I will classify this under humor. Not funny for the people he hurt, but in the context of Christian hypocrisy. At least he wasn't arrested for molesting children.
Well, since he didn't buy them from their fathers, or take them as captives in battle, or promote a regular slave to sex slave, he wasn't doing biblical marriage correctly.
Whenever I meet someone who proclaims that they met Jesus and he changed their life I always want to ask whether they have a problem with booze, drugs, sex, gambling, or a combination of those.
An obsession with monitoring other tribemates' sex lives and social status is something we share with baboons, chimps, and monkeys. Thus, literally older than humanity (and even hominids!) itself.
Guys like Williams is why the word, "hypocrite" was invented. His story reeks of: "Do as I SAY, not as I DO," never mind not as I WRITE, and the smell isn't exactly Chanel No. 5. He's in the court system now, and I rather imagine he will be doing a spell in a 6 x 9 apartment for a few years.
See NOGODZ's post below. David and Solomon, at minimum, were in on the fun back when, and likely LOTS of others who didn't get mentioned in the magic book.
Create rules which force humans to behave in unnatural ways and then wonder why these rules are broken. Of course the “rules” are one sided and specific to the women in such scenarios (fine print). Surprise, a bunch of miserable joyless people acting out once again! You cannot force people to be “good” they have to choose it in their own time.
When "being good" requires that they deny a huge part of who they are (their natural biological sexual desires) as "ungodly," instead of of teaching them healthy ways of exploring sex that are founded on CONSENT CONSENT CONSENT instead of arcane and harmful religious constrictions, this is can only be expected. People will break rules and people will get caught.
I live next door to The Villages and even if the stories of things like residents hanging different colored loofah’s on their golf carts (main mode of transportation) to denote which kink or sex role they are about… I am sure him hearing such rumors was the attraction.
Just watched the Waj and Monte and Tim Whitaker interview on here substack and it just reinforces how we keep getting this wrong thinking any of this is a gotcha for a Christian Nationalist cult that views women as property. If anything he probably will get more kudos from the men (and the women born looking up to men like this).
I will classify this under humor. Not funny for the people he hurt, but in the context of Christian hypocrisy. At least he wasn't arrested for molesting children.
Yet.
Domestic violence is bad enough
"In May of 2024, Williams posted about his “ex wife,” saying she had accused him of “domestic violence 4 different times.” He denied everything."
Women, never forget, his ex wasn't crazy.
What's the problem with bigamy from a biblical view?
King David had at least 8 wifes. Other kings had more.
One man, one woman is a modern view of a marriage.
Solomon. 700 wives plus 300 concubines. And he was called "wise." *eyeroll* :)
1000 mothers in law.
To be fair, some of the wives were also probably daughters.
It's like a car wreck or minor crime; *lying* about not being involved is worse than being involved.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑦. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒.
Well, since he didn't buy them from their fathers, or take them as captives in battle, or promote a regular slave to sex slave, he wasn't doing biblical marriage correctly.
Don't forget rapists who must pay 50 silver shekels to the father. On top of that? The father's daughter can never divorce her rapist.
I fail to see how that's a promotion.
It's always the ones you most expect, ain't it?
The holier-than-thous. They ain't.
Very loud, very judgmental of everyone else, and very likely to be preaching bullshit. Yep, 'em are da ones.
Whenever I meet someone who proclaims that they met Jesus and he changed their life I always want to ask whether they have a problem with booze, drugs, sex, gambling, or a combination of those.
It never ceases to amaze me when people try to tell other people how they *should* be doing anything.
Especially when they AREN'T doing it!
He was trying to follow the well known Christian maxim of "rules for thee, not for me" that has always applied to the ones at the top.
An obsession with monitoring other tribemates' sex lives and social status is something we share with baboons, chimps, and monkeys. Thus, literally older than humanity (and even hominids!) itself.
My mom was like that. Drove me nuts.
>> a famously conservative retirement community, calling it a place for “swingers” and “unusually high rates of sexually transmitted diseases.”
It's going to be a long while before I find a line that I treasure as much as that.
I live near multiple retirement towns in Arizona. It ain’t just the Villages; this is all common knowledge.
That said, it is a lovely use of phrasing and quotation marks. 😆
Guys like Williams is why the word, "hypocrite" was invented. His story reeks of: "Do as I SAY, not as I DO," never mind not as I WRITE, and the smell isn't exactly Chanel No. 5. He's in the court system now, and I rather imagine he will be doing a spell in a 6 x 9 apartment for a few years.
Gee, ain't Christianity SWELL? 😝
Biblical marriage
youtu.be/OFkeKKszXTw
Ahhh, Betty! An old classic of hers, perhaps the first Devon and Andrew first put out, and just as timely now as it was back then.
Betty is my heroine.
Two each his own.
Never take marriage advice from a grown adult who believes in fairy tales.
"Florida Man" explains just as much about him as the "christian" brand.
Agreed, https://floridaman.com/, truly amazing!
Wait, isn't having multiple wives supported by the Bible? Some king had multiple wives and God said it was OK.
See NOGODZ's post below. David and Solomon, at minimum, were in on the fun back when, and likely LOTS of others who didn't get mentioned in the magic book.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster.”
- Nietzsche
Create rules which force humans to behave in unnatural ways and then wonder why these rules are broken. Of course the “rules” are one sided and specific to the women in such scenarios (fine print). Surprise, a bunch of miserable joyless people acting out once again! You cannot force people to be “good” they have to choose it in their own time.
When "being good" requires that they deny a huge part of who they are (their natural biological sexual desires) as "ungodly," instead of of teaching them healthy ways of exploring sex that are founded on CONSENT CONSENT CONSENT instead of arcane and harmful religious constrictions, this is can only be expected. People will break rules and people will get caught.
I live next door to The Villages and even if the stories of things like residents hanging different colored loofah’s on their golf carts (main mode of transportation) to denote which kink or sex role they are about… I am sure him hearing such rumors was the attraction.
Just watched the Waj and Monte and Tim Whitaker interview on here substack and it just reinforces how we keep getting this wrong thinking any of this is a gotcha for a Christian Nationalist cult that views women as property. If anything he probably will get more kudos from the men (and the women born looking up to men like this).