Roy Moore is not the first man to be falsely accused of sexual assault by a woman. Thousands of years ago another Godly man named Joseph was falsely accused by his Master’s wife of sexually assaulting her as we read in the Genesis account below:
“6 And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 8 But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within. 12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out. 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
20 And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.”
Genesis 39: 6-20 (KJV)
So as we can see from this story women do falsely accuse good men of sexual assault.
In a previous post I took on the issue of Judge Roy Moore dating teenage girls while he was in his early thirties. I showed from the Scriptures that an older man looking to court younger women was not sinful or wrong by Biblical standards.
In this followup article I want to address the accusations against Judge Moore as to whether I believe they should be believed.
First let me say in relation to Roy Moore dating girls in their teens (with their parents consent) he has stumbled greatly in his answers. I think this is because he knows how politically incorrect it was. I think he should come forward and just set the record straight that he dated teenage girls while in his thirties with their parent’s consent. There was nothing wrong with him doing that.
Judge Moore wanted a wife who was around 15 years younger than him. Eventually he married a woman when he was 38 and she was 24(so 14 years younger than him). There was nothing wrong with a man wanting this. And I know some will respond that “there is a big difference between a 38 year old marrying a 24 year old and a 30 year old dating a 14 year old”. The only difference is in the way our sinful feminist culture looks on it. See my previous article “Was Roy Moore violating Biblical commands in dating teenage girls?”
The biggest problem with the accusations against Roy Moore is not just that it took almost four decades for his accusers to come forward with these accusations. I accept the premise that it is hard for women to talk about sexual assault because of feelings of shame or fear of a person in power. I can even accept that a woman might have held on to this for decades and only feels free to discuss it when she sees other women come out against the man who sexually assaulted her.
But in my view there is a huge glaring problem that is missed in all of this that makes me doubt the credibility of his five accusers. If a man is a sexual predator it NEVER STOPS. Once a predator, always a predator. They cannot help themselves – it is a compulsion for them.
If we look at the Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey sexual assault allegations you have accusers spanning decades and even in the last couple of years. They don’t stop. But when you have an isolated few years that a person was supposedly a sexual predator and then all of a sudden there is no one for the rest of their life this does not pass the smell test.
Now I am willing to admit that if they can show a pattern over his entire career of women accusing him of molestation and they can show even women over the past few years that come out then I will reconsider the allegations against Roy Moore. But if they can only show women during that limited time period than this will not be enough to convince me that Roy Moore is a sexual predator.
Women never falsely accuse men of sexual assault?
There are two things we must accept about sexual assault. The first is that men have been sexually assaulting women since the fall of man in the Garden of Eden. Does that mean all men? Of course not. Does it even mean most men? Of course not. But there has always been a segment of men that were sexual predators. Most Christians would agree to what I just said.
But what we forget is there are two sides of that coin. While there have always been a segment of men that were sexual predators there has also always been a segment of women that have falsely accused men of sexual assault.
Our country has gone from one extreme to another when it comes to sexual assault. There was a time when women would hardly ever be believed about sexual assault. But now we have gone to the other extreme where as a society many in our culture will not even entertain the idea that women actually do bring false accusations of sexual assault against men.
God condemns sex outside of marriage (which would include rape and sexual molestation) AND being a false witness. As we can see from the story of Joseph in the Bible, false accusations have been going on just as long as actual sexual assault. We cannot acknowledge the reality of the one while ignoring the reality of the other.
5 Reasons women falsely accuse men of sexual assault
Women have been using sex as a way to manipulate men from the time of the fall. Whether it is through actual sexual relations with them or falsely accusing those of illicit sexual relations women have used sex to gain get what they want.
Here are 5 reasons women falsely accuse men of sexual assault:
- To hurt his reputation for personal reasons(they don’t like him or he offended them in some way)
- To manipulate him into doing what they want. They might want sex as with Joseph and Potiphar’s wife. They might want him to give them money or some position. It might be about child custody or other divorce issues.
- They are being paid by a third party to hurt his reputation for other reasons.
- If the person is famous, they want their moment in the spotlight.
- They are mentally ill.
Are those accused of sexual assault guilty until proven innocent?
One America’s most famous founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, once stated:
“That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a Maxim that has been long and generally approved.” [1]
This concept of “innocent until proven guilty” was enshrined into the American legal system by America’s founders. This concept of innocent until proven guilty is actually firmly rooted in moral law in the Bible:
“15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; 17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.”
Deuteronomy 19:15-20 (KJV)
If you look at the passage above we see that God requires multiple witnesses and never just one to any crime. The fact that 5 women have come out against Judge Moore does not meet this threshold. These are 5 separate crimes he is accused of. Each crime only has one witness who is both the accuser and supposed victim.
By both Biblical principles of justice as well as America’s founding principles of justice Judge Moore must be declared innocent of these crimes unless there are witnesses to these crimes.
