Okay, l have a scenario that I want you to consider:
I am a man with a frozen
shoulder disability that has had to receive some physical therapy for a few
weeks about a decade and a half ago. One of the therapists there recommended I consider getting myself a shoulder replacement.
I declined for numerous reasons, mainly because I was not a sporty type of person.
Let us also consider that
during that same period I was dating a certain woman, a fellow student at some
university where I was taking some courses. Let us say that I had intimate
relations with her, let us consider that we had a falling out, that the
relationship could not survive our differences.
Let us say, then a few
days later, that I received a visitor, a police officer appeared with an arrest
warrant in which I was an alleged rapist with this woman. Let us say that I was
also taken in, processed, and arraigned. I posted bail and was released in my
own custody.
Let us say that I went to
see an assistant public defender and that I took with me to that public
defender numerous documents from the physical therapy center, and documents
from my insurance company showing payments to the physical therapy billing
office.
Let us say that the most
revealing of all the documents I took with me to the lawyer was the record
showing a recommendation from the therapist that she had recommended to me a
total shoulder replacement on account of my natural shoulder being almost
useless.
You may be asking what
connection there could be linking my physical therapy to my right
shoulder with the criminal rape case against me, a false accusation from a
woman who accuse me of raping her after my relationship with her has failed to
progress?
Now, let's say I am in the
presence of my public defender lawyer in the first session. I have with me a
batch of documents demonstrating that my ability to raise my right arm is very
limited due to my right shoulder being frozen. What does that prove?
If my ability to raise my
right arm is very limited, then how can I possibly overwhelm a healthy woman
who is physically resisting my ability to rape her?
It is logically imperative
that for me to physically overwhelm the woman I am seeking to rape, If my body
suffers some disability to my limbs so that my right arm is limited in its
range of motion, and I am right-handed, my ability to overwhelm her will be
nonexistent, unless I have a firearm pointed at her, and I do not know how to
handle a gun.
Therefore, how will she
prove that I was able to rape her, especially when I am one of the few people
on this earth who is well able to prove that I am physically incapable of
overpowering a woman, even if I wanted to?
In summary, in my
providing my assistant public defender with this evidence of my disability, I
will have done about 75% or more of my role in assisting my defense in
defeating the rape accusation.
Let us consider that
because I am generally healthy, despite my physical real impediment to my right
shoulder and arm, this woman accusing me of having raped her had assumed that I
was physically capable of having overpowered her and so she assumed that her
accusation against me of having raped her was plausible.
Now, I did state that I
had had sexual relations with her, so why did she who knew or had some idea of
my limited physical powers still accuse me of raping her?
Let us say that I insisted
that she get on top of me and that she forgot or had not noticed the surgical
scar on my right shoulder when we had been together. And so, she still thought
that a rape accusation against me would hold up in court.
In a case, I had not
mentioned anything of my right shoulder being frozen and she was not even
serious in wondering whether or not I was able-bodied enough to overpower her
physically, to then successfully rape her.
Now, armed with all this
information, my assistant public defender sends interoffice communications to
the state attorney in response to their rape charges against me.
What follows is a disaster
for the accuser! The state attorney's office summarily dismisses all charges
against me, along with a big apology letter to me and to the defender's office.
The accuser in turn is then charged with perjury and with filing a false police
report. The University where I had been studying then expels this woman
immediately, and they then make the tuition-free of charge for me.
Furthermore, I then
proceed to go to a civil litigation attorney and sue the woman for defamation
of character against me. She pleads no contest in court.
Consider the consequences
and the fallout that this accuser would have had to confront had this case
been real. Imagine the sort of cautionary tale that this imaginary little story
would constitute in real life.
Let me ask, what does this sort of wrongdoing, this falsely accusing innocent people of raping them say about the women who make these false accusations?
“But whatever [word] comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this is what defiles and dishonors the man. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts and plans, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, slanders (verbal abuse, irreverent speech, blaspheming). 20 These are the things which defile and dishonor the man, but eating with [ceremonially] unwashed hands does not defile the man.” 1
This imaginary scenario is somewhat reminiscent of the fallout that Amber Heard now confronts as a consequence of the verdict, resulting from the defamation lawsuit in the trial against her by her former husband, Johnny Depp.
Such a scenario as this one, as well as the Amber Heard case, is just dessert for a number of false witnessing by numerous women who seek easy advantage against men, whom they accuse falsely of having raped them.
What is all the above
converge into?
I have a suggestion. Don't
accuse people falsely.
Is there a possible
precedent to sustain my suggestion to people that they do not falsely accuse
others of some wrongdoing? I say there is.
If you look up the 10
Commandments in the Bible's book of Exodus, I believe, the 10th one is
"Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor." If such a commandment exists in the form of a
godly law, does it not follow that a false accusation will reap the accuser
some grave misfortune later on?
“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbor.” 2
“A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh
lies shall not escape”. 3
If you go into the book of
Proverbs in the Old Testament of the Bible, you will very certainly come across
some verses, spelling out about six things that God hates. One of those six
things that God hates is a lying tongue.
Notice that it says that God actually hates these six things and that He does not merely disapprove of them. Isn't it logical that engaging in or giving oneself over to one of these six things is something that you would want to avoid at all costs? God Almighty is certainly someone I do not want to have as an adversary.
“See six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
A proud look, a lying
tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in
running to mischief,
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord
among brethren.
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of
thy mother:
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy
neck.
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall
keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs
of instruction are the way of life.” 4
That I will be tempted to
consider one of them if circumstances were dire enough - of course, I would. But
then, major prohibitions apply the most when someone is tempted to do the wrong
thing when one's feet are held to the fire. Closely.
You do not need to heed a
major prohibition when there's no pressure nor temptation to do that which God
actually hates.
It is when one is most
under the gun to go do the wrong thing - when one most desperately must hold on
to such prohibitions, especially when God hates what you're tempted to do.
At some time in the past,
Amber Heard must have rationalized having written an opinion editorial accusing
her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, of having done her wrong to such an extent that he
suffered numerous afflictions unjustly.
Many were those who presumed on the eve of the trial, she would get away with it, with her false allegations against him. However, she had much time to reverse herself before this trial resulted in such a rout that now she confronts an ominous future, and Amber Heard has a name that is tarnished, the direct opposite of what the book of Proverbs says what having a good name, about the good things that a good name has in store for its owner.
So, why did she do
it? Why have other women falsely accused
men of raping them?
For a valid answer, I researched the topic of false rape accusations in the Wikipedia Encyclopedia. The material I found there was quite voluminous. Right below, there is a rundown of several reasons why this happens.
“An
accuser may have several motivations to falsely claim they have been raped.
There is disagreement on how many different categories these may be put into.
Kanin (1994) put them in three:
· revenge
· producing
an alibi
· or to
get sympathy/attention.
Author Sandra Newman listed four categories in
2017.[10]
According to De Zutter et al. (2017), Kanin's division is
inadequate and one should recognize eight distinct categories in total:[9]
·
Material gain: to receive money, professional promotion, or other material
benefits.
·
Producing an alibi: a false allegation is used to cover up
other behavior, such as being late to or absent from an appointment.
·
Revenge: to retaliate against a disliked
person by damaging the reputation, freedom or finances.
·
Attention: an attempt to receive any kind of
attention, positive or negative, by anyone.
·
Sympathy: a special kind of attention-seeking
whereby the complainant tries to improve a personal relationship with a
specific individual.
·
'A disturbed mental state'; this may include false memories
("sexual hallucinations") or pathologic lying.
·
Relabeling: consensual sex is relabeled as 'rape' to the police,
because of its 'disappointing or shameful character'. De Zutter et al. argue
that a distinction should be made between some acts during a consensual sexual
encounter that a participant did not want or had no desire to engage in but
nonetheless gave consent to (e.g., to please their partner) on the one hand,
and rape (non-consensual sex) on the other, but that many lay people and even
some scholars do not make this distinction and confuse the two. It is often
when accounts of such 'unwanted consensual sex' are told to friends and family
that the latter interpret it as rape, and put the complainant under pressure to
file an allegation.
·
Regret: after having had consensual sex, a
complainant experiences negative feelings such as disgust, shame, and sorrow;
when others notice this and ask about the source of these negative feelings,
they are prone to view the encounter as rape and put the complainant under
pressure to file an allegation.” 5
What is my take on this? Well, I’m addressing Amber Heard by name, but just the same, I can apply this question to other women as well who have done and continue to do this.
Ms. Amber Heard, I ask
you, was it worth it to accuse Johnny Depp of these things that you know we're
not true where you made those accusations? Look at a price you're paying in
terms of, not just the financial ramifications, but of having such a tarnished and
sordid reputation that will live longer than your physical life.
Your name will be
associated with the word "liar," false accuser, bearer of false
witness against someone else, owner and user of the lying tongue that God
actually hates so much that He allowed His own Son, Jesus Christ, to suffer
torture and death that he never deserved in full payment, for that sin, a chief
one, among all other sins.
“A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume.
And
the day you die is better than the day you are born.” 6
Notes
1 "Matthew 15:18-20Amplified Bible".
(2022). Retrieved 6 June 2022, from https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+15%3A18-20&version=AMP.
2
Exodus 20:16
3 "Proverbs
19:5King James Version". 2022. www.Biblegateway.com.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2019%3A5&version=KJV
4
"Proverbs
6:16-23King James Version". 2022. www.Biblegateway.com. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%206%3A16-23&version=KJV.
5
"False
accusation of rape". 2022. En.Wikipedia.Org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_accusation_of_rape.
6
"Ecclesiastes
7:1-14New Living Translation". 2022. Www.Biblegateway.Com. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%207%3A1-14&version=NLT.
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