“I was trying to point out that the “ image “ of Mormons overall is hurt by this cult.”
Things like this make people learn about the religion’s fundamental beliefs and it makes the “milk instead of meat” method of gaining new followers just a little more difficult.
An update.
ELDORADO - The children taken from the Mormon splinter sect compound were housed Saturday at Eldorado’s community center and the First Baptist Church fellowship hall, sleeping on donated cots and eating food dropped off by Eldorado residents.
The food was cooked by Sutton County Steak House of Sonora, about 20 miles south of Eldorado.
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints stays in seclusion, eating food grown at the compound and minimizing contact with the outside world - the extent of which became apparent as the children sampled what the steakhouse had to offer, said owner Linda Love.
“They didn’t even know what a steak finger was,” she said. “They’re singing songs. So happy and sweet and precious. It’s heartbreaking.”
Church volunteers and Eldorado residents bought diapers and food supplies from the local Super S Food Store, dropped off bottles of water and wheeled cases of soda in shopping carts. Some came in hopes of volunteering, but signs on the door to the fellowship hall said officials only accepted donations.
Many church members and officials were helping Friday and Saturday, said Shea Politte, whose husband, Sylas, is the First Baptist Church youth minister and helped coordinate the church’s efforts in providing buses and supplies.
Politte declined to give specifics about the church’s new tenants.
“I don’t want to jeopardize their rights,” she said. “They have more now.”
O.K. I admit I don’t even know what a steak finger is. Sounds disturbing.