The Harm

A mother and 2 children (12 and 15) lived with the decaying body of there 90 year old Middlesworth sitting on the toilet for 2 months in the family’s only bath room.

The family left body on the toilet after self proclaimed “Bishop John Peter” (real name Bushey) told them that leave her and pray and that God has sent him a sign that God would bring her back to life.

Middlesworth’s sister called sheriff’s officials Wednesday and asked them to go to the home to check on the woman, who had not been heard from for some time.
When Deputy Leigh Neville-Neil arrived Sister Mary Bernadett (the mother) (real name Lewis) initially refused to allow the deputy to check on Middlesworth, telling her that Middlesworth was on vacation and saying she had to check with her “superior” first.

The Boy (12) told authority’s that he though of running away because he was uncomfortable in the house. He said that Bushey said that demons were trying to make it look as if Middlesworth wouldn’t come back to life, and that if she were to be discovered he and the girl would have to go to public school and get jobs because Middlesworth paid the bills.

Lewis (the mother) and Bushey are in custody for felony counts of being a party to causing mental harm to a child and the children have been placed in foster home.

Source Associated Press
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Church leader arrested on sex charges in N.M.

SANTA FE, N.M. - The leader of an apocalyptic sect in northeastern New Mexico was arrested Tuesday and charged with felony sex crimes against children.

State police arrested Wayne Bent, 66, on three counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, said Department of Public Safety spokesman Peter Olson.

Bent was being held on $500,000 bond at the Union County Detention Center in Clayton and was scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday.

According to the affidavit for the arrest warrant, Bent is alleged to have touched three girls in 2006 and 2007. All of them were under 18 at the time, and one of them was 12.

Bent, who goes by the name of Michael Travesser and claims to be the Messiah, is the leader of The Lord Our Righteousness Church, whose members moved in 2000 to a remote, former ranch near the Colorado line.

Bent has acknowledged having sex with followers — including his daughter-in-law — and lying naked with virgins. He said the virgins asked for sex, but he refused.

A posting attributed to Bent on the church’s Web site Monday said:

“Jesus had not committed any crimes, so the authorities had to invent some crimes to crucify him over. It is the same for me also. I have committed no crimes, but many crimes are being imagined and concocted in the minds of men to try and kill me again.”

Bent had predicted the end of the world last Oct. 31.

He admits to having sex with his followers, laying necked with virgins, he compares him self to Jesus and has made failed prophecy’s yet people still fallow this jack ass.
He admitted having sex with his followers including his daughter in law and he admits to and he admits to laying necked with virgins. Now I know this doesn’t prove that hes molesting any one but when some one that does that is accused of molestation, he looks very, very guilty.

Pakistan Taliban leader gives beard warning: residents

KHAR, Pakistan (AFP) — A Pakistani Taliban leader has warned local tribesmen to grow beards within the next two months in accordance with Islamic teachings or face harsh punishment, residents said Monday.

The threat came amid an apparent increase in incidents of militants trying to enforce Islamic Sharia law in Pakistan’s tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, where the new government is trying to make peace with hardliners.

“Men must grow beards and stop shaving within the next two months,” residents quoted senior Taliban commander Maulvi Faqir Mohammad as telling dozens of people at a mosque in Khar, the main town in Bajaur tribal district.

“It is un-Islamic to shave beards. Harsh punishments will be awarded to all violators,” added Mohammad, the central vice chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistan Taliban Movement) and also a Muslim cleric.

Suspected Islamic militants have been meting out vigilante justice in the tribal belt and targeting “un-Islamic” hair salons, music and video shops with explosive devices for the past few years.

So cause there religious rules say shaving is wrong they plan to kill people who shave. How good and just there god must be.

Muslim mob attacks Christians in Kano State, Nigeria.

A report from Compass Direct News says hundreds of Muslims went on a rampage burning Christian shops and vehicles on claims that a Christian had blasphemed the Islamic prophet Mohammed. Thousands of Christians were trapped in churches until police dispersed rioters.

Voice of the Martyrs’ Todd Nettleton explains, “There has been tension in Kano, and across Northern Nigeria between Muslims and Christians. So, just hearsay that Mohammed had been blasphemed against was enough to stir people to violence.”

