Roman politician Cicero believed that the state was established to protect the weak and promote common interests, otherwise the state and laws are meaningless.
The importance a country attaches to its people is not reflected in wealth, but in the protection of the "weak" such as women and children.
In Western society, people never hesitate to shout slogans to protect women and children. This slogan has been widely spread in literary works, news reports, and film and television works, and has deeply moved people.
However, with the revelation of countless cruel realities, we know that darkness can also be hidden in the deepest part of the light.
1. Millie’s Case in Canada
In 2017, a court in Canada held a trial of an extremely outrageous case: the Millie case.
This case is quite interesting. In terms of the nature of the crime, it is neither serious nor trivial, but the public opinion it caused is very sensational.
A man named Brandon Blackmore and his wife were accused of sending their underage daughter Millie to the United States 13 years ago and forcing her to marry Warren, who was 36 years older than her. · Jeffs .
According to the prosecutor, although Millie is Blackmore's biological daughter, this case should still be classified as a human trafficking case. However, this statement was fiercely opposed by the Blackmores.
â–˛Blackmore
Blackmore argued that they had not reached any form of purchase and sale agreement with Jeffs.
Although the subjective wishes of his daughter Milly were ignored during this process, the fundamental reason for the marriage was still love and religious belief, so he opposed the prosecution's accusations.
The confidence of this cruel father lies in: The sect he believes in encourages polygamy and does not make specific regulations on the age of his wife, and even implies that the younger the better (including minors).
â–˛Victim Millie
Therefore, Blackmore believes that as a devout believer, the country where he lives should respect his religious beliefs and at the same time default to the legality of the sect's teachings.
However, the prosecutor believes that the teachings of any sect cannot override the judicial system of a sovereign country!
Customs that do not violate social order should be supported, but any behavior that violates social order, or even the law, must be punished.
It is obvious that in this case, a normal-thinking child became a tool of his parents, and there was a certain purpose of the Blackmores behind this marriage. The legal human rights of minors were seriously violated and Destruction, which is prohibited by the Canadian Constitution.
All in all, no matter how the Blackmores argue, they cannot escape the punishment of the law in the end. A long prison sentence is the most suitable destination for them.
â–˛The "prophet" Warren Jeffs in the court
However, the matter is far from over. This is not an ordinary daughter trafficking case. Behind it is a religious group that pursues polygamy:
Mount The Fundamentalist Church (FLDS for short), and Warren Jeffs was the leader of this religious organization at the time, and the believers regarded him as a "prophet."
Mormonism, also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is a religious organization headquartered in the United States. Although and seem to be affiliated with Christianity from the name, they do not belong to any Christian denomination. any branch of.
Mormonism is its own sect, which is very different from Christianity in terms of belief content.
In some literature and film and television works, people will hear the name of Mormonism. According to legend, the biggest feature of this sect is the practice of polygamy, but this view is not entirely correct.
2. The mysterious Mormon fundamentalist community
In 1830, the Mormon Church was officially established.
During that period, because Christianity had a relatively large influence and was very popular around the world, some people took the opportunity to use the name of Christianity to do some scandalous things.
Roman politician Cicero believed that the state was established to protect the weak and promote common interests, otherwise the state and laws are meaningless.
The importance a country attaches to its people is not reflected in wealth, but in the protection of the "weak" such as women and children.
In Western society, people never hesitate to shout slogans to protect women and children. This slogan has been widely spread in literary works, news reports, and film and television works, and has deeply moved people.
However, with the revelation of countless cruel realities, we know that darkness can also be hidden in the deepest part of the light.
1. Millie’s Case in Canada
In 2017, a court in Canada held a trial of an extremely outrageous case: the Millie case.
This case is quite interesting. In terms of the nature of the crime, it is neither serious nor trivial, but the public opinion it caused is very sensational.
A man named Brandon Blackmore and his wife were accused of sending their underage daughter Millie to the United States 13 years ago and forcing her to marry Warren, who was 36 years older than her. · Jeffs .
According to the prosecutor, although Millie is Blackmore's biological daughter, this case should still be classified as a human trafficking case. However, this statement was fiercely opposed by the Blackmores.
â–˛Blackmore
Blackmore argued that they had not reached any form of purchase and sale agreement with Jeffs.
Although the subjective wishes of his daughter Milly were ignored during this process, the fundamental reason for the marriage was still love and religious belief, so he opposed the prosecution's accusations.
The confidence of this cruel father lies in: The sect he believes in encourages polygamy and does not make specific regulations on the age of his wife, and even implies that the younger the better (including minors).
