INCEST
(See also Child Molesting; Marriage; Sex)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
appreciation for Awake! article on: g81 7/8 28
Cain’s marriage not: w77 709
causes: g81 2/8 18
definition: w78 3/15 25
discussion: g82 6/22 9-10; g81 2/8 16-19; w78 3/15 25-28; w75 72-77; ad 1041-1042
disfellowshipping for marrying a close relative: w78 3/15 26
effect on—
offspring: g81 2/8 17; w78 3/15 26-27; w77 488; g73 6/22 29; g72 12/22 29-30
perpetrator: g81 2/8 17
genetic dangers: w78 3/15 26-27; w75 72-74; g51 11/22 21-22
handling the problem: g81 2/8 18-19
Hebrew word: w78 3/15 25
helping victims of: w83 10/1 27-31
in Corinth congregation: w82 10/1 10; w78 3/15 27; w75 75; w72 434; w60 685; w46 75-76
increase: g83 11/22 6; w77 488
laws against: w75 74-76; g62 6/22 13-14
inconsistency: w78 3/15 27
Lot and daughters: w72 319-320
marriages prohibited under Mosaic Law: w78 3/15 25-26; w75 73
prevalence: g81 2/8 16
prevention: g81 2/8 18
results of violating God’s law: ns 81, 228, 311
United States: g85 1/22 4
Quotations
horror declines with the distance of blood relative: w78 3/15 27
prohibition a universal rule in all known human cultures: w78 3/15 26
universally condemned and greeted with horror: w78 3/15 26