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Search warrant accuses Jeffs of more child-bride marriages
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And speaking of marriages, some wedding! In hotel rooms with no one but Jeffs and the "brides'" fathers. Ewwwww! Arrest the fathers for pimping even if they are out of state if they sent their daughters knowing what was likely to happen. For that matter arrest the mothers of any teenagers in that boat too.
I am sure some women are happy and resonably functional in FLDS communities. However, I also think there can be huge abuse dynamics. Think of the drug dealer's girlfriend who hands her daughter off to be molested out of fear for her own safety.
Finally, Jeffs keeps prophesying the end of the world and God keeps not obliging. You would think this is a clue about his fallibility. If he gets it wrong too many more times, what if they do the Jim Jones thing? SOME intervention is definitely reasonable if only to forestall that.
Remember that Christ was also condemned in His day. Not because He broke the law, but because the Government and Churches in His day were afraid He would take their power away as He gained popularity among the people. Joseph Smith alike was misaligned by the government and Churches in his day. They killed him, not because he broke the law, but because they were afraid he would take their power, as he gained popularity in his presidential campain. Read Documentary History of the Church. Read the bible again. Hmmmm.....
WARREN JEFFS IS A SEXUAL PREDATOR.
WARREN JEFFS IS A SEXUAL PREDATOR.
WARREN JEFFS IS A SEXUAL PREDATOR.
Any way you slice it, it comes up predator.
I actually do not necessarily care if anyone gets prosecuted. Those spiritual marriage husbands are not off the hook. I think the state should do everything they can to make the case for prosecution, but the point is to send in enough fresh air, show the FLDS enough alternatives and let them find their own way out of the mess that is Warren Jeffs tenure as prophet.
When CEO's go around the bend, their organizations find ways to replace them. But the title of "prophet"is a little different organizational development problem.
I really do not care if consenting adults live polygamously as long as everyone is treated well, but the child bride thing just has WAY too much potential for sick power dynamics. I also am not sure the FLDS especially under Warren Jeffs lives up to the ideal of treating everyone well...
�Tis He alone can uphold him by His hand.
While through the eternal Keys of Priesthood given,
This Prophet's word is honored in the heavens.
Warren Jeffs is my Prophet, your contoversy is with God who has called him. God has all power and Zion yet shall triumph in the earth. God bless the man through whoma all men are blessed!