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[Rock]

Interesting book out about Mormons called 'Under the Banner of Heaven.' Couple of Mormon guys murdered a mother and her child under the guise of "Blood Atonement."

This is a real teaching promulgated by Bringham Young and Joseph Smith that specifies "The only way a far-gone sinner can be redeemed and forgiven is to spill their blood on the earth. . .their sins are beyond God's grace. . ."

What's more, plural marriage is still practiced by about 30,000 Mormons, possible even 100,000(secretly.) Young woman are taken against their will, sometimes kidnapped, sexually abused and even raped.

Now, how can these guys(Mormon missionaries,) roaming the streets here not face these sad facts?

[Ya-ta Boy]

[CentralCali]

Maybe because your OP is hogwash?

• The Lafferty brothers weren't Mormons. They were part of a polygamist group.
  
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not preach polygamy and excommunicates those members who do preach it or get involved in it.

For those who aren't too lazy to do the research:

[uberscheisse]

there are just one too many letter Ms in that word.

[Jandar]

Some people like to link extremists in with the main stream "choose your favorite label" group.

Not all Muslims are terrorists.

Not all Christian are snake handlers.

Not all Christian are bible thumping imbeciles.

All Mormans are Christians.

All Mormans are not memebers of the LDS.

Not all Mormans practice polygamy.

Jefferson Airplane is not a sect of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

[Rock]

[Rock]

[CentralCali]

Get back with us after you learn the definitions of fact and relevance.

[Illysook]

I've read that book and I can tell from your post that you have not.

John Krakhauer is also the author of "Into the Wild" and a lot of adventure travel stuff, including a book about a failed Mt. Everest expedition that he was a part of. I can't remember the name of it right now, but it was a real page turner. I stayed up all night to read it and now the title totally escapes me. I hate that!

Anyway, the book will take you on quite a journey and as you read about tracking down the killers, you will also learn a lot about Mormonism and about what it's followers call Mormon fundamentalism.

[CentralCali]

[Illysook]

I was addressing the OP.

Still, the book was pretty damned interesting, as it explored some things about how it doesn't seem to matter what religion is involved, there are always people who are going to be crazy extremists. I find the subject fascinating.

[Ya-ta Boy]

[CentralCali]

Ya-ta Boy:

The OP is just displaying more ignorance of what and whom he's attacking. Plural marriage (aka polygamy) is not one of the teachings of the Book of Mormon.

And, both in popular parlance and by the various groups one writer termed "Divergent Paths of the Restoration," the term Mormon means members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The various other "divergent pats" refer to themselves by other terms.

In short, the OP is displaying his ignorance and his laziness. It's a pretty sad effort at trying to bolster his OP where he mistakenly considers the Lafferty brothers to have been members of the same church as the LDS missionaries here.

[Sushi]

A book was written about Korean blood atonement in which a parent had the right to dispose of his or her daughter for any sexual transgression. Apparently the blood spilled was supposed to purify the daughter of her sins.
She of course went straight to the pearly gates where she got seranaded with harps.

Utah uses the firing squad for execution. There is supposed to be a connection between the blood spilt and the blood atonement.

[CentralCali]

Try to keep up with the times.