I want you to notice one more thing about the passage from Deuteronomy 19:15-20 that I just cited. Do you notice how hard God was on someone being a false witness? He actually ordered that whatever punishment would have happened to the person they falsely accused should be done to them. Imagine if we sent false witnesses to jail for as long as those they falsely accused?
The sad reality is that in recent decades this foundational principle of the American Republic has come under assault especially in the area of sex related crimes.
Many years back I was speaking with a lawyer who attended my church. I will just say that he was more liberal than the average person in our church but he and I used to have interesting conversations with me taking the more conservative position and him taking the more liberal position.
I asked him about sexual assault and the concept of “innocent until proven guilty”. I threw out a question to him. I said “Would you agree that the American legal system treats sex crimes differently than almost any other type of crime?” and he replied “what do you mean?”
I said “It appears to me that in our system of justice if you are accused of any type of sexually related crime you are considered guilty and must prove your innocence – would you agree with what I just said as a lawyer?” His answer was “for the most part the answer is yes.” I was shocked by his answer. But he followed up that answer with something more disturbing.
He stated “I believe it is right to be that way. Unlike other types of crimes such as murder or theft it often extremely difficult for the victim of sexual assault to prove it ever happened. Except for in the case of actual bodily fluids or hairs or skin under the finger nails such as in the case of rape you can’t always prove sex crimes. For instance you can’t prove if a man just gropes or fondles a woman. So I believe the law is right to put the burden of proof on the person being accused to show their innocence.”
He told me what made him believe as he did. It was not adult women being assaulted by men. It was the fact of child molestation that brought him to that position. He said “children cannot defend themselves and often they cannot prove molestation and the state should put the burden on the adult who molested the child to prove their innocence.” Eventually he realized if this applied to children who were victims of sexual assault then it must equally apply to adults that were victims of sexual assault.
All I can say is I was dumb founded by his answer. But the scary part is there are millions of Americans who want to make this exception to our country’s judicial principle of innocent until proven guilty.
So in essence when it pertains to sexual assault we have reversed Benjamin Franklin’s famous axiom and our culture is now willing to destroy the lives and reputations of or even incarcerate 100 innocent men rather than let one sexual assault go unpunished.
Conclusion
The fact is there are many crimes including murder, assault and theft that go unpunished. This will always be the case because we are not God and we cannot be everywhere and see everything. This sadly means that some victims of sexual assault whether it be rape or molestation will never see their perpetrators punished for the crimes they have committed.
But we cannot as a society do what the Bible warns against and “do evil, that good may come” (Romans 3:8).
Until I see multiple witnesses and a pattern of behavior over his entire life I will not believe these accusations against Judge Moore. I believe he is threat to the establishment and both the Democrats and Republican establishment are trying to get this man out. I hope he fights and stays in till the end.
If good men continue to bow out of politics because of false sexual assault allegations then we will not only loose in elections, but we will also loose justice in this nation.
References:
[1] BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, letter to Benjamin Vaughan, March 14, 1785.—The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, ed. Albert H. Smyth, vol. 9, p. 293 (1906)
Biblical Gender Roles 
It’s good to see you back in here BGR making these great threads 😊
This is a brave post, BGR. I agree with you whole-heartedly on this. Hope you’re doing well, praying for you and your family!
Don’t forget she must resist and scream. If she has allowed herself to be isolated where her scream is not heard, she has no case.
In days of yore, women did not allow themselves to be all alone with a man, today it is men who fear being alone with women.
Unlike Harvey Weinstein and Bill Clinton:
1. None of these accusers have accused Roy Moore of rape.
2. Roy Moore was not married, he was dating to find a wife.
Harvey Weinstein and Bill Clinton were married and thus committed adultery.
Bee7,
Actually his fifth accuser did accuse him of attempted rape and says she just got away from him. Supposedly he even signed her year book. His Lawyers are asking for it to be turned over to hand writing experts.
In your article you wrote: Judge Moore wanted a wife who was around 15 years younger than him. Eventually he married a woman when he was 38 and she was 24(so 14 years younger than him). There was nothing wrong with a man wanting this. Would the same be true for a woman? Can a woman want a younger man and still be godly? Just wondering if the Lord would permit this for a woman as well.
Brigitte Gall,
The Bible does not forbid older women from being married to younger men. David was 30 years old when he became King(II Samuel 5:4) and the Scriptures tell us God gave David the wives of King Saul who died(2 Samuel 12:8). Remembering that King Saul was old enough to be David’s father, that means David would as a 30 year old man have inherited some wives that were 50 or 55 years of age with him being only 30.
But in the case of King David we must remember that he inherited these older women who were the wives of King Saul. He did not pursue women that were old enough to be his mother, his taking them was a product of him taking the throne of Israel.
When it comes to this age of marriage issue we must ask ourselves “Will the type of person I am pursuing be a hindrance or help to me following God’s design for marriage?”
What are two of the major goals for God’s design of marriage?
1. To model the relationship of God to his people with the man modeling God by lovingly leading, providing for and protecting his wife. The wife models mankind by depending on the man for his leadership, his provision and his protection and respecting him as her master.
