Polygomy Question

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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    I have no idea.
    Maybe Polygamist bars?
    ...
    and imagine the Polygamists swingers parties.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,638
    :D WARNING! Viewer discretion advised:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/27/warren-jeffs-kissing-and_n_103805.html

    I kinda live right in the middle of this stuff. Jeffs was arrested right outside of town and Colorado City/Hilldale is not too far away. I even work with some guys who "resulted" from plural unions. It's bizarre. :eek:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,213
    one wife is more than enough me thinks
    but you can never have too many girlfriends
    ;)
  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    AmentsChick wrote:
    and..to answer the OP's question....usually they have a "revelation" from God as to who to marry.


    There it is!
    When you can convince people that there is this dude in the sky telling you what to do, you can get away with anything!
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  • riffrandall
    riffrandall Posts: 685
    smithnic wrote:
    There it is!
    When you can convince people that there is this dude in the sky telling you what to do, you can get away with anything!

    Which is the entire plot of "Under the Banner of Heaven." SUCH an awesome read.
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  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    mindi wrote:
    I started a thread about polygamy here once, I don't think many agreed with me that it can be a good thing.
    In fact they really didn't like the idea. I think as long as everyone is of legal age, and not being supported by the government, what is wrong with it? Oh and everyone is consenting helps too!
    well, its hard for a girl to not give her consent when she's being raised in a society where there is no room for choice... i mean, if you're forcing your child to have little or no contact with the outside world, and you're only pumping in your beliefs to her, how is that giving the child a healthy choice on how her life is going to end up?
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Basically you just watch and assess your fellow polygamist's children and when they turn 10 you offer the man of the other household a ham and he gives you his daughter and then the brainwashing commences.

    Good times. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it.

    10 is a little old no?
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    riffrandall wrote:
    Which is the entire plot of "Under the Banner of Heaven." SUCH an awesome read.
    Yeah, I just read it recently. I wanted to understand more about the FLDS group after the raid on the group in west Texas. Also, I was working at an agency that had some of those children in foster care.

    It's a really good book although I didn't realize that it's also a true crime story. But that's the gist of it, if God is telling you what to do, then you can you feel justified in doing it.

    Plenty of those girls grow up accepting that it's the only way of life they should have. But don't ever think some don't develop minds of their own and start to think there should be another way to live.
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  • Whizbang
    Whizbang Posts: 1,314
    riffrandall wrote:
    No kidding!
    The whole book is so creepy.

    just the description you posted gave me the creeps....full 10 on the Creep-O-Meter.
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