I was today years old when I found out that “reasonably believing” a child was old enough to consent to sex can be used as a legal defence.
I’m shocked it isn’t absolute. The inconvenience of confirming someone’s age shouldn’t be enough to sustain this loophole.
Shut it down.
The 27 year old man does not deny meeting up with a 13 year old boy and having sex with him (aka rape).
His defence is that he thought the boy was 17, and that appears to have worked.
I'm fucking lost. What is this?
A thread on the new Netflix docuseries “How to become a cult leader.”
And a friendly reminder I’m retiring my pseudonym and will be across at this account now. Big love to my #exvangelical tribe and all those who have identified themselves as #cultsurvivors
🧵A few hours ago, I joked about the new @netflix series "How to become a cult leader." Now, I sit rattled by how familiar the whole thing is. I come from the City Builders Church & I've publicly answered the question "Do you think it's a cult?" with, "Yes. I do think that."
I'd like to thank my Grandmothers for use of their names while I grew my own courage. But for all things #exvangelical, #deconstruction, #auspol, #springst, #dominionism & life after evangelicalism related - please go follow me there. Cheers to being myself again.
🧵Right. So now that I'm not anonymous anymore, it seems it has come time to merge my identities and own my own name and story again. So hi! I'm Clare Heath-McIvor. And I'll be using my other twitter account from now on. @clare_mcivor is me.
I've loved being Kit Kennedy. It was a name that carried me through the fear of speaking out, the need to rationalise and understand what had happened to me in evangelicalism, and of course to start the @unchurchablepod
But post @60mins there's no reason for an alias
Insta is so good at thumbnails, yo. BUT! I've done a short vid explaining why the right-wing infiltration of the #Liberalparty is far from over & offered some insights on life as a Dominionist. Motivated by God's love to make life miserable for those who don't love him. #auspol
Just posted a vid on insta where I drop some tea on why the right-wing infiltration of the Liberal Party won’t stop at the impending Warrandyte wipeout a la Nicole Werner. Some insider info on the organisation & determination of the right wing politicos https://t.co/yt45MogyCf
Seems like a good time to repost this little episode of @60mins - https://t.co/M5ZJt7VtPm
Here’s what I know about politically motivated (dominionistic) far-right evangelicals. They believe God himself mandates their actions & eternal consequences are attached to their failure
I haven’t seen creation magazine since I was a homeschooled fundamentalist. But there in the reading material corner of a local cafe - a bit of science denial and young earth creationism to ingest with your caffeine. Gag
#exvangelical#ohno#creationism
“Extreme Christian fundamentalism and Christian nationalism is a dangerous cult. Its members disguise themselves as the “shiny happy people” that the Duggars were portrayed to be. It’s time to look beyond that façade and see them for what they really are.”
I absolutely agree
Spotted this on the interwebs. Must be desperate if they’re advertising on seek (but Arise Church has been scandalised recently). So uh. Any heretics or ratbags want to apply for a job as the pastor of a church 😂