: 4/10/2008 7:05:00 AM +9 Most of these people are brainwashed from birth to believe in these corrupt principles. I don't see much difference between the FLDS religion and the beginnings of the Mormon church. Why do you think the non-mormons (living around Joseph Smith and his wives) got so upset with his polygamist cult? Why do think the Mormons had to move to Utah to escape the wrath of the people. Jeffs group did the same kinds of things to his people that Joseph and Brigham did to theirs. Many underage brides were wed to Joseph and Brigham. The FLDS moved their Zion to some isolated place where they thought they could practice their screwy religion without getting caught very much the same as the Mormons moving to Utah. The LDS doctrine in the beginning wasn't much different from the FLDS doctrine. No one in this valley wants to admit it but the LDS church has some resposiblity in this whole thing instead of acting like these people are different than they are. They both come from the same roots. They both brainwash their children from birth and teach many of the same principles and if the LDS church wasn't threatened to be closed down by the U.S. government they would still be practicing polygamy to this day. They still believe that their men ordained in the priesthood will have mutiple wives in heaven. The LDS people pointing fingers at Jeffs need to point those fingers right back at themselves for helping to create this mess. JMHO
Newly Married Girls in Polygamist Sect Forced to Have Sex in Temple Bed, Court Documents Say
This very disturbing link given here: