I still don't understand how a mother would allow her teenage daughter to be given to a man . Nor do I understand (& I never will either) how parents can toss away their sons, their own flesh & blood away because somebody like Warren Jeffs tells them too! What on earth is wrong with these people????
I don’t know. My son is 18 and heading off to college, but it’s his choice. He’ll be back on and off but I know I’ll be missing him.
He’s perfectly capable of taking care of himself at this age, but no way could I EVER have kicked him out on the streets 5 years ago, never to see him again, thinking that now that he’s not with the cult, he’s going to hell.
What kind of brain damage is this cult doing to these women to give them the strength to deny their maternal instincts like that?
While, like you, I cannot imagine anyone I know doing this, however, think about all of the mothers who encourage their kids to do things that would be unthinkable to us. When one believes that it is god telling them to do so, and they have been brainwashed since birth to believe it, it takes a strong minded person to reject it.
susie
I’ve read of families within the FLDS where the mother allows her young daughter to marry the stepfather. This then means that both the mother and the daughter are married to the same man. You may not understand how this could happen. But if you are raised in an atmosphere where natural societal norms are ignored, this type of marital incest is not only possible, but is sanctioned by stating it is required by the tenets of the religion.