Is anybody else outraged?

Is anybody else outraged?


Now, I understand that this country was founded on (among other ideas) the notion that you can practice your religion freely here. The Puritans came here on the Mayflower so they could worship as they liked. Still, we have to have rules. If your religion, for example, demands that you sacrifice people, then that's still not okay. That's kind of how I look at this YFZ ranch thing. Just because their VERY misguided interpretation of what they call Christianity says that middle aged men should "wed" and impregnate as many women and/or teenage girls as possible, doesn't mean they should be allowed to do so. I understand that the FLDS dates back to the mid-1800's when it was somewhat normal for a girl of 16 or so to be married. It's even legal in Texas, I believe for a 16 year old girl to get married with parental consent. This is not that. This is apparently not a choice for these young ladies and apparently, many of them have marriage thrust upon them well before they even turn sixteen.

I find it very interesting and disturbing that through the whole thing, I haven't seen ONE of these men speak out about what's going on. We have only seen the women, the mothers who refuse to answer any questions about whether anything illegal or strange is happening. Their canned response: "We just want our children back." Of course they do. What mother wouldn't? I do feel for them. However, I feel that anyone that would allow their twelve year old to passionately kiss Warren Jeffs or any other middle aged man has got to have their priorities WAY out of whack. The whole thing is a perversion.

I do not believe that these people really know God or Jesus. I don't believe they are really godly. They are under a powerful influence, for sure, but it is not a holy one.

Jesus said: "But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believeth in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea." Matthew 18:6 KJV

It is for God to judge their punishment, but I can't help but be angry at these apparent sins. Now it seems that many of these kids are going back to their parents. I pray that God will protect them and help them to grow in his love and wisdom so that they might escape the bonds of this dangerous cult and discover what freedom to worship God according to His will is really all about.