Polygamist Leader’s Odd Court Statement: God Will Strike With ‘Sickness and Death’ if His Trial Continues
- Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:40am by
Billy Hallowell
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Warren Jeffs
The story of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs continues to take bizarre twists and turns. Over the past five years, Jeffs, who describes himself as a prophet, has been accused of being an accomplice to rape and sexual assault, ran from police, attempted suicide, renounced his role as a religious prophet (then recanted) and is now demanding control of his fundamentalist sect once more (and these are only a few of the highlights). The never-ending saga never seems to simmer.
In his most recent legal wrangling, Jeffs is accused of sexually assaulting two underage girls whom he took as brides. His followers believe polygamy brings exaltation in heaven and see Jeffs as God’s earthly spokesman. Now, the fundamentalist leader is back in court, three days after threatening that God would strike down all involved should his trial continue.
The 55-year-old fired his attorneys and is representing himself. He gave a speech defending polygamy Friday, then read a statement he said was from God promising “sickness and death” unless the persecution of his religion ceases. According to GoSanAngelo.com, the situation went as follows:
“I, the Lord God in heaven, call upon the court to now cease this prosecution against my pure and holy way coming against my church,” Jeffs said. “Let it stop now.”
The room was enraptured at this point, as you can imagine, and the security guys were ready to pounce.
Jeffs continued, “I shall let all peoples know of your unjust ways. I shall send a scourge upon the counties of prosecutorial zeal to be humbled by sickness and death.”
Before calling the jury back in, Walther warned Jeffs that if he threatened the jury, he would be removed from court. Jeffs told her he was only relaying “the message.”
“Well, don’t relay the message,” Walther said.
This was only part of the religious leader’s long-winded speech during the day’s proceedings. Jeffs, head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, claims his rights to freedom of religion have been trampled. He wants the case delayed until a separate hearing on that issue is held, but the judge has refused. Considering all he has on the line, one would think Jeffs would want reliable representation. The Christian Science Monitor has more:
If convicted, he could receive life in prison. He has claimed that, as the head of his church, he has the constitutional right to practice his own religion, which includes polygamy. The mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon church, repudiated polygamy more than a century ago.
The Salt Lake Tribune provides a historical timeline that comprehensively captures Jeffs’ story. Back in 2002, following his father’s ill health, he took over leadership of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In 2006, prosecutors filed accomplice to rape charges after they claim Jeffs presided over an unwilling marriage between a 14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old cousin. It was that same year that Jeffs was arrested in Nevada after being on the run for two years.
By 2007, Jeffs was renouncing his leadership of the denomination and claiming he was no longer a prophet (this was all captured on jailhouse tapes). Then, a few days after claiming he isn’t divine, he attempted suicide. After being found guilty to the accomplice charges, the jail tapes in which he renounced his role as prophet were released to the public. Later that same year, Jeffs received 10 years to life and then stepped down as president of the FLDS Corporation of the President.
Then, there was the 2008 raid of the Yearning for Zion Ranch in Eldorado Texas in which 400 children were taken into protective custody, Later, they were returned to their parents, but a plethora of evidence was taken by police. This evidence led a grand jury to indict Jeffs on bigamy and sexual assault charges for two alleged underage spiritual marriages.
But, in 2010, the Utah Supreme Court granted Jeffs a victory, as his accomplice to rape conviction was overturned. In 2010, he was extradited from Utah to Texas. Then, in January 2011, Jeffs took back control of the FLDS Corporation of the President. Using a jail pay phone, he began excommunicating top church leaders, forcing them to leave their homes and families.
Now, a struggle for church leadership is ongoing (as are the sexual assault legal proceedings against Jeffs). What will happen next? Only time will tell.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Comments (140)
beckisnuts
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:27pmanalwynner, my contacts at The Blaze finally won the right to report the news about Jeffs, thanks in part to my efforts here they tell me. So your sincere gratitude to me is noted. You are welcome.
Report Post »eagle2715
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:10pmFor a “sad little site” full of a “hocus pocus crowd” you seem to care a whole lot about what everyone here thinks of you.
Enough so you felt the need to aggrandize yourself and in attempt to make us all realize how important you are…
Congrats, you are now important to yourself and…well…
Nope, you’re still only important to yourself, and I’m begging to question even that…
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:15pmEagor271, you are off topic and as such, your angry little rant has no merit. Try to focus and pay attention in the future. Off you go.
