has anyone ever heard of suing their parents for raising them as a member of a cult?.
kids sue their parents for other forms of abuse and courts take such lawsuits seriously.
do you think it would be possible to win a lawsuit brought because your parents chose to force you into a cult?.
No... I was not insulted... and you're right... I'm not here regularly and have only recently returned to posting. The search feature yields spotty results. I asked in case you had saved one of the links since the topic seemed to make an impression on you from before... folks often do save some favorite threads for easy future reference. Do you have the addy for the blog? I was seriously hoping to see the subject discussed.
I appreciate your responses.
Jean
i do not believe there is any bible precedent for the wt teaching that the origin of some celebration is important...as in it is pagan...and back in 1914 holidays and b-days were ok...i know that changed, but why?...why did all of a sudden it matter the origin of it?...i tried to get wife to see the folly of the wt position of saying pinatas dont matter now despite an evil disgusting satanic wicked origin...to no avail.
on a side note of similar interest...who came up with the teaching inanimate objects could be possessed by demons when it never happened in the bible and how often do they do that anymore?.........thanks....see i can still be serious!.......oompa.
why did all of a sudden it matter the origin of it?...
Because if you can isolate your followers from the rest of society, and instill a persecution complex and fear into them, you have more control. Making it 'against Jah's will' to celebrate holidays made witnesses somewhat outcast from the time they were children. The teasing and name calling that witness children take creates a loathing of 'worldly' tormentors that follows them into adulthood.
At least, that's my own theory...
J
mrs fader and i went over to a friends house to hand out candy.
we only lightly prepared for the occasion, with just a few cool clothing items like funky hats and shirts, but we bought lots of candy.
we initially expected only a few kids and we would be left with a bunch of late night snacks, but we were "cleaned out".
We had a blast last evening... not too many trick-or-treaters though since a water main at the end of our street had broken earlier in the day, and the first part of the street was covered in mud... not many dared to brave the mud to get to our place, but the 60 or so that made it came away with extra candy.
I put out my webbing full of spiders, some skelletons, lighted jack-o-lanterns, vines, a couple glowing tombstones with bones sticking out of the ground and multi-color glowing skulls and of course this awesome purple floating ghost with a motion sensor that would begin to dance and giggle as the they approached the door, then, when the knock came, it triggered a couple great fuzzy black spiders that hung up above the door (sound activated), to descend on the hapless candy seekers.
Ah... the squeals... then... just when they thought they were safe, we'd open the door, and my son, dressed as the grim reaper would extend a clawed hand toward them, holding a caulderon of candy. I watched from the front window, and if any little munchkins were in the group, I'd open the door before they got to the point they'd trigger the spiders, and offer candy as a fairy princess... It was so much fun.
I love Halloween.
J
has anyone ever heard of suing their parents for raising them as a member of a cult?.
kids sue their parents for other forms of abuse and courts take such lawsuits seriously.
do you think it would be possible to win a lawsuit brought because your parents chose to force you into a cult?.
Hey, Frankie. I did not take offense at your posts at all. No worries. And, you're right, TV show judges are pretty 'out there'. :)
Jean
has anyone ever heard of suing their parents for raising them as a member of a cult?.
kids sue their parents for other forms of abuse and courts take such lawsuits seriously.
do you think it would be possible to win a lawsuit brought because your parents chose to force you into a cult?.
No... I had no intention of doing so... there is no point and, in my mind, such a case would lead to more frustration and heartache for people already damaged. My question sprang from not ever having seen a discussion here on this topic.
Thank you, Germanxjw. I will check out the link you posted.
(edited to add: The Vivien Krogmann Lutz case seemed to be more about abusive treatment (manual labor, poor food) than religion since she won on the basis of damaged health'. The religion seemed to be a side point, but an interesting case, none the less. Thanks again for the link. )
It's interesting that the simple act of asking a question could spark such emotional responses and lead people to assume that I had malicious intent. The subject must be taboo... which is strange on a discussion board.
Thanks to everyone who posted a respectful, thoughtful response to my question.
Jean
(P.S. Rebel, could you please send me a link to one of the "8392704893265 previous threads" that seem to have made such an impression on you? I do not see them...)
has anyone ever heard of suing their parents for raising them as a member of a cult?.
kids sue their parents for other forms of abuse and courts take such lawsuits seriously.
do you think it would be possible to win a lawsuit brought because your parents chose to force you into a cult?.
So far I've never heard of anyone actually submitting a case proposal to a liability attorney to see if s/he will take the case.
This was actually my question... I was wondering if anyone had heard of it being tried. With all of the crazy stuff people sue over, it wouldn't surprise me if someone, somewhere had tried it.
J
has anyone ever heard of suing their parents for raising them as a member of a cult?.
kids sue their parents for other forms of abuse and courts take such lawsuits seriously.
do you think it would be possible to win a lawsuit brought because your parents chose to force you into a cult?.
Has anyone ever heard of suing their parents for raising them as a member of a cult?
Kids sue their parents for other forms of abuse and courts take such lawsuits seriously. Do you think it would be possible to win a lawsuit brought because your parents chose to force you into a cult?
Just a thought...
Jean
what's scary is that a few minutes before i found this article, i was doing the exact same thing as the guy in the pic below.
tv, laptop and iphone... all out at the same time.
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/report_90_of_waking_hours_spent.
pulsating rectangles... now that paints a picture... lol
I swear I will spend at least an hour outside tomorrow...
J
just saw this and thought it was funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plefo0fn96o.
The twitter clip was hilarious.
J
ha!!!.
how many online forum members does it take to change a lightbulb and to post that the lightbulb has been changed?.
14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.
Oh how funny! And true... so true....
J
