Yet another religious cult raided

[kandrathe]

Wow, that degenerated into accusations of bigotry pretty fast.

Humans, in general, have sexual urges. This is not bigotry, this is biology. Plumbers, Rastafarians, Astronauts, Butchers, Bakers (and Bakkers) and Candlestick makers all experience "lustful" thoughts. I'm sure, amongst the approximately 2.5 billion "religious men" there are some who are completely asexual, some who are strictly monogamous, some who are sexually promiscuous, and some who are sexual predators. There are probably millions in each category, and "religious people in general" is an absurdly huge group of people to make any single statement about. I'm not making any such claim.

However, the negative "all" claim is ridiculous. The idea that religion yields some kind of immunity to sexual temptation is not only wrong, but hopelessly naive.

-Jester

I'm not insulating religious people from lust or biology. I'm saying that in general they tend to try to rise above the base instincts of rutting and grunting. Sometimes they fail spectacularly, but mostly they do not. Is it possible Warren Jeffs is just a dirty old man? I guess, but the evidence suggests he is carrying on the teachings of his father and the primary tenet of their separation from the LDS from over 100 years ago.