Postby Grant » Sun May 07, 2006 9:05 am
Error,
I am failrly certain the cult you are talking about in Colorado City is on the border bewtween Utah and Arizona. It is a "Fundamentalist" Mormon group that has been there since the last part of the nineteenth century. They have traditionally moved back and forth across the border, depending on which jurisdiction was bothering them.
If your data is correct, I have not seen that particular documentary. I will say that 70 is an extraordiary number of wives never achieved during the classic period of Mormon polygamy. I believe Brigham Young had the most wives, at about 23. Furthermore, sex outside marriage, and gay sex in particular, are extremely strong Mormon taboos.
Polygamy in the classic period was mostly a matter of welfare. More women than men were converted. More men died. Church elders would often go to men who had a little more than others and ask them to marry women who had been widowed or who otherwise had no support. I won't say that lust wasn't involved, but it was not the whole picture.
Trying to keep this somewhat on topic, I will add that Mormons believe they have first-class tickets to Heaven. Entry is based on what one does in this life. There are no Houris in Mormon Heaven. One is simply reunited with his extended family, the larger the better.
I have a hard time seeing either Gandhi or Mother Theresa burning in Hell.
I think he'll repent and be better than us. Just pray for him. Muslim wishes every one to be saved from the hellfire.[/quote]