The Compass report went on to say that the Muslim mob went to the police station, threatening to burn it down unless officers released the Christian to be stoned to death in accordance with Sharia law. Police were able to disperse the mob.

Although the violence and the riots haven’t seen many headlines as of late, that doesn’t mean the sectarian troubles have disappeared. In fact, Nettleton says, the the push to implement Sharia law in the region may be inflaming the attacks.

With jittery nerves, Christians, particularly those involved in outreach, are laying low. Nettleton says, “It is dangerous to be a Christian in northern Nigeria, particularly if you’re involved in outreach. Hundreds of Christians have now gone to the police station, they’ve gone to the military bases saying, ‘we believe this attack is not over, we believe there will be more violence. Protect us from that!’”

Attacks against minority a religion cause of religious law. That what you get when people take religion seriously.

Thanks to David at No God Blog I bring you this

TALLAHASSEE - Florida teachers could mention religious theories about human origins, such as creationism and intelligent design, without fearing retribution under a measure that passed a key Senate committee Tuesday.

The “Evolution Academic Freedom Act” was approved 7-3 by the Senate Judiciary Committee and now goes to the full chamber for consideration, although no date has been set.

The measure awaits its first hearing in the House.

Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, said she filed the bill after hearing cases of students and teachers who felt “muzzled” and unable to discuss alternate theories on the origin of life. She said teachers have suffered retribution from school authorities and students have been the target of “denigrating comments” from other teachers.

While the measure does not allow any teacher to promote a specific religious doctrine, “you can hold to your own religious views without being attacked for it,” Storms said. “This promotes the free flow of ideas.”

While the committee’s six Republicans voted for the measure, the “no” votes came from Democratic Sens. Ted Deutch of Boca Raton, Steve Geller of Cooper City and Jeremy Ring of Parkland.

“I believe the purpose of this bill is to let people bring their religious beliefs into school,” said Geller, the Senate’s Democratic Leader, voicing concerns about keeping the separation between church and state. “We need to keep the wall.”

The harm here?

1. Florida educational standers would drop leading to even more ignorants about science and evolution harming both Florida and the whole country
2. This law is begging for a law suite. How long until a fundie teacher decides to teach a literal interpretation of Geneses? It will happen and it will lead to some one suing the school and costing Florida and it schools money
Lets get real here. The intention of this law is to get religion into the schools, specifically Christianity. Such tactics are the tactics of the religious right. Its called the wedge strategy.

Proposal to apply sharia to non-Muslims also

Kuala Lumpur (AsiaNews) - Lawyers, minorities, but also women and religious Muslims in Malaysia are expressing their strong concerns about the proposal to apply sharia to non-Muslims as well, which has emerged in a recent seminar of Islamic scholars and jurists. The chorus of condemnation was unleashed by the declaration of a judge of the Islamic court of appeal, Mohamed Asri Abdullah, who said that during the meeting there were discussions about applying the penalties for the crime of khalwat (excessive closeness between two persons) to non-Muslims well as well, through civil tribunals.

In fact, in Malaysia there exist two forms of law: Islamic and constitutional, and the two often are in conflict. One example is religious freedom, which is guaranteed by the constitution but violated by sharia, which punishes those who “abandon” Islam by converting.

According to the president of the lawyers’ council, Ambiga Sreenevasan, “we are facing a violation of the federal constitution, and the proposal is unacceptable”. In an official statement, the council expresses its concern about other proposals as well: a sharpening of penalties and the institution of a rehabilitation centre for Muslims condemned of crimes of “morality and faith”.

Why is it that very religious people always want to impose there religious rules onto everybody? heres an idea, why not get extent constitutional law to every body and get rid of sharia law?

3 Children Removed From Home Where Girl Died Of Diabetes

WAUSAU - Three siblings of a Weston girl who died from untreated diabetes as her parents prayed for healing instead of taking her to a doctor have been removed from the home to stay with other relatives, police said Friday.

An agreement was reached between the parents and social services experts that the move would be in the best interests of everyone, Everest Metro Police Chief Dan Vergin said.

The children are not in danger, he said.

“They were checked out by physicians. … Physically, they are fine,” he said. “There is no physical evidence of abuse or neglect. None.”

Its a travesty that they take there children away now after one of there children are allready dead. Parents do not have the right to deny there children medical care no madder what there religion says and if any one denis there children medical care for what ever reason (including religion) there children should be taken from them.

<a HREF=”http://www.local6.com/news/15773787/detail.html”>Survey: Fla. Teens Believe Drinking Bleach Will Prevent HIV</a>
<blockquote>ORLANDO, Fla. — A recent survey that found some Florida teens believe drinking a cap of bleach will prevent HIV and a shot of Mountain Dew will stop pregnancy has prompted lawmakers to push for an overhaul of sex education in the state.

The survey showed that Florida teens also believe that smoking marijuana will prevent a person from getting pregnant.

State lawmakers said the myths are spreading because of Florida’s abstinence-only sex education, Local 6 reported.

They are proposing a bill that would require a more comprehensive approach, the report said.

It would still require teaching abstinence but students would also learn about condoms and other methods of birth control and disease prevention.

The bill just passed its first vote in a committee, Local 6 reported.</blockquote>
This shows the need for comprehensive sexual education in schools. With out it you get myths like those. At least 1 state is taking a step toward good sexual education.

and minimum marrying age
EGYPT: A battle over female circumcision

Islamists and conservative clerics are fighting proposed legislation in the Egyptian parliament that would criminalize female circumcision and raise the minimum age of when a girl can marry. The Islamists view the bill as an affront to Sharia law.

The legislation drafted by the government-backed National Council for Motherhood and Childhood would impose a prison sentence of as long as two years and a maximum fine of 5,000 Egyptian pounds, or about $1,000. The proposal would raise the minimum age of marriage from 16 to 18. The bill has been met with a storm of anger by a number of delegates from both the majority and the Islamist opposition led by the Muslim Brotherhood.

Opponents say the new restrictions are an attempt by the government to impose a Western agenda on an Islamic society. Some clerics, in opposing the bill, state that Islamic Sharia law condones female circumcision and imposes no minimum age of marriage. “Religion does not prohibit or criminalize female circumcision,” prominent Islamic scholar Mustafa al-Shaka said to the local press this week.

Islamic scholars have been divided over the religious validity of female circumcision. One camp holds that Islam opposes it, while the other argues that this procedure, in which parts of the female genitals are removed, is necessary to tame a woman’s sexual desires and ensure decency.

The bill’s architects hold that there is a national consensus on the criminalization of female circumcision. “Nobody can deny that the Egyptian society resents the negative health effects caused by [female] circumcision,” said Moushira Khattab, secretary-general of the National Council for Motherhood and Childhood. “Thus, the punishment of those who conduct that practice is a must.”

Female circumcision remains a widespread practice in Egypt, despite having been illegal for years. About 70% of Egyptian girls are believed to be victims of the practice. Last summer, the death of a 12-year-old girl in Upper Egypt in a clinic where she was undergoing the procedure reignited calls to impose harsher penalties on practitioners of the surgery.

Islomists oppose a bill cause there religion “doesn’t prohibit it”?

Questionable Oregon City church came under fire a decade ago as well

“Ten years ago I couldn’t express my feelings for what was going on out there, but I can now,” Hass said. “This is child abuse. Pure and simple. There is no other way to say it.”

Hass said he remembered standing in the back of the church listening to the Followers of Christ service. There was no pastor and no sermon, just a series of hymns sung by the congregation. The leader apparently died years ago. An elder in the church told Hass that the followers believe their faith in God will cure the sick.

The question now is, did 15-month-old Ava Worthington die three weeks ago because of her parents’ belief in faith healing? The medical examiner said she died in her parents’ home from an illness that could have been cured with common antibiotics.

In the Bible there are are many passages that talk about faith healing. In the King James Version of the New Testament it says, “Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up” - James 5:14 - 5:15.

One church member told us this past Sunday to read The Book of Daniel and the story of how he was thrown to the lions for his beliefs, to understand why the members are not afraid to go to jail. The passage reads, “So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.” - Daniel 6:23.

The power of faith to delude people. How many people have to die before something is done about this cult. Maybe we should test there beliefs, shoot some of them, throw some Molotov cocktails into there church, see if God protects them.