Report Post »azitdad
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:41pmNot only is he a pervert, he is IMO the worst POET of all time.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:04pmHe is mad, a bad poet, a child molesting monstrosity, and a false prophet at the same time; this man is cut from the same mold of evil and perversion of true faith and ideals of the bible as the worst of the humanity — Charles Manson, Jim Jones, David Koresh, and the ones like them who become cultist leaders of personality instead of true teachers and ministers of Christianity (whichever branch you wish to follow.)
There is darkness that emerges in any faith or ideals held in the world; and in this case, thankfully it is now being brought completely into the light for all to see in the evil wicked horror first hand.
That monster needs to remember, he is not just being held to accounting for the breaking of the laws of America, he will eventually be called to an accounting, as all shall be in time, for our deeds on the earth — good and bad.
Report Post »Abraham Young
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 6:25pmHey, guys, just out of curiousity, do you consider Abraham of the Bible to be a pervert because he practice polygamy? How about Jacob? I’m just wondering how you make the distinction between those who practice polygamy who are NOT perverts from those who practice polygamy who ARE.
Report Post »shirelover
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 6:52pm@Abraham
One of the reasons we do not consider the Abraham of the OT to be a pervert is because his wife was not a child or even a teenager. It’s not the plurality of wives we mind, it’s the children who are forced to marry these creeps. Personally, I think any man that can keep more than one adult American woman happy (in the sense that she content and happy in the marraige) must be some kind of superman. It’s more that many men can do to keep one woman happy! :-)
Report Post »IndependentThinker
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 6:52pmThe difference is that Jeffs married children for the purpose of exploiting them sexually. The prophets of the old testament (although they all married young back then) didn’t use their power over children for sexually exploitive reasons.
Report Post »salvawhoray
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 4:12pma pervert trying to pick up little girls and justifying it goes like this.
Pervert – “How old are you”?
Little girl #1 “10”
Pervert – “And How old are you”?
Little girl #1 “8”
Pervert – “Hmmm, 10 and 8 makes 18, good enought for me.
Report Post »dejavu43
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:22pmFLDS is just another example of how destructive these patriarchal cults can be–I don’t really give a flying rats behind how many women are stupid enough to sign on as “extra” wives, as long as they are adult women. It’s a cult devised by insecure, egocentric males (NOT men) to gain power and control over each other and complete dominance over the women and children–kinda sounds like Islam to me. Had one tell me they have to be careful how many of the younger males they eliminate from the sect–the “breeding stock” is getting kind of thin and the old goats reproductive abilities getting rather “iffy”. What a disgusting bunch of perverts.
Report Post »Vortex Alley
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:59pmWell put.
Report Post »Abraham Young
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 6:44pmDefine pervert. History is replete with examples of “underage” women being married. I’m not condoning it, I’m just wondering how you now what is “perverted” and what is not. Marie Antoinette was 14 when she got married.
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 5:00pmIndepndanthinker.. you have no idea that they didn’t take advantage of children. none.
Report Post »yiska8
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:48amToday they will play the audio rape tape in court. Many court observers in San Angelo will not show up today in court because of it. This freak taped audio of himself raping a young girl. I think this girl was either 12 or 14 at the time. He shouldn’t be allowed to speak at trial, which is loves to do. He should burn for what he’s done. All the people who give their daughters to this evil “jim jones wannabee”, should also be sent to Texas Department of Corrections along with him. I hope he goes away from a long time in complete isolation so he cannot be allowed to “convert” anymore followers in prison.
Report Post »“Many false prophets will come in my name.” Matthew 24:5
BUDDY LITTLE
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 7:32pmThat goes for Muslim men taking child brides AS WELL !!RIGHT??
Report Post »Miguelito
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:43amIs what this guy doing in the Bible? If God wanted us to have more than one wife he would have given Adam more than just Eve!
Report Post »thinkinghuman
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:49amBible? Don’t forget MOSES, Abraham, Jacob and David to name a few of the men, mostly prophets of God, important ones, who were also polygamists. At least be CONSISTENT. If you are going to be repulsed at polygamy, don’t try and use the Bible to condemn it, because it is all over the place in that book. It is also an acceptable practice in MANY places in the world. although it is deplored in western civilization. Be consistent.
Report Post »DianneM
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:37pmOne of the things about Christianity is that the new testament had passages refering to a man leaving his mother to cleave onto his wife. Please note wife is singular in form here. There are absolutely zero passages in the new testament refering to multiple wives although there are passages that refer to being the husband of ONE wife… In regard to Abraham’s polygamy? The product of his extra marriage was driven into the wilderness…Then at Jacob…Yeah look how happy it made Leah to be the unwanted first wife, when Jacob really loved Rachel…Polygamy to some may seem to have benefits, but it has a whole bunch of drawbacks to go with. Not the least of which is the legal issues…
Report Post »Benji
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:59pmThinkinghuman, those guys weren’t prohets!! Ha! Anyway, there is also, homosexuality, adultery, lust, infanticide, murder, drunkeness, lawlessness, and all forms of debauchery in the Bible . . . but it doesn’t condone it. It just tells the story of people who were sinful.
