Category:Flirty fishing: Difference between revisions

'''Flirty Fishing (FFing)''' is a form of [[Wikipedia:evangelism|evangelistic]] [[Wikipedia:Sacred prostitution|religious prostitution]] practiced by female members of the [[:Category:Children of God|Children of God]], currently known as [[:Category:Family International|Family International]] (TFI),<ref>[http://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Flirty_Fishing Flirty Fishing], xFamily</ref><ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title='The Family' and Final Harvest |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/cult/children_of_god/child1.htm |quote=Sure, Alexander concedes, plenty of people object that The Family's "Law of Love" permits sex outside marriage and that the group once condoned a practice known as "flirty fishing" – the use of sex to win converts. |publisher=[[:Category:Washington Post|Washington Post]] |date=June 2, 1993 |accessdate=2008-04-27 }}</ref> from around 1974 to 1987. According to some sources, hundreds of thousands of men were "fished" before the practice was discontinued.<ref name="statistics">[http://xfamily.org/images/a/a8/FF-Stats-1988-10-01.jpg FFing Statistics]</ref>&mdash;and that FFing had nevertheless continued into 1988. As the cult generally discourages [[Wikipedia:birth control|birth control]], the practice also resulted in numerous pregnancies, the offspring of which were termed ''Jesus babies'' by the organization.<ref name="jesusbabies">[http://xfamily.org/index.php/Jesus_baby "Jesus baby" article from xfamily.org]</ref>

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