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Damned Druids
April 25, 2014 at 4:56 am
Druid sentenced for child rape
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“He convinced her that she should keep their relationship a secret, and that the sexual acts were part of a Druid religion where they were pleasing the Goddess, Epona,” Detective Laura Price wrote in her report.
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RE: Damned Druids
April 25, 2014 at 6:14 am
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He did this to the little girl for 9 years, and only received 12 years? He should have gotten life without parole.
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RE: Damned Druids
April 25, 2014 at 6:51 pm
Quote:He claimed to be a Druid in order to deceive a child but the quotation marks suggest that readers aren't supposed to jump to conclusions about the followers of the modern Druid religion.
Given the track record of religionists of all franchises, I'll jump to any conclusions I damned well please.
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RE: Damned Druids
April 25, 2014 at 7:37 pm
(April 25, 2014 at 7:29 pm)Confused Ape Wrote: (April 25, 2014 at 6:51 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Given the track record of religionists of all franchises, I'll jump to any conclusions I damned well please.
Even though that means ignoring what the headline is actually saying? If he'd been a real follower of the modern day Druid religion I'm sure the report would have supplied details. After all it told us that he's a 53-year-old former Oak Harbor resident, a bearded carnival worker and former member of the Navy.
What would you think in the following scenario? -
1: A headline says - Island County judge rejects plea bargain for ‘Atheist’ child rapist.
2: The report says that the rapist convinced a child that sexual abuse wasn't a sin because God and Hell don't exist.
3: You saw a forum topic about the report with the title 'Damned Atheists'.
I would jump to the conclusion that the author of all three was trying to put across the notion that the perpetrator in question wasn't
really an atheist, but was shamming atheism in order to facilitate the rape of a child.
CA, I didn't say you were wrong, I said I'll jump to whatever conclusions I like.
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