Report Post »LA MIGRA
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 6:10pmDiannem – I find polygamy repulsive and this Jeffs is obviously a nut, however in 1st Timothy 3:2 – St. Paul describes the requirements for bishops (or pastors) in the church, below is the scripture from the Original King James version of the Bible.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
This scripture makes specific reference to having one wife. Polygamy was widely practiced by many peoples throughout biblical times, including New Testament times. Some early Christian converts could very well have had more than one wife, hence the reference to having only one wife in this scripture. If you think about it, it would be difficult for a pastor to take care of his duties as well as provide for more than one family. There is no specific condemnation of polgamy in the New Testament.
Report Post »ValiantDefender
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:35pm@Husband of One wife.
The greek word used is Mias. This can mean, first as well. Sooo…
Husband of a first wife.
If God is never changing, and sometimes he permitted his prophets to practice polygamy (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for example) then clearly it is permitted in certain scenarios.
The Jewish traditions (if you’re Christian, then you believe Jehovah – the Jewish God – is your God) indicate that if a man dies, his brother should marry his widow, and provide support to her and children by her for an inheritance to the deceased brother…this was true regardless if the living brother was already married.
Report Post »stage9
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:41am“God Will Strike With ‘Sickness and Death’ if His Trial Continues.”
Well, he better see a doctor then.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:25pmThis trial is going on in my home town….cough cough…ROFL
Report Post »chinkshady
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:40amwhere is beckisnuts now? take this jeffs story and suck it
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:24pmChinkshiddy, Soros (lol) gives me a day off once in a while, just like you get a day off at your job screaming at passerbys about the end of the world from inside that sandwich board of yours. Off you go.
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:16amHe‘s just a guy who didn’t have the b***s to be a pimp.
Pimp on, and vote Libertarian!
Report Post »JGraham III
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:50amWhen a man such as this claims to be a prophet and speak for “God”, he needs to be clear on which ‘god ’ he represents.. The Bible says there are two; the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and the “god of this age”. Of course the second one is only a pretender, liar and murderer. The first One has in numerous places in the Bible condemned the actions portrayed by this man’s life and so called ministry. Jeffs ought to be grateful to the ‘God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ’ that the Old Testament solution for false prophets is no longer in force. Never mind the New Testament’s criteria for a minister which includes that a man who desires the ministry of an elder be “the husband of ONE wife.” Hopefully the ‘fundamentalist’ LDS‘s don’t consider this passage in Timothy to be “in so far as it is correctly translated”…although by their actions I suspect they do.
Report Post »Tax Preparation
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:44amWhat an idiot. God should just strike him down.
Report Post »HUNITHUNIT
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:30pmToo bad God isn’t real.
Report Post »ValiantDefender
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:37pmGod rarely ever strikes anyone down…but I agree this guy is sick. As fellow citizens we have a duty to uphold law and moral values.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:32am.
Hey Warren!,,,,
Don’t catch a cold……………
Report Post »ezravan
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:28amSeriously, if we allow gay marriage, there is absolutely no reason we shouldn’t allow this guy a few wives.
Report Post »thinkinghuman
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:53amI couldn’t help but think the exact same thoughts. Here this country is pushing, PUSHING, hard to advance the rights of two sick men or two sick women to be “married”, call it “love” and pushing that dysfunction. So-called gay marriage (garrriage?) DWARFS any polygamy “problem” because there are many cultures in the world today that practice polygamy and even the Bible has a few high profile prophets who did that.
Report Post »thinkinghuman
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:54amThat is indeed how the logic rolls.
Report Post »lovejoy71
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:28amAtheists will condemn this but why? By calling this man stupid. What is the standard that make this man any more stupid or smarter than an athiests? Funny thing that people who do not believe in absolute standards have absolute standards. Even of they can’t defend them. Now I will sit and wait for the angry/emotional attacks on Christians instead of debating the issue.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:44amYou know, one doesn’t need to believe in a supernatural sky-daddy to know that molesting children is wrong.
As a matter of fact, the Bible is quite neutral on such things and never blatantly condemns them. Genesis mentions that Abraham and his son Jacob had multiple wives and concubines. Even Jesus, in The Parable of the Ten Virgins, makes allusions to a bridegroom and 10 virgins.
