Posted on 10/03/2009 12:16:49 AM PDT by Steelfish
Rape Ordeal Of Heiress Abducted By Preacher And 'Tied Up With Cable And Attacked Four Times A Day'
02nd October 2009
[Pics in URL]
An heiress has told how she was raped three or four times a day for nine months after being abducted by a preacher.
Elizabeth Smart, 21, said she was kidnapped by Brian Mitchell at the age of 14 from her bedroom in the middle of the night.
He kept her tied up and threatened to kill her if she tried to escape back to her wealthy Mormon family.
Abducted: Elizabeth Smart, now 21, claims she was raped four times a day and tied with a cable by 'prophet' Brian David Mitchell, right [Pics in URL] The full horror of her ordeal emerged as she gave evidence for the first time in a case which has transfixed America.
Miss Smart, the student daughter of a millionaire estate agent, was in the witness box for nearly two hours but remained poised, her voice never wavering.
She did not have to see Mitchell as the 55-year- old had been removed from the courtroom in Salt Lake City, Utah, for disrupting proceedings by singing hymns.
The federal court is hearing the case to rule if Mitchell, who describes himself as a prophet, is mentally competent to stand trial.
The former street preacher has been behind bars since 2003, mostly in a mental hospital, but has twice been ruled unfit to stand trial.
When asked to describe him, Miss Smart said he was: 'Evil, wicked, manipulative, stinky, slimy, greedy, selfish, not spiritual, not religious, not close to God.'
Hearing: Ed Smart, Elizabeth's father, speaks outside court. Judges will decide whether Mitchell is fit to stand trial for kidnap and sexual assault
She told how within hours of being abducted...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
"He's an out-and-out Christian," said Charley.
This was merely intended as a tribute to the animal's abilities, but it was an appropriate remark in another sense, if Master Bates had only known it; for there are a good many ladies and gentlemen, claiming to be out-and-out Christians, between whom, and Mr. Sikes' dog, there exist strong and singular points of resemblance. Dickens, Oliver Twist
A couple of these are broken and if you want me to I’ll dig up the new links but probably not tonight.
http://www.catholic.com/library/noncatholic_groups.asp
Here is Southern baptist http://www.4truth.net/site/c.hiKXLbPNLrF/b.3471385/k.6CD7/Are_Mormons_Christians.htm
Lutheran http://www.lcms.org/pages/print.asp?
NavID=12308&path=%2Fpages%2Frpage.asp&print=1
Assemblies of God http://pentecostalevangel.ag.org/Articles2002/4579_spencer.cfm
United Methodist http://archives.umc.org/umns/news_archive1999.asp?story=%7B3BE161B2-8603-4B32-A64F-0C9D2CBFAF85%7D&mid=3368
Presbyterians http://www.pcusa.org/interfaith/study/lds.htm
Here is the Greek Othodox position on mormonism as Christian.
http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article7101.asp
cults in America http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article7075.asp
It isn’t a dilemma for me, I’m not Mormon but I will continue to be friends and good company with them.
If the Mormon/Christian question comes up with your Catholic friends don’t remain silent, be honest and tell them what the official position of their church and their Pope is.
Staying right now out of the Mormon vs. Christian arguement, did anyone else have my reaction to this? I’ve no doubt she was terribly mistreated, but I’m surprised she didn’t get pregnant. A girl of that age who has sex at least once daily for a year usually does, I would think.
There are lots of infertile women, of which she may be one, but many of those get pregnant and miscarry. In other words, I have a feeling there is more to this story.
Although, when I think about it, it really is none of my business. As long as the man is put away, which there seems to be a problem with doing.
For me it had nothing to do with faith. The article is reporting a terrible crime and it’s just impossible for me not to connect this terrible crime with the one that whoopi goldberg and other hollywood types would justify in order to save polanski from justice.
Ok, I was speaking rather vaguely in regards to the exact entity, but my overall point still stands.
The headline reflects and promotes the mindset that every preacher of the Bible, no matter what sort, is a likely demon of danger driven to mayhem by a “fundie” reading of the Bible and repressed impulses. Dawkins would be proud.
comments on the page are right.
“It’s just wrong to refer to this abductor and molestor as “a preacher”. He was a transient due to obvious mental and moral (and spiritual) sickness and he had no following other than the voices in his own head.”
“An heiress to what?”
welcome to UK dumbass media templates.
I think it’s a British thing.
“Im surprised she didnt get pregnant. A girl of that age who has sex at least once daily for a year usually does, I would think.”
My hubby said he read that the raping occurred in the back door...a la Polanski.
Funny how quickly this article turned into bickering about religion.
It was/is about a direct communion with God through a Door that has been established. No rituals, no routines, no anything. Behaviors normally associated with religions become established because of the Presence not are performed hoping to introduce the Presence.
All religions can provide the chains of getting rapped up in the process of the religion to obtain possession of the Door and communion so much that no one is moving toward obtaining possession of the Door and communion.
I think that any religion that believes Christ is the son of God is a Christian religion. It’s not complicated.
A bit of a slur to call him a “preacher”. He was a mentally disturbed and criminally inclined pervert who never had a church, flock, etc.
If he had claimed to be an astronaut, would they headlined the story with “raped by astronaut”? Of course not.
Yes it's funny, but not at all surprising.
That perverted freak who tortured that strong girl has nothing to do with religion.
The pope doesn’t like Mormans and you’re not a Christian and blah blah blah.
>> I have a feeling there is more to this story <<
Agreed. For example, how many ill-nourished, out-of-shape 55-year-old men can “do it” four times a day? In other words, this so-called preacher doesn’t exactly have the physique of a young and virile Strom-Thurmond-wannabe.
Makes me think of several passages...
1 Timothy 4:1 But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,
4:2 by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,
4:3 men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods, which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth.
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
2 Timothy 2:25 with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,
Psalms 119:160 The sum of Thy word is truth, And every one of Thy righteous ordinances is everlasting.
The truth is in the Word of God and available to everyone to read. Many times on FR, it seems to be analagous to a Shiite and a Sunni arguing over which one of them is following the correct religious path.
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