Did Anyone Else Here On DU Watch The Documentary - The Doomsday Prophet - Truth & Lies?.....

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It's about the FLDS (fundamentalist church of the latter day saints) and Warren Jeffs and polygamy.

Bottom line this docu explored what is a 'cult' - disguised as a religious cult.

What struck me about this docu - was those in the cult that are still loyal to the cult and believe in its doctrine (I call them prisoners of the cult) and how totally they have been indoctrinated.

Their comments made in this docu are reminiscent of those of the MAGA's and the cult following surrounding Tr**p.

I'm just curious if anyone else here watched this program and if they came away with the same impressions I did with respect to the MAGA's and Tr**p?

I see hope for some of the MAGA's as many of these FLDS members ultimately broke away from the clutches of Jeffs and this cult.

What struck me is that Jeffs is in prison until 2038 when he is eligible for parole and its rumored that he is still running the cult from prison.

Is that the faith of Tr**p and the MAGA's? Hmmmm......

I apologize if this was posted before as I just watched this docu this a.m..

[Scrivener7]

1. I agree. I keep saying this but I think we're underestimating the effect of crazy fringe

Mormon groups on our politics. These end of the world/prepper/second coming of Jesus types are an important republiQan subgroup, especially in western states, and their numbers are growing very fast. They love themselves a messiah to blindly follow, and they've chosen tsf as one of their messiahs. These are the ones who say tsf is led by God, despite all evidence to the contrary.

The FLDS is the most extreme of these groups, but there are many of them and new ones pop up all the time that are much more mainstream and much less easy to identify. And they all love tsf.