Here’s a list of all the polygamists in the Bible: Abdon, Abijah, Abraham, Ahab, Ahasuerus,
Report Post »Ashur, Belshazzar, Benhadad, Caleb, David, Eliphaz, Elkanah, Esau, Ezra, Gideon,
Heman, Hosea, Ibzan, Issachar, Jacob, Jair, Jehoiachin, Jehoram, Jerahmeel, Joash,
Lamech, Machir, Manasseh, Mered, Moses, Nahor, Rehoboam, Saul, Shaharaim, Shimei,
Simeon, Solomon, Terah, Zedekiah, and Ziba.
beckisnuts
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:29pmWell said Mr. Butcher. Your point is factual and has merit, unlike the rants of the hocus pocus crowd here on this sad little website.
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:58pmbeckisnuts
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:29pm
Well said Mr. Butcher. Your point is factual and has merit, unlike the rants of the hocus pocus crowd here on this sad little website
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wuhahahahahahaha talking to yourself again.
TheGreyPiper
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:35pmHey look, it’s alts having a circle jerk!
Report Post »Lux
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 1:18amMrButcher in the parable you’re referring to (the parable of the ten virgins), the Savior is teaching us how to prepare for His Second Coming. In these last days, the Lord has said, “Be faithful, praying always, having your lamps trimmed and burning, and oil with you, that you may be ready at the coming of the Bridegroom” (D&C 33:17). (also see Matthew 25:1–13).
Regarding the Ten Virgins it was a custom among the Jews for the bridegroom to come at night to the bride’s house, where her bridesmaids attended her. When the bridegroom’s approach was announced, these maidens went out with lamps to light his way into the house for the celebration.
In this parable the virgins represent members of the Church, and the bridegroom represents Christ. The Lord explained to Joseph Smith that the wise virgins are those who “have received the truth, and have taken the Holy Spirit for their guide, and have not been deceived” (D&C 45:57).
In the Bible, the image of a wedding is used to portray the coming of the Lord (see Isaiah 62:5; Matthew 22:1–14). Jewish weddings included the announcement of the bridegroom’s coming to the bride’s house. The weddings usually began in the evening, with the lamps lit at dusk. So midnight was later than the ten virgins would have expected the bridegroom—and the announcement came suddenly.
We do not know the timing of Christ’s Second Coming, but we should prepare for it as though it could come at any time—whether soon or
Report Post »Lux
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 1:23amThe vessels in the parable were containers for storing extra oil. Being wise means being prepared for the unexpected with an extra measure of faith, testimony, and the Spirit in our lives. Sometimes we grow complacent, thinking we have enough to get by. But following the Savior means more than just getting by. It means always striving to draw closer to Him, preparing for those times when our patience, faith, and testimony will be tried.
The oil lamps used by the Jews in Jesus’s day are called Herodian lamps, after King Herod. These lamps enabled people to carry light wherever they went. In the same way, we are to carry the light of the gospel with us (see Matthew 5:14–16).
The handle was shaped by hand and then attached to the lamp.
The body of the lamp was made of clay and shaped on a potter’s wheel.
The spout or nozzle was made from a mold.
A wick made of flax fibers or a rush stem was placed in the spout, and then the lamp was filled with olive oil. Once the wick absorbed the oil, the lamp was lit.
Report Post »Lux
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 1:29amThe lamps were lit at dusk. The bridegroom came at midnight. Herodian lamps could usually burn for about two hours.
The wise virgins could not share their oil with the foolish virgins because “the oil of spiritual preparedness cannot be shared” (Marvin J. Ashton, “A Time of Urgency,” Ensign, May 1974, 36).
“Attendance at sacrament meetings adds oil to our lamps, drop by drop over the years. Fasting, family prayer, home teaching, control of bodily appetites, preaching the gospel, studying the scriptures—each act of dedication and obedience is a drop added to our store. Deeds of kindness, payment of offerings and tithes, chaste thoughts and actions, marriage in the covenant for eternity—these, too, contribute importantly to the oil with which we can at midnight refuel our exhausted lamps.” (President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985), Faith Precedes the Miracle (1972), 256.)
Report Post »MHP
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:02ambeckisnuts
Jeffs is going to prison for life. He’ll have new sex buddies there. Get used to it, as Jeffs gets raped LOL
Report Post »lovejoy71
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:20amWe only punish selected “sex crimes” in America. How many boys in this country have 5 babies by 5 different girls and do not take care of either the girls or the babies? Not a fan of polygamy myself but at least the polygamist is taking care of his family.
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:26amYou are kidding right ? … it was reported last night that Warren Jeffs and his cult have collected over 20 million bucks in welfare, food stamps. and other Gov’t aid …………………………..
