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'Sex Cult' Pastor Arrested in Texas
Controversial Leader Was Arrested for a Second Time on Bigamy Charges
By VIC WALTER and REHAB EL-BURI
The controversial leader of a Texas religious group, called a "sex cult" by some former members, was arrested for a second time today on bigamy charges.
Yisrayl Bill Hawkins, the 73-year-old founder and pastor of the House of Yahweh, was charged by the Callahan County district attorney with having multiple wives, according to a complaint filed in court.
Texas officials said he was arrested away from his compound outside Abilene, Texas to avoid any potential violence from his followers.
Hawkins' followers scuffled with an ABC News producer who was attempting to film the arrest for a "20/20" upcoming report on the controversial pastor and his group.
Hawkins has "dominant influence over the members" and has asked his members to die rather than let him go to prison, according to Callahan County District Attorney Shane Deel. "I have to take him at his word when he says that, and we have to take that seriously," Deel told ABC News.
According to the complaint filed against Hawkins, he has multiple wives and is listed as the father of children born to two different young women last year.
In an interview for "20/20," Hawkins' former wife Kay says he began to preach polygamy after he was caught having an affair with a church secretary. "He began to rewrite the Scriptures," she said. "Any Scripture that did not go along with more than one wife was rewritten to imply that it was all right to have more than one wife."
Hawkins told "20/20" he has only "one wife" and that he is being persecuted because of his religious beliefs. "They hated me more than anybody that's even been arrested in Callahan County," he told ABC News.
"There's nothing wrong, according to the Yahweh's laws," with having more than one wife, Hawkins said. But he insisted he follows the "laws of man" which prohibit multiple wives.
According to the arrest complaint, Hawkins teaches his followers to lie to law enforcement officials about the multiple marriages.
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Subhan Allah, I really wonder about these people who prefer man made laws to Allah's laws, He created you, He knows what is best for you, then you disobey because you do not like it, and then u are greedy and want Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala to forgive you and grant you heavens, Subhan Allah, what type of logic is this. Having a second wife in a clean straight way is prohibited, and having an affair behind the eyes of people is okay, how many crimes were committed because of this, it is either the man kills his wife to get rid of her or vice versa. La hawla wala gowara ila bi Allah
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How about this:
<b>In an interview for "20/20," Hawkins' former wife Kay says he began to preach polygamy after he was caught having an affair with a church secretary. "He began to rewrite the Scriptures," she said. "Any Scripture that did not go along with more than one wife was rewritten to imply that it was all right to have more than one wife." </b>
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Well, what can I say, there are 2 explanations:
1- Either his wife is lying for revenge, because polygamy was in all original scriptures before changing, looking at this " House of Yahweh" the underlined is the same word of Ya Howa in arabic Tawheed onnes of Allah, which might indicate that he is doing what he was ordered.
2- Or she is honest and he did change scripture according to his own will, but even if he changed the scripture, to us muslims, he is changing a scripture that they already changed, which proves what we keep saying that the bible is man made and not from Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, The Injeel is the correct scripture, and only Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'la knows where is the original one is. So in both cases it is a disgrace.
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(This post was last modified: 11-07-2008, 01:10 AM by wel_mel_2.)
Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum...
1- It is against the law to marry more than one wife in the States, <b>but there is no any law of punishment if you commit adultery</b> !!!
2- changing scriptures is something that has been done and still going on up to this day, but no one actually can prove whether the altered words are to be found in the original scriptures or not, <b>simply because the "Original" do not exist today</b>.
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Quote:According to the arrest complaint, Hawkins teaches his followers to lie to law enforcement officials about the multiple marriages.
If your spiritual leader is advising you to lie, you should question his authority. At first, I was thinking this guy in in the wrong line of work, a lying adulterer, but then I thought he just is using his position to chase his own desires. I dont think this has anything to do pleasing God with his actions, but more realistically it is about pleasing himself. People who dont fear God will do anything to get what they want.
Quote:Hawkins has "dominant influence over the members" and has asked his members to die rather than let him go to prison, according to Callahan County District Attorney Shane Deel.
Doesn't sound like he is religiously convicted to me. Maybe he fears prison more than the Creator. Subhanallah
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Sobhan Allah, that is all I can really say.
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