‘Like Medieval Times’: Finnish Politician Prosecuted For Biblical Views Reacts to ‘Crazy’ Trial
A Finnish politician who recently faced her second criminal trial for sharing biblical views on sexuality described her legal nightmare as “absurd,” “crazy” and akin to “medieval times.” “It was absurd and it was crazy that I had to defend the biblical truths and my interpretation about the Bible, my faith, and my beliefs in front of the judges,” Dr. Päivi Räsänen, the embattled member of Finland’s parliament, told CBN’s Faithwire of her recently completed trial. “It is like in medieval times.”
Räsänen said the prosecutor gave “false statements” about her writings and comments, claiming she had “said that some people are inferior to others” — something the politicians dismissed as patently untrue. “I think that all people are equal,” Räsänen said. “We all are sinners; we all are need — in need of grace, what Jesus has given, but the prosecutor was very stubborn with these arguments, even though the district court had already said that they didn’t find such statements in my writings or in my pamphlet.” She added, “But the prosecutor said that it is not important if it is true or not, but if the interpretation is insulting, then it is criminal.”
Räsänen explained why she believes the entire ordeal is truly “dangerous,” explaining why the government’s attempts to define truth and morality are so concerning. “It is not a court that should decide what is the right interpretation of the Bible and what is not,” she said. “Because I think that this kind of interpretation of discussions … it is not the court who starts to teach about the Bible or discuss what is the right interpretation of the Bible.”
As CBN’s Faithwire has reported, Räsänen’s plight began June 17, 2019, when she tweeted the text of Romans 1:24-27, which condemns homosexuality as sinful. Watch her react to the trial and share her story.
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