Report Post »Hiswill
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:38amThis man takes young teen girls and gives them to older men to marry. These girls are brain washed from birth into thinking this is ok and their parents go along with it to gain favor with this monster. These girls should be out enjoying their lives, playing soccer, riding their bikes, playing with their dolls not having sex with a bunch of pedophiles. Jeffs is a pedophile hiding behind “his” religious beliefs. Jeffs throws out the young men in his sect so the old men can have more access to these girls. This is nothing more than a pedophile cult. I hope he goes to jail for the rest of his life.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:20amWas he born that way?
Report Post »lovejoy71
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:21amLike =)
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:28amGood one!
Report Post »thinkinghuman
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:57amYeah, that’s the new gay agenda mindset: born that way. Don’t fault Warren. No matter what we do, we were “born” that way.
Report Post »bew0576
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:17amJeff’s is the only person that needs to be visited by sickness and death!
Report Post »We already know he’s mentally sick, now if he would just expire, the world would be a better place AND taxpayer dollars would not be wasted any further.
Baberaham Lincoln
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:16amOh the irony of Blaze comments — where a man can be criticized for his religious idiocy, while the same types of statements are regularly made throughout the comment threads.
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:17pmhuh? What are you talking about?
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:18pmYes, that is interesting. The fantastical supernatural world some of these Blaze posters occupy is very telling.
Jeffs is a delusional and evil man who preys on little girls. Beck on the other hand, wants to drag the entire world down with him in his delusional efforts to speed up the return of Christ. Since Beck will fail, he is arguably the lesser of the two evils one could suppose.
Report Post »ME
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:11amNow he just needs to start telling people that it was the gold tablets in his hat that said it and bam millions will flock to him….
Report Post »LibertyGoddess
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:03pmOr, he could talk about virgin births, parting a sea, coming back from the dead, ….wait, why aren’t you listening?
Report Post »ME
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 4:40pmThe difference is one are the words of man the other from the bible and I believe the word of God. If you buy into mans words you will buy anything if I am a fool for believe in a God and that he ordained a book the bible and it states it is the only words of his, then I will embrace being a fool. Those that embrace religion will be lead as sheep where ever there leaders say, those that follow the Bible are not swayed by a man with a hat, a pedo prophet in the desert, some pope, a science fiction writer or that we believe we are without god. We all make a choice, do you follow man or God? Yes I believe a God that can create me is without limit, I also believe man will will do anything to try to grasp power over his fellow man even read out of a hat if need be.
Report Post »margiericco
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 1:37pmJesus Christ did start a Church on earth with a teaching authority. He taught men to go out and teach what he taught. He did not pass out bibles and say may the Holy Spirit go with you. He chose to use sinful men to teach the world the truth. Maybe you could ask him why he did not invent a printing press while he was on earth and pass out bibles if that is all you need to know the fullness of the truth. You may find too late that a man with a funny hat may know more about what Jesus wants of us 2000 yrs later.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:07amHe’s a sick dude but not insane, carry on with the trial.
Report Post »thinkinghuman
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:59amHe is possessed of a devil, making crazy “prophecies” like that in a court room. That’s just inflammatory nonsense, and its all he’s got left. If the man is breaking the laws of the land, and he IS, then he needs to go to jail. Period. Or try and change the laws (good luck with that one)
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:02amWell, not because of this trial, mister…..but unfortunately, to be just & love – to wake us up before all of us are anihiliated, He may because of people like you, our rebellion to God for many decades, legalized abortion with about 50 million babies murdered, acceptance & growing homosexual lifestyles (the acts, legal gay marriage), unbiblical divorce and remarriages as the new norm for a long time, acceptance of “living together” without marriage, adulteries, etc., etc., etc. May God have mercy and wake up those who need to be awakened & restore our country.
Report Post »“..if My people, will humble themselves and pray and search for Me and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear them from heaven and forgive their sins and heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14
BelindaB
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:59amTwisted, sick, POS is a child molester, polygamist,crazy fool that deserves to be thrown in JAIL…AND castrasted
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:57amHe has no idea of how that will rebound upon his own head.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:57amDelusional much? He needs meds stat.
Report Post »Pat Alexander
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:54amHe is trying to portray himself as mentally ill, to get off.
I hope they throw the book at him…
Enjoy your cell, “god.”
(Note the small “g”.)
Report Post »UncleBuck
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:50amMaybe it’ll be his sickness and death. He’s already mentally sick!
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:13pmSo finally after a week, the bosses at The Blaze grow the stones to report on Jeffs and his FLDS “church.” Better late than never.
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