2. To “be fruitful and multiply” – in other words to have many children.
So if a 30 year old woman seeks marriage to a teenage man would her seeking out a younger man help that young man or hinder that young man in him following God’s design for marriage? I believe the answer is that she would be more of a hindrance to than help to him in pursuing Gods design for marriage. Because of her advanced age she will be less fertile in her 30’s. Because of her advanced age it will make it much more difficult for her to submit to her young husband and to respect him. The model of Christ and Church would most likely be broken by a woman seeking out such a younger man for marriage or a younger man seeking out such an older woman for marriage.
But when we look at a man who was in his early 30s like Roy Moore seeking out younger teenage women and we ask the same questions we get a very different answer. Will marrying such a younger woman be more of a help or hindrance to that woman depending him for his leadership, provision and protection? Will be more of a help or hindrance to her respecting him and submitting to him? The answer is a woman being so much younger is it would be a HELP for a man. And her young age would make her much more fertile and thus make it a HELP to him as well in having many children.
This is why men in pre-modern times did often marry women that were much younger than they were.
The primary reason to reject Roy Moore (which was never debated) is his attitude towards the seperation of church and state.
@Dabir
What did you not like about Roy Moore’s attitude?
Here are some points to ponder.
1) All authority in Heaven and earth has been given to Christ. There is not one square inch of creation in which He is not Lord. It is folly to declare a land not His and invites the wrath of the almighty.
2) The so called separation doctrine is not found in the US Constitution, but was lifted from private correspondence from Thomas Jefferson. Further Jefferson was writing about sectarianism not advocating for secularism.
3) The Christian strives to obey God and not men. When a Christian becomes a magistrate that does not change. His allegiance is to the highest authority, His Lord no matter his station.
4) All governments are instituted by God. They have a duty to “kiss the Son, lest they perish in the way” ps 2.
( by the way, a decade ago I spent the better part of a day with Roy Moore. At one point he quoted ps 2 verbatim after I refrenced a single line. Moore did that, gave full quotes from the constitution, writings of the founders and scripture.)
5) Moore is famous for his reverence toward the 10 commandments. Yet he did less in that regard than John Jay the first chief justice of the supreme court.
6) Secularism has not brought blessings to America, it has brought pride and us erroding it’s foundation.
Jonadab,
Great points all.
I would just summarize it as the founders believed in freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion. The founders are rolling in their graves as to how we are trying to remove all references to God from our society. I agreed with Judge Moore’s civil disobedience on the 10 commandments issue – English common law and most of western civilizations laws are based on the 10 commandments.
What most people do not realize is – if you go to Washington D.C. where I used to work for a few years for my job – if you look at the back of the Supreme Court building it has a sculpture on the top of the building with Moses holding the 10 commandments.
This does not mean America has to become a theocracy like Israel of the Old Testament. Only God can institute a theocracy as he did with Israel and her prophets. But we also don’t have to embrace secularism either as we have done. We can have a legal system that does not force people to attend church but at the same time one that protects Christianity and forces respect for it from those who would wish to come here as well as those who already live here.
If you don’t want to go to my church fine. But don’t come to my city hall protesting because some people wanted a nativity scene. If you don’t want to pray during a graduation ceremony that is fine – but don’t tell others they can’t.
There is no freedom in the Constitution not to be offended or to always have things in a way that does not offend anyone or that things must always be “inclusive” as in including everyone.
A society’s laws are a reflection of the morality of its people – as believers we can only vote for laws which reflect a Biblical morality. It is very sad that as a nation we have gone from a time when homosexual behavior was a crime to now having it completely reversed where a Christian baker not making a wedding cake for a homosexual wedding is a crime. This is what happens when you embrace secularism and the false God of equality(that everything and everyone and every way is equal).
@BGR,
“Actually his fifth accuser did accuse him of attempted rape and says she just got away from him.”
The fifth accuser’s story has more holes than a screen door. She now admits that she forged part of the yearbook comment. (That is a felony.) She never clarified that point when she had the press conference with Gloria Allred.
During the time in question the waitresses all rotated shifts. Two waitresses that worked there said they never worked with a woman of the name of the accuser. A policeman who ate lunch there every day said he never saw a waitress of that name working there.
The building was torn down years ago. One waitress said the dumpsters were on the side of the building because the back of the building was too close to the property line to allow parking spaces and/or dumpsters in the back. The accuser said Roy drove her to the back of the building and snuck the car in between two dumpsters.
The accusers own stepson, now an adult, said he believes she is making all this up. He knows his stepmom better than any of us.
In the 10 Commandments, God does not say, “Thou Shalt Not Lie”. God says, “Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness”. False accusers are a more serious sin.
But, the damage has already been done. It is possible that some of these accusers were used as political tools.
“A lie can run halfway around the world while the truth is still putting its shoes on.”
Brigitte Gall,
Not the same at all, because while females reach maturity sooner than males do, they also reach “old age” sooner than males do.
In response to the overall article,
“And people around still wonder why I no longer seek a wife despite yearning for one.”