Can a jw be punished for withholding sex?

by nightwing02 23 Replies latest jw friends

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  Xander

  Actually, if the elders would read their own literature...
  1993 Awake 3/8 'The Reality of Rape', p 5:
  

  Marital rape occurs when a husband overpowers his wife and forces himself on her sexually. Some husbands may believe that the "authority" the apostle Paul says a man has over his wife's body is absolute. However, Paul also stated that "husbands ought to be loving their wives as their own bodies." The apostle Peter states that husbands should assign wives "honor as to a weaker vessel, the feminine one." That leaves no room for violence or forced sex.-1 Corinthians 7:3-5; Ephesians 5:25, 28, 29; 1 Peter 3:7; Colossians 3:5, 6; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7.

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  Lady Lee

  <<Paul also stated that "husbands ought to be loving their wives as their own bodies." The apostle Peter states that husbands should assign wives "honor as to a weaker vessel, the feminine one>>

  My husband used to say "Well I want to love your body - which is mine. And since I am the head of the family and you are the weaker vessel I know what is best for you so will now honor your body"

  Lord I think I heard them all

  Rejoice in the healing and not in the pain.
  Rejoice in the challenge overcome and not in the past hurts.
  Rejoice in the present - full of love and joy.
  Rejoice in the future for it is filled with new horizons yet to be explored. - Lee Marsh 2002
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  Solace

  Lady Lee,
  Im so sorry.
  That sounds like a nightmare! No person should have to go through that! Then to have the "Elders" that you trusted, excuse his behavior. Thats just awful.
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  Lady Lee

  At the time it was horrendous and I was very suicidal because of it. But my solution got me DFed and set me free from him and the Borg. So in the long run it has worked out well. I had a lot of work to do to put myself together after all of that. They made it sort of easy because they didn't want me back telling the truth of what really happened. I survived and am stronger for it.

  Meanwhile they let him marry another sister in the congregation and she did the same thing to get away from him. He is looking for #3 at this time

  Rejoice in the healing and not in the pain.
  Rejoice in the challenge overcome and not in the past hurts.
  Rejoice in the present - full of love and joy.
  Rejoice in the future for it is filled with new horizons yet to be explored. - Lee Marsh 2002