â–˛Victim Millie
Therefore, Blackmore believes that as a devout believer, the country where he lives should respect his religious beliefs and at the same time default to the legality of the sect's teachings.
However, the prosecutor believes that the teachings of any sect cannot override the judicial system of a sovereign country!
Customs that do not violate social order should be supported, but any behavior that violates social order, or even the law, must be punished.
It is obvious that in this case, a normal-thinking child became a tool of his parents, and there was a certain purpose of the Blackmores behind this marriage. The legal human rights of minors were seriously violated and Destruction, which is prohibited by the Canadian Constitution.
All in all, no matter how the Blackmores argue, they cannot escape the punishment of the law in the end. A long prison sentence is the most suitable destination for them.
â–˛The "prophet" Warren Jeffs in the court
However, the matter is far from over. This is not an ordinary daughter trafficking case. Behind it is a religious group that pursues polygamy:
Mount The Fundamentalist Church (FLDS for short), and Warren Jeffs was the leader of this religious organization at the time, and the believers regarded him as a "prophet."
Mormonism, also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is a religious organization headquartered in the United States. Although and seem to be affiliated with Christianity from the name, they do not belong to any Christian denomination. any branch of.
Mormonism is its own sect, which is very different from Christianity in terms of belief content.
In some literature and film and television works, people will hear the name of Mormonism. According to legend, the biggest feature of this sect is the practice of polygamy, but this view is not entirely correct.
2. The mysterious Mormon fundamentalist community
In 1830, the Mormon Church was officially established.
During that period, because Christianity had a relatively large influence and was very popular around the world, some people took the opportunity to use the name of Christianity to do some scandalous things.
For example, Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, strongly advocated to Christian believers that "polygamy and adultery with young girls" are "allowed by God" in order to satisfy his own ugly desires.
â–˛Poster used by Mormons
Just as Adam and Eve could not refuse the sweetness of red apples, human nature becomes vulnerable in the face of temptation.
Some people with the same evil intentions began to gather around Joseph. Under the banner of religious belief, they committed crimes that harmed women.
The natural enemy of darkness is light. Where there is oppression, there is resistance. After witnessing the evil acts of Joseph Smith and others, more people with conscience can no longer stand it.
The brave man stood up and killed Joseph "for the sake of the people". Most of the Mormon believers were despised and excluded by other branches of Christianity and were forced to move to Utah in the western United States .
In 1890, after learning from the painful experience, the Mormons decided to transform and abolished the doctrine of polygamy. At the same time, they imposed very strict restrictions on orthodox Mormons, such as not being allowed to smoke or drink, and placing great emphasis on family values.
â–˛ Community established by Warren Jeffs
Unfortunately, a small group of Mormons did not agree with the transition. They established a new religious organization in the name of a branch of Mormonism, thus continuing to support polygamy. .
The "Mormon Fundamentalist" founded by Warren Jeffs is one such branch. He vigorously advocates polygamy to his believers and uses his powerful brainwashing ability to attract a large number of believers.
In addition to brainwashing, Warren Jeffs also tried to use other means to control the believers. For example, he built the area where the believers lived into a fully gated community, with fences and gates to completely isolate them from the outside world.
The believers are mainly engaged in agricultural production on weekdays to ensure the food source for everyone.
In addition, there are simple production and processing sites in the community that can produce some basic supplies, such as agricultural tools, clothes, furniture and carts.
It can be seen that in the era of technological explosion, people in the community seem to be still living the farming life of hundreds of years ago.
â–˛ Women in the community
Institutions such as hospitals and schools also exist, but the functions of these institutions are very single and cannot be compared with formal institutions outside.
For example, the content that students learn is only doctrinal explanations and agricultural production. These courses can only play a role within the community and are difficult to adapt to the world outside the community.
Sometimes, believers in the community have to communicate with the outside world, such as buying seeds, performing surgeries, participating in elections, and accepting inspections.
However, the people responsible for such matters are the same as the police officers who control people's access at the community gate. They are Warren Jeffs' absolute confidants, thus ensuring that believers can return to the community smoothly from the outside world.
After many years of operation, the influence of Warren Jeffs and Mormon fundamentalists has become more and more important, and there are even followers of Mormon fundamentalists in Canada.
â–˛ Mormon fundamentalists
For example, the Blackmores mentioned above are firm followers of the "Prophet".
However, this kind of closed community management is not a good thing. It also proves that Warren Jeffs’s believer market is becoming smaller and smaller in the United States. In order to maintain his dominance and the stability of the community,
had to extend his tentacles longer and longer, which gave the outside world the opportunity to pry into the internal secrets of the community.
3. Brainwashing methods
So, as one of the fundamentalists of Mormