[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

With a last name like Nassar I know what you're thinking, that he's a Muslim pedophile in the grand tradition of prophet Mohammad. I know I did. However, extensive research has revealed this assumption may not be correct. Here are the facts - don't risk being an opinionated closed-minded bigot - check the points off the list and decide for yourself which religion is responsible.

Larry Gerard Nassar (born in 1963) is an American convicted felon and child sexual abuser who was the USA Gymnastics​ national team doctor and an Osteopathic physician​.​ Muslim - check

He is accused of sexually abusing​ 140 women and girls including dozens of his patients. In December 2017, he was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison on child pornography​ charges. Muslim - check

On October 19, 1996, Larry Nassar married Stefanie Nassar​ at St. John’s Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan​. He attended and graduated from Michigan State University​ in 1993 with his medical degree and completed practice residency at St. Lawrence Hospital in 1996. NOT a Muslim

[Brother Gonzalez]

What a surprise, he is a Catholic!

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

Brother, I see you have come to an independent and unbiased conclusion based on the facts. I respect that.

However I'm starting to wonder about the wife's role in all of this. I mean, what could be missing in a marriage that would cause a man's gaze to wander so? Perhaps this is more a reflection on her or some other factor rather than religion. Lord knows there's enough blame to go around. Again, I'll let the facts speak for themselves.

Stefanie Nassar graduated from Michigan State University​ in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science​. In 1999, Stefanie graduated from the University of Detroit, Mercy​ with a Master of Science.

[Titus Templeton]

Maybe all of this wouldn't have happened if these young girls had bible studies instead of doing gymnastics in tight swimsuits.

[WilliamJenningsBryan]

I don't care what anyone says, "Nassar" is A-rab (i.e. cameljocky / mooselimb). He may have "converted" to a cathylick to get married (required by the cathylicks), but still suspiciously mooselimb. In addition, his "wife" has now filed for divorce - something not allowed by the cathylicks.

Nassar Name Meaning

Arabic: from a personal name based on Arabic na?s?sar ‘granter of victory’.

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https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=nassar

Marriage in the Catholic Church
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The Catholic Church has from the start opposed marriage between a Catholic and any non-Catholic, baptized or not, seeing it as "degrading the holy character of matrimony, involving as it did a communion in sacred things with those outside the fold. (...) it was but natural and logical for the Church to do all in her power to hinder her children from contracting marriage with those outside her pale, who did not recognize the sacramental character of the union on which they were entering." The Church thus saw as obstacles to a Catholic's marriage what came to be called the two impediments of mixed religion (in Latin, mixta religio) and of difference of worship (in Latin disparitas cultus).(79)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marria...atholic_Church

[James Hutchins]

While Nassar may be not be a pure man, a large part of the blame has to fall on the girls. Dressed like sluts with the make-up of whores. I suspect he was just checking to make sure their Purity© was intact.

[Basilissa]

So Larry Nassar has been sentenced to 175 years in prison. Very light sentence, if you ask me - practically a slap in the wrist if you think how much merchandise he has damaged. According to the Biblical law, he should have been punished by being forced to marry the 160+ girls he sexually abused. Now, that would have been a hell of a punishment, don't you think?

[handmaiden]

Originally Posted by Basilissa

So Larry Nassar has been sentenced to 175 years in prison. Very light sentence, if you ask me - practically a slap in the wrist if you think how much merchandise he has damaged. According to the Biblical law, he should have been punished by being forced to marry the 160+ girls he sexually abused. Now, that would have been a hell of a punishment, don't you think?

How many skekels would he have to pay out to the fathers?

[WilliamJenningsBryan]

Originally Posted by handmaiden

How many skekels would he have to pay out to the fathers?

http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?t=94181

$420.98 x 160 = $67,356.80

[Jim C. Lombardo]

Originally Posted by Basilissa

So Larry Nassar has been sentenced to 175 years in prison. Very light sentence, if you ask me - practically a slap in the wrist if you think how much merchandise he has damaged. According to the Biblical law, he should have been punished by being forced to marry the 160+ girls he sexually abused. Now, that would have been a hell of a punishment, don't you think?

For a Muslim, that would be a dream come true. Though they wouldn't be virgins anymore. He will end up being nagged left and right, so I suppose it would be a punishment.

[Basilissa]

Originally Posted by Jim C. Lombardo

For a Muslim, that would be a dream come true.

Well, according to their weird laws, he would have to support and love all of them equally - that is, buy flowers, jewelry, and other gifts for all of them at once! And if he didn't, you betcha there would be nagging! And maintaining a house for all of them, and feeding all of them? (Being all athletic adults, I don't think the women would agree to a Turpin-style living, you know). All that would certainly be an adequately harsh punishment!

[James Hutchins]

Originally Posted by Basilissa

Well, according to their weird laws, he would have to support and love all of them equally - that is, buy flowers, jewelry, and other gifts for all of them at once! And if he didn't, you betcha there would be nagging! And maintaining a house for all of them, and feeding all of them? (Being all athletic adults, I don't think the women would agree to a Turpin-style living, you know). All that would certainly be an adequately harsh punishment!

I've applied Gods word to enable fair treatment of females.
Proverbs 13:24
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

The female mind is only capable of the most basic of reasoning. I've found you you give them gifts, they expect more gifts, just for existing. Can you believe that! I do not see God lavishing any gifts on me just because I am handsome with a 2% body fat build.

I could certainly have 100 wives but I doubt I could eat 100 dinners every night. That would be a problem. I can also imagine all the cackling in the kitchen would sound like a hen house at slaughter time.

So I've only given gifts to females I do not expect to ever see again. To let them know good, True Christian™ values exist in the world. My gift to a wife is being allowed to exist in my presence.

[DolliMoans]

I gather some will end up getting honor killed to keep the others in line. At least a Christian husband would only give out belt lashings, or in Mr Moans case, the flat end of a andiron.

[Cranky Old Man]

Originally Posted by Basilissa

he should have been punished by being forced to marry the 160+ girls he sexually abused

I could not agree more. The blatant ignorance of Muslims for Jesus' clear Biblical laws is utterly disgusting. I blame Obama!

[amy14md]

I don't understand why you're blaming girls like me that train their bodies hard to compete in gymnastics.

The leotards are like that so we can move and not have them flap around and distract us.


He was a very bad man, and I don't think it's Christian to blame the girls for what satan did with this man.


I'm sorry if I'm being forward but I love gymnastics and think it glories God's creation.

[Mary Etheldreda]

Originally Posted by amy14md

I'm sorry if I'm being forward but I love gymnastics and think it glories God's creation.

The way a woman glorifies God's Creation is by having as many babies as the womb can produce in its lifetime.

[Basilissa]

Originally Posted by amy14md

I don't understand why you're blaming girls like me that train their bodies hard to compete in gymnastics.

Temptation, dear. You are creating temptation for men. As I explained elsewhere, men are visual creatures that react to whatever they are looking at at the moment. When you prance semi-naked in front of a man, you are responsible for lustful thoughts emerging in his head.

He was a very bad man,

You are using past tense - since he's not dead, are you assuming he repented, and now is a good, God-fearing Christian?

and I don't think it's Christian to blame the girls for what satan did with this man.

Well, and you are wrong. (See previously linked thread for Scriptural evidence).

I'm sorry if I'm being forward but I love gymnastics and think it glories God's creation.

Dear, if you cannot show Scriptural support for girls participating in sports (hint: you cannot), then your opinion is worthless and sinful.

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

Originally Posted by Basilissa

Dear, if you cannot show Scriptural support for girls participating in sports (hint: you cannot), then your opinion is worthless and sinful.

Sister Basilissa, I couldn't agree more with your scripturally perfect advice to this sexual temptress. Nonetheless there are certain events I have heard about where women can compete against eachother and remain in alignment with God's wishes. One such event is competitive childbirth.

http://www.skepticalob.com/2016/08/t...-olympics.html

The idea is that the woman is graded on her chlldbirth performance with additional points awarded for difficulty (by an all-male committee, obviously), risk to child and mother, and adherence to Stone Age religious doctrine. I include an extract below of the first phase of the competition; there are 3 phases in all but this captures the essential spirit of the sport.

Competitors are awarded marks in each area: each competitor receives risk points, the object being to enter the arena with as many pre-existing childbirth risks as possible. Basic individual risks —breech, twins, postdates, VBAC —- receive small numbers of points. The key in this phase of the competition is to combine risks for bonus points. Bonus points are also awarded for women who willingly expose their babies and themselves to above average risks —- like a history of a previous stillbirth, intrauterine growth restriction, or a history of postpartum hemorrhage. pushing for more than 6 hours, ignoring thick meconium, or failing to monitor the fetal heart rate for hours at a time. The strategy in this phase is come as close as possible to killing your baby and yourself without actually dying. No, there’s no point penalty if your baby or you actually die, but you can’t brag about the award if you don’t live to see it.

If there is sufficient enthusiasm from the Pastors, I'd be happy to Chair the competitive childbirth committee. This could be an outreach opportunity for the pregnant, unmarried trash that continue to wash up on this precious island of God's Truth.

[amy14md]

Hmmm... thank you for your responses and your thoughts. I love gymnastics, and always am doing it to the glory of Jesus.

I understand what you are saying, and I'm confused about what to do.


I will talk to my pastor and my coach and see what I can do.


Amy

[Elmer G. White]

Originally Posted by amy14md

Hmmm... thank you for your responses and your thoughts. I love gymnastics, and always am doing it to the glory of Jesus.

I understand what you are saying, and I'm confused about what to do.

I will talk to my pastor and my coach and see what I can do.

Amy

Amy,

It is time you knew something about "gymnastics". You won't find that word in the Glorious KJV per se but you can trace it back to the Greek original, where you can see how detrimental your passe-temps is.
1. Gymnastics comes from the Grease word γυμνάζω, "to exercise naked", "to train". Bad stuff, as you can see. It occurs quite a few times in the Bible. We can take the Westcott-Hort and look for the derivative γυμνασία, -ας, -ἡ, which is the noun "exercise".

ἡ γὰρ σωματικὴ γυμνασία πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶν ὠφέλιμος, ἡ δὲ εὐσέβεια πρὸς πάντα ὠφέλιμός ἐστιν, ἐπαγγελίαν ἔχουσα ζωῆς τῆς νῦν καὶ τῆς μελλούσης.

That is, in fact, 1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

• Bodily exercise = σωματικὴ γυμνασία = unprofitable idleness. True exercise™ is to study and practice godliness, as uttered by Paul in the verse above. If we look deeper, we can see in the Epistle to the Hebrews that the only form of useful exercise in indeed the Spiritual one that can help us discern the Will of God!

Hebrews 5:14
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Or, in Westcott-Hort for your benefit:

τελείων δέ ἐστιν ἡ στερεὰ τροφή, τῶν διὰ τὴν ἕξιν τὰ αἰσθητήρια γεγυμνασμένα ἐχόντων πρὸς διάκρισιν καλοῦ τε καὶ κακοῦ.

There it is again, in the form of perfect middle voice passive participle accusative neuter plural.

Now we can stop this unproductive conversation about scantily-clad gymnastics, there is absolutely no need to consult another pastor, let alone a "coach". The case is closed. The Bible is the only tool we need.


Yours in Christ,

Elmer