It isn't just one religion.

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