Yearning for Zion
I an curious as to the reaction in the US to the Police raids on the compound, the responses of the women of the sect are reminiscent of The Stepfoed Wives.
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I find it hard to believe that a judge ordered the DNA testing of all of the children -- some 400 of them -- since they cannot determine who their parents/siblings are. That is going to be one very...
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Not much different from the raid on the Branch Davidians in Waco -- minus the bungling by the ATF. They got it right this time. The "religious freedom" guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution is not...
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I agree, it is surprising that such an ideology can be taken in by so many people. To me it seems just like a mass sex camp. Trouble is that so many young lives will be ruined. freddie.
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it is surprising that such an ideology can be taken in by so many people. One would think. Then again, not so much. I'm coming to the conclusion that people don't really want to "think." It's...
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RHajmand wrote: How many people have examined the underpinnings of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints? (trust me -- it's deeply weird) It is. I have read about their rituals down to...
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Meanwhile some of the Russian Doomsday sect are still underground awaiting the end of the world next month,the leader isnt with them as God has other tasks for him!!?? The Govt estimates that there...
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That is going to be one very interesting family tree, I believe. -------------- You're not kidding, and pretty straight too, without the usual branches and forks.
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Lesseeee -- Strong central-authority figure . . . . . . exercises rigid control over large amount of donated funds . . . strictly regulates the sex lives of practitioners . . . lives inside heavily...
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I think the collection of all the DNA is brilliant. It's not so much that the tree may turn out to be like a telephone pole. It's that it may show 20-year-old mothers of 6-year-old children...along...
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We have on our police force at the hospital a 29 year old woman who has a 14 year old daughter. She helped me by opening many of the secured doors I needed to spray last Saturday. We talked for hours...
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hopeinGod wrote: We have on our police force at the hospital a 29 year old woman who has a 14 year old daughter. She helped me by opening many of the secured doors I needed to spray last Saturday. We...
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I agree with you, llilly. One account I read mentioned that women were "assigned" to other men if their spiritual-husband left the community or died. Assigned? Weren't they supposedly...
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Certainly, in every case where a teen gets pregnant their is manipulation involved. The degree of manipulation varies. In this compound it was highly criminal. Dave
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