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creepy cults really creep me out...but...cant...look...away.....
It’s no secret I’ve had a morbid horrified fascination with mormon polygamist cults for the past few years. Really it was Jon Krakower’s fault. My fixation pre-dates that whole texas compound thing from a few years ago. I read ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ and was hooked.
As an atheist, it is difficult for me to imagine following any leader, however charismatic, into a lifestyle where you would not only share your man, but be treated as a virtual servant in your own home. That would have to be some helluva god to get me to renounce both fidelity and free will.
Despite, or perhaps because of, my above stated beliefs, I am obsessed with said cults. I am not proud of this obsession. I read every book, from Carolyn Jessop’s disturbing memoir to ‘The 19th Wife.’ I am addicted to Big Love.
The latest news of Warren Jeffs has inspired me to post. Apparently he is claiming innocence and appealing his conviction of ‘accomplice to rape’ for forcing a 14 year old to marry her 19 year old cousin performing the marriage himself and instructing the cousin-couple to ’be fruitful and multiply’ and when the young woman begged for the union to be annulled he instructed her to ‘submit: mind, body and soul’ to her husband/cousin. This is awesome! It really sounds like the young lady in question was a total prude.
Next post about polygamous cults may or may not be about the ‘children of god’ cult, which has been re-branded to the more family-friendly ’the family.’ It’s a so-called christian cult where group sex with children is encouraged! Doesn’t that sound fabulous?
In all seriousness - I cannot believe that these groups are allowed to live and flourish in america. i realize that there are complicated laws to contend with when prosecuting these people, but i cant help but think that SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. For the kids, you guys, FOR THE KIDS.