Posted on 05/01/2008 10:47:42 AM PDT by Politicalmom
Preach it, bro!
I have repeated the same thing, several times, on various threads.
No one has beat me up over it yet.
They haven’t been releasing any information that could be linked to specific children, as far as I can tell. I don’t think they’re restricted from discussing the whole situation in general terms.
Probably the same sort of people who can read about early Popes imprisoning and executing people for things like saying the Earth revolves around the Sun, and still stay Catholic. Some of those early Popes produced quite a few “illegitimate” children too. And we all know what a lot of modern Catholic priests have been up to. And then there was Cardinal Law, who actively helped conceal the activities of chld molesting priests, and arranged for them to be transferred to new parishes where unsuspecting parishioners would let them have unsupervised access to a fresh batch of children. How horrified was the current Catholic Church leadership by this? Well not too horrified to have Cardinal Law transferred to a cushy position at the Vatican, where one of his duties involved an active role in the ceremony installing the current Pope.
Why is it people get all worked about icky stuff in Mormon history, but are quick to defend people who stay in the Catholic Church?
No, the fumarase deficiency syndrome is the form of inbreeding-related retardation you’ve heard about. Those kids rarely even advance to the point of sitting up or crawling. They are certainly not driving tractors, or even helping set the table for dinner. They lie in cribs and get fed and get their diapers changed, and that’s about it for their lives.
It is also interesting that this particular girl is suggested to have been made pregnant by someone who was 19 at the time of the first pregnancy.
I had argued earlier that it seemed rational that at least SOME of the girls were pregnant by other teenagers, and not the older men. I didn’t know how many, and I didn’t say it was certain, just that it seemed logical.
Some people told me I was dead wrong, that there was no way any of these girls were having sex with other teenagers.
But this story shows that this girl had sex with a teenage boy. So I guess it wasn’t as impossible as others suggested.
No doubt there are a few privileged teenage boys who get wives assigned to them, most likely sons of Warren Jeffs and Merril Jessop and a couple of other very top leaders of the cult. If they didn’t dole out wives to at least a few boys, the rest would quickly figure out that they were slaving away at cult-ordered work for nothing and take a hike. That wouldn’t be consistent with the cult’s money-making enterprise of forcing young men and older boys to work while all the cash from outside construction work, and buildings from work on cult property, end up with the cult. When the boys/young men eventually express dissatifaction with this arrangement, which most do long before they’re assigned a wife, they’re kicked out.
“So I guess it wasnt as impossible as others suggested.”
No. Of course not. You were speculating and so were those who said you were wrong.
Frankly, I think we will all find out that none of us ‘knows’ for sure, and very, very, few, if any, will be 100% correct, regardless to the outcome.
Warren Jeffs nephew is awaiting trial for being 19 years old and ‘spiritually-married’ to a 14 year old. Warren Jeffs is in jail for condoning, ordering, performing the so called marriage.
So, if a 19 year old boy has sex with a 14 year old girl, well there is still a problem.
If we ‘focus’ on the girl in this particular instance, as the ultimate proof of whether there was child abuse, or indecency with a minor, then we are walking off a cliff without even looking.
In the absence of a NAME, or DNA tests proving who the father was, I might be skeptical of any 19 year old that claimed to be the father, especially in light of the Statements of the CPS that the women and children consistently lied, and had been taught to lie to authorities since birth.
So, who knows?
You?
Me?
Likely not.
I don’t doubt we will know soon.
Thanks. Another poster made much the same comment. I was just proposing it, so we could examine the question, and eliminate it if needed.
A common ‘lawyer’ technique (no, I’m not) is to present allegations of the prosecutor, and then destroy them.
Once addressed that way, the jury is less likely to let their mind get carried away later when the prosecutor throws down.
“They lie in cribs and get fed and get their diapers changed, and thats about it for their lives.”
So, with the FLDS members having the highest rate of fumerase deficiency, compared to similar populations, where are all the retarded kids?
Are the retarded kids (boys?) considered damaged?
It would seem they allow a certain amount of retardation in the women. Wonder what they do with the extremes in the females? Same thing as the boys?
Rumors abound about baby graveyards, around the other FLDS compounds in CO,UTAH,AZ. No proof yet.
But Warren Jeffs did pay to have an incinerator installed for his temple.
Other than burning trash, which may be a necessity for a group that allows no outsiders, it could also be a convenient method for disposing of just about ‘anything’.
Thanks for trying, pal. CTR.
It did say it was a Jessop, although I wasn’t sure that told us which Jessop because I’ve been led to believe that a good number of people at the site share a few last names.
BTW, good job following threads. I just realised I put this in the wrong thread, but you knew what I was talking about anyway. Thanks.
Then instead of your typical little remark, why dont you produce the teaching?
We are all waiting.
First things first!!
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/js_h/1/19#19
17 It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the otherThis is My Beloved Son. Hear Him! 18 My object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was right, that I might know which to join. No sooner, therefore, did I get possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I asked the Personages who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects was right (for at this time it had never entered into my heart that all were wrong)and which I should join. 19 I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof. 20 He again forbade me to join with any of them; and many other things did he say unto me, which I cannot write at this time. When I came to myself again, I found myself lying on my back, looking up into heaven. When the light had departed, I had no strength; but soon recovering in some degree, I went home. And as I leaned up to the fireplace, mother inquired what the matter was. I replied, Never mind, all is wellI am well enough off. I then said to my mother, I have learned for myself that Presbyterianism is not true. |
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1. How you interpret it is wrong... |
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2. You are too ignorant to really understand it because you are not a member.... |
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3. You're not qualified to judge because you're no LONGER a member... |
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4. You are just a bigot for bringing the whole ugly truth to light ... |
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5. Sos yer Mama! |
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6. Laugh it all off and post some silly image. |
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7. Jump down the rabbit hole; Alice! |
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1982682/posts?page=683#683 |
8. Bait & Switch |
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9. The OTHER 'half' of the truth is what we are avoiding. |
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10. "I Know It When I See It" |
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11. Hand waving... |
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12. YOU play defense for a while. |
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1982682/posts?page=944#944 |
13. HEE Hee hee... let's get the Calvinists and the Armenians fighting! |
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1994515/posts?page=15#15 |
14. GREAT FUN! Let's get the Catholics and the Protestants fighting! |
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15. Huh? Did you say something? |
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16. If I repeat this enough times some folks will be fooled into thinking it's true. |
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1997522/posts?page=2252#2252 |
17. Playing dumb. |
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18. Refusing to answer because your ATTITUDE offends them. |
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19. (Let's see if they'll fall for the 'Defend a freak' ploy.) |
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20. And the MOST used... IGNORE what they posted and answer the question that SHOULD have been asked. |
FURTHER???
HA Ha ha!
Hey!
I can put up with him, if he can with me.
One day we might actually exchange ideas like adults.
What 'age' is THAT??? ;^)
Uh...
I think he was wanting you to justify some factual historical statements made by early lds leaders.
It's in our very DNA, you Boob! uh... GENTILE!
If you do NOT go along with everything we, ahem, beleve, ipso facto: you MUST hate us!
--MormonDude(I, myself, am quite lovable.)
It just Depends®.
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