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Warren DeMontague

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80. I'll make one generalization, here: Oftentimes it's the sanctimonious, moralizing finger-waggers

Wed Jul 6, 2016, 09:10 PM

Jul 2016

the authoritarian, self-righteous folks who roll out of bed in the morning all up in the business of everybody else, ready willing and able to run everyone else's life for them because they know better™....

those people sure seem to statistically be more likely end up being the fucked up, hypocritical mofos with something to hide themselves.

Case in point: Bill Cosby.

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Jim Bob Duggar: Molestation Is Common In Christian Families [View all] KamaAina Jul 2016 OP

another good reason to be an atheist. hollysmom Jul 2016 #1

...because child molestation is cured by atheism, ofcourse AllTooEasy Jul 2016 #49

How many black child molesters do you know? runaway hero Jul 2016 #53

What? TipTok Jul 2016 #58

fair enough runaway hero Jul 2016 #65

Wow, shit, that has to be one of the dumbest, most thoughtless posts on DU. n/t Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #72

Oh dear lord. No you didn't come here to spout that ignorance. Bucky Jul 2016 #88

You'd be amazed how much religious sexual repression contributes to the problem. backscatter712 Jul 2016 #60

It's so easy to be an atheist PJMcK Jul 2016 #51

logic is hard for a lot of people n/t hollysmom Jul 2016 #75

I've known an Atheist who was a child molester Lithos Jul 2016 #69

some one always knows someone hollysmom Jul 2016 #77

To be honest... Lithos Jul 2016 #84

I'll make one generalization, here: Oftentimes it's the sanctimonious, moralizing finger-waggers Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #80

Yes Lithos Jul 2016 #85

It's a problem in sexually repressed authoritarian misogynistic cultures. hunter Jul 2016 #89

Why do you think they love home schooling malaise Jul 2016 #2

No scrutiny and no ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #3

Ding ding malaise Jul 2016 #8

I suspect mostly it's because they think homosexuality is a communicable disease Major Nikon Jul 2016 #15

They don't want the competition. alfredo Jul 2016 #19

Christian home schooling hides a multitude of sins keithbvadu2 Jul 2016 #36

That was going to be my answer! AwakeAtLast Jul 2016 #68

Is that so? LisaL Jul 2016 #4

The Duggar kids are lucky their parents didn't kill them at birth. Jerry442 Jul 2016 #7

Damn Solly Mack Jul 2016 #5

Hey Jim Bob: Stop. Talking. Now. Initech Jul 2016 #6

Don't tell me that you believe the fruit falls far from malaise Jul 2016 #10

If that's a fruit, it's Red's Apple Ale. Initech Jul 2016 #12

ROFL malaise Jul 2016 #16

I went to Jr. High School with 2 guys from 2 Hayduke Bomgarte Jul 2016 #9

Wow, how sick! smirkymonkey Jul 2016 #17

Yep. tell teens they're going to Hell for masturbating or looking at porn... backscatter712 Jul 2016 #61

Spot on. It is infuriating. SunSeeker Jul 2016 #70

Kids are taught about "bad touch" at public school, IIRC. Ilsa Jul 2016 #11

Well, we taught our son about "bad touch" at home PJMcK Jul 2016 #52

Taught in our home as well, and I was glad Ilsa Jul 2016 #54

When I was growing up, nudity wasn't exactly encouraged in our household, Arkansas Granny Jul 2016 #13

Josh Duggar's youngest victim was 5. He was 15. JenniferJuniper Jul 2016 #55

Change it to "Fundamentalist Families" Night Watchman Jul 2016 #14

And he probably said this as an excuse for Josh TexasBushwhacker Jul 2016 #22

To Jim Bob, "Christian" means fundamentalist. KamaAina Jul 2016 #35

Subservient wife? She practices blanket training, in which people smaller than jtuck004 Jul 2016 #18

Too cheap for a playpen I guess TexasBushwhacker Jul 2016 #23

Apparantly she really digs beating up on children, from what I heard in a couple jtuck004 Jul 2016 #24

Good training for what is later in store for them I guess. smirkymonkey Jul 2016 #81

They aren't limited to the homes either. These folks work in schools, hospitals, jtuck004 Jul 2016 #83

Yeah... jaxind Jul 2016 #20

Well bless their hearts... getagrip_already Jul 2016 #21

Then we must round up Christians and deport them IronLionZion Jul 2016 #25

You don't have to be a Christian to be a pervert. Tal Vez Jul 2016 #26

It's not the perversion. Demobrat Jul 2016 #34

Another fundie ass. bdwker Jul 2016 #27

THESE PEOPLE ARNT CHRISTIAN. THEY HIDE BEHIND THAT LABLE SO THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING. allan01 Jul 2016 #28

probably aren't true scotsmen either...nt uriel1972 Jul 2016 #31

Of course they're Christian. Mariana Jul 2016 #38

Oooooh yes they are! Iggo Jul 2016 #57

Like I said in other threads. The problem with the major religions... backscatter712 Jul 2016 #63

"Oh, c'mon! Everybody else does it! So can we please have our show back?" struggle4progress Jul 2016 #29

And that makes it ok? Ken Burch Jul 2016 #30

Jim Bob, has it occurred to you that there's something wrong with your culture? perdita9 Jul 2016 #32

Just go git yerself some more JAYUSUS and wash it all away! n/t brewens Jul 2016 #33

It's biblical so it's okay! Noah and his daughters, where do you Cain and Abel got their wives? REP Jul 2016 #37

You forgot Song of Solomon. KamaAina Jul 2016 #39

Yeah, what? REP Jul 2016 #41

How about Lot's daughters after the destruction of Sodom and Gommora packman Jul 2016 #43

But Pat Robertson will tell you that's a special case. backscatter712 Jul 2016 #64

Verily he and the angel went forth to reside in the frothy hot tub. Katashi_itto Jul 2016 #59

Gross. nt cyberswede Jul 2016 #40

You all are forgetting - Christians have that "escape" clause in their religion packman Jul 2016 #42

And who did Josh Duggar learn his incestuous ways from? yellowcanine Jul 2016 #44

Chevy Chase's Vacation Movie Canoe52 Jul 2016 #45

Wow! Boudica the Lyoness Jul 2016 #46

We have non-religious laws and people can't/don't behave themselves The2ndWheel Jul 2016 #56

More sick people hiding behind religion AllyCat Jul 2016 #47

Hmm, They must cheer G.O.T Jamie and Cersi Lannister on.... Katashi_itto Jul 2016 #48

Oh. Thanks for the explanation. matt819 Jul 2016 #50

Remember Lot's daughters? cagefreesoylentgreen Jul 2016 #62

Not my Christian family... TCJ70 Jul 2016 #66

Sick fucks lillypaddle Jul 2016 #67

He's wrong, and is just trying to rationalize these awful crimes. Kang Colby Jul 2016 #71

I have suspected this is more common than admitted Shoonra Jul 2016 #73

Not surprising PatrynXX Jul 2016 #74

Oh good grief! radical noodle Jul 2016 #76

That is sick! liberal N proud Jul 2016 #78

Way to sell the worldview. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #79

All fundamentalist religions are sick. smirkymonkey Jul 2016 #82

It is the result of the religious impulse to control people by controlling sex. backscatter712 Jul 2016 #86

Really??? Half of the above posters believe this because he said it? tavernier Jul 2016 #87