tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post6202199456908701470..comments2024-02-10T02:58:07.102-05:00Comments on Celestial Reflections: FLDS, Foodstamps, and FraudLaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-53559122547104503512016-12-06T12:11:45.858-05:002016-12-06T12:11:45.858-05:00thanks for postthanks for postAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14753156555223561443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-34641673123579427822016-04-09T13:56:09.429-04:002016-04-09T13:56:09.429-04:00I agree. Hers is more of a quasi-cult, I think. Sh...I agree. Hers is more of a quasi-cult, I think. She seems to be at least somewhat inspired by Warren Jeffs, though. If you <a href="http://www.celestialhealing.com/2015/10/warren-jeffs-controls-bodies-and-souls.html" rel="nofollow">look here</a>, you'll see what I mean.LaVaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-34545496853255385382016-04-09T13:33:16.521-04:002016-04-09T13:33:16.521-04:00To me there's no question Jeffs is a cult lead...To me there's no question Jeffs is a cult leader whereas with Teal Swan the outlines and patterns are there in a fledgling form, without the full blown development and supporting conditions. Gaby Petrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15677556237640103336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-80084656299321886382016-04-09T11:33:47.688-04:002016-04-09T11:33:47.688-04:00Prophet's Prey was excellent. I've been fo...<i>Prophet's Prey</i> was excellent. I've been following FLDS news for years and that doco contained a lot of new information. It's gruesome what's happening. Jeffs has a lot of the markers of a cult leader. He's narcissistic, sexually exploitative, and more than a little unhinged. And, the level of control he has probably owes a lot to the fact that they don't recruit from without. They're all born into this system. It's the only world these people have ever known. That said, it's become so intolerable that a lot of them are leaving. LaVaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-24022543687229557262016-04-09T08:50:40.335-04:002016-04-09T08:50:40.335-04:00Part of what made the documentary "Prophet...Part of what made the documentary "Prophet's Prey" such unsettling viewing for me was how insidious and undemonstrative the process of indoctrination appears leading into the acts of monstrous abuse. The term 'the banality of evil' captures some of the disturbing environment. <br /><br />The stranglehold over a member's worldview and value system begins right from birth and is now generations deep. That level of entrenchment does not bode well for a peaceful dismantling of the power hold of the abusers and abuse.Gaby Petrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15677556237640103336noreply@blogger.com