Howdy Met,
Fine post.....with a lot of different situations thrown together.....but some not fitting the mold exactly.
The legal system tries its best to figure out What Really Happened and Who Will Pay For It. They need real dead bodies, corroborating witnesses, and hard physical evidence. -met
Agreed - that's what a Court of Law, police, etc., will determine before bringing a case. The FBI, I would assume, would also do the same.
Otherwise, I can guarantee you old Brother Bell in the Legal Dept will roll on the floor, laughing his a$$ off hearing the phrase "Satanic Abuse" AND KNOWING - relative to his VALUE SYSTEM that such testimony isn't worth a judges time, under cross examination. - met
Now............. some people answering this thread have put people with mental problems, whether genetic, earned through life, or just whatever, into the above quoted scenario. Not necessarily so........
A child could be raped by a man or woman - then told that Satan really was in the room also. That person could wear a funky black outfit to make the child more appreciative of the sanctity of the rape moment. Good lord, it's not hard to find masks of all kinds of scarey beasts. The child could be beaten senseless to remind him/her of their position in the universe. And the child would probably believe, particularily if these rape/beating lessons happend on a regular basis.
Didn't all of us believe what we NOW KNOW as illogical? Weren't you an elder teaching the rest of us this illogical, laughable, crap? Yep.......now think of your small children/grandchildren facing a ruthless man/woman who knows they're terrified of demons - and they need full control over that child - they will use whatever is necessary.
There has been shown to be major psychological problems with some Catholic children who were raped long ago by priests. Some problems for the obvious reasons. Another problem unique to those children? They've been taught that during Mass, the priest himself took the place of God on Earth (Jesus Christ.) So.........therefore, to a child, he got raped by Jesus Christ himself. Major situation for that child to contend with. Why can we sympathize with a child thinking he was raped by Jesus.....but not by Satan? Who determines which biblical character is more laughable/believeable?
As with any other rape told about 10/20/30 years later - almost no evidence is available. And as you stated.........the VALUE SYSTEM is stacked against the person at this time for any mention of Satan Ritual Abuse.
Does that mean it didn't happen? No. Does that mean the person is whacked? No. A liar? No. Will that person win in a court case....at this time in history? Imho, doubtful.
Could it have been a man/woman - or a couple of perverts - doing this "in the Name of Satan" - with them having absolutely no belief in Satan? Come on.................some of us kept our children in line with lines like that. Catholics, Baptists & fundies have kept their people in line for centuries with the fear of Hellfire.....and who resides in Hell? Satan. And these are adults....not frightened children.
It doesn't make the person crazy. But it sometimes makes their statements unprovable & illogical from our - and the Courts - VALUE SYSTEM.
Many issues are being thrown together is this discussion without being concise. People are being hurt.
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