There was a very interesting story on polygamy that NBC aired the other day on "The Today Show." What did I learn from this story? I didn't know that there are more than 40,000 Mormon Fundamentalists practicing polygamy in rural parts of Utah. And many of these closed communities think that they're "above the law" defying both civil authority and the established Mormon church. Sounds like a Taliban-like theocracy whose followers only answer to God Himself.
A great investigative book on this is by:
Jon Krakauer: "Under The Banner Of Heaven. A Story of Violent Faith"
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One shy, emotionally retarded little girl turned out to be a wife with children.
You wonder if:
(a) she would have been that way regardless.
(b) She would have grown somewhat.
(c) She would have been normal, had she been raised elsewhere.
And you wonder if that so-called Prophet has already had his reward.
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