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Warren Jeffs, five others indicted by Texas grand jury
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I bet Big Willie was pulled over and given a ticket for conspiracy to stare. Those guys have to generate revenue in some fashion to pay the "expert witness" bill.
The yellow tape bill and personal expenses for all the Rangers new white hats will be coming in soon...perhaps the state wanted to get ahead of the expenses curve. Besides...the attorney general won't be having lunch at the local burger joint or staying at the motel six.
Seems to me Greg Abbott the Attorney General showing up,, could mean inditements!
Maybe they will ask Willie the thug where Merrill Jessop is?
And, don't tell me it's their right to marry underage girls because of their religious rights. I'm all for religious rights, but religion does not give one the right to break the law or to be a pedophile. Any way you look at it, it's against the law.
This has now become the flds case corollary to Godwin's Law.
I guess the discussion is over now?
Warren Jeffs has publicly admitted that he is NOT a prophet, he NEVER was a prophet and he is one of the most WICKED men of this dispensation. With him out of action, the other FLDS thugs have had to take over.
I sincerely hope that the State of Texas will follow through and hold these evil men accountable for the abuse they have perpetrated for many years on so many women and children. These people really need help.
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. One can only go so long flaunting the law and living a life of complete immorality before it catches up. This has been going on within the FLDS community for many years and it's now coming back.
I know that most of these people are good, although misguided. I sincerely hope they will now have a chance to be free. After all these years of total brainwashing, it's going to be very difficult.
We had "compassion" shoved down our throats recently because some of us wanted immigrants to go through legal channels to get here.
Using the same words in the call for compassion, there are children involved here. There are families. Let's offer kindness and brotherly love before beating these people with our quick judgement and lack of understanding.
He banned television among his followers and then told them he would prophesy the weather each day for them. It turns out that his "prophesies" were exactly the same as the weather forecast on the internet. So much for his sincerity as a prophet.
I think when your chickens comes home to roost, it is proper to come clean and finally tell the truth. I think he is trying very hard to repent now that he has been caught. I'm sure that is one reason he is in such a terrible state of depression and suicidal.
I agree that these people need help and I hope they can now get it.
I think there has been and continues to be too much rushing to judgment and too little effort to have compassion and to try to understand.
These people have rights that have been and continue to be grossly and illegally violated. The end does NOT justify the means and two wrongs don't make a right. The way Texas has gone after the FLDS is wrong in my book!
You ignore that God speaks to every man in his own language. God's laws and goals do not change, but the methods that will bring us to those goals do change and so he alters his direction from time to time.
If one set of laws would be good for all time he could have just given every commandment all at once to one prophet.
There are many differences between Joseph Smith and Mr. Jeffs, but I think they have been pointed out sufficiently elsewhere.
I will leave to Texas and its courts the handling of affairs there. I will focus on compassion to all those around here in Michigan that I can effect in a direct way.
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Now that's a new rumor I never heard before! We've pretty well done away with TV (anything really wrong with that? Now that's a brainwashing tool if I ever saw one), but this story of prophesying the weather? How come as an FLDS member, I never heard about it. Did I miss the memo?
I am tired of the FLDS whining about no one is abusing theses girl. It is quit evident that they are abused and in the worst way possible.
sounds you know very well about MR.WARREN JEFFS.He only follows what the original teachings from the founder of the church.He trusts,honours and obidients to the man he regards as true prophet.He just trying to be faithfull to him.sadly in doing so he ruins his own life and family.lots people shun and shame him and FLDS cruelly.Here are all only victims of beliefs and faith than gone wrong.THEY cant different between correct or wrong practices.If only he knows how to think clearly,surely he wont do it.NO father will harm his own daughter as well.I hope lots people will try to help members of FLDS.dont make things worse by hatefull and hurtfull remarks.Since LDS has lots similarities,why not try to reach and take them instead.They DO need help in this trying times.i feel sad just thinking about what the children are going through.they dont know outside world,when the world is openned to them.What they get is only horror.Being shunned from the society is too much to bear.Can you imagine what kind of adults they will turn out to be?Before it is too late,Please, lets help them in whatever way.
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IT IS ABOUT TIME FOR THE FLDS TO INVOKE IN COURT FOR
THE SAME EQUAL PROTECTIONS AS THE AMISH COMMUNITIES.
KSL NEWS HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH A FEMALE ATTORNEY ABOUT THAT.
ON THE OTHER HAND,
ASK ATTORNEY RODNEY PARKER
CLAIMS AND DISCLAIMERS AS PREVIOUSLY STATED
SIGNED RECKIPS.
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Quote,� If one set of laws would be good for all time he could have just given every commandment all at once to one prophet.�
God has given never changed one jot or tidal� ALL His word is relevant for today. YOUR god may be progressive. BUT the GOD of the bible is complete and always has been. Omnipotent, OMNISCIENCE, etc�
Progressive implies limitations. The God of the bible has NO limitations!
You know what I�m talking about, or do you need references?
The only hope FLDS members has is to turn from following JOSEPH SMITH teachings (which are false) and embrace Jesus as their Lord & Savior� and I am not speaking about the false Jesus of the Mormon faith.
God is not going to excuse the FDLS members as victims for their ignorance in following the book of Mormon.
You will embrace truth and go to heaven or you will continue to follow a 200 year old lie (book of Mormon) and end up in hell. I pray you investigate and choose truth.
Do you think Christ-likes what is going on?
Well I guess the mormon Christ would approve since they FLDS are following a Prophet (SO CALLED?) of god
Bad doctrine = corupt morals, legalism, self righteous ingnorance.
not LDS
2. FLDS members have been severely brainwashed since birth.
3. Even though the eligious sect has been around since 1830, it doesn't mean it's belief systems are right.
If marry a youn girl to an older man against (especially against her wishes) is part of their 'culture' then their 'culture' is morally wrong, sick and twisted.
Now all your secretive abuses are coming to light. Perhaps it's time to reevaluate your belief in your flesh-and-blood leaders.
The liberation the FLDS need is found in Jesus Christ, who gives freedom from sin and rest to the soul. Once that is accomplished, all other needed forms of liberation will naturally follow.
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