Posted on 09/16/2013 2:42:49 AM PDT by markomalley
Brady Williams has five wives, 24 children but no organized religion.
The newest polygamous family from Utah on reality TV considers itself progressive and independent. Williams and his wives slowly withdrew from the fundamentalist Mormon church in their rural community outside of Salt Lake City during the mid-2000s after re-evaluating their core beliefs.
The family no longer teaches the tenets of fundamental Mormonism to their children at home, opting instead to take from other teachings such as Buddhism to instill good, morale values in their two dozen children, who range in age from 2-20.
"Since we have left the religion, it's now about love and it's about commitment, and it's about happiness as a family," said Brady Williams, 43, a project manager in his brother's construction business. "It's not about the fear of hell or the promise of heaven."
It wasn't the first time Brady Williams has crossed religious lines. As a teenager, his parents left mainstream Mormonism and joined polygamy. He said that transition was very difficult, but not as hard as leaving the fundamentalist church his five wives all grew up in.
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The Charles W. Nibley plot provides a look into a polygamous family. Notice that the wives stones are identical. |
Remember: I don’t lay the eggs - I just color them.
...vague Easter Bunny reference...
4 wives means 4 mothers in law, someone didn’t think that through.
(ha ha 'sister' wives!!)
Here we go!
Sarah Lawrence | |||||||
Maria Lawrence |
We've seen the pictures of these old, wornout looking women, but often fail to realize these photos were taken WAY late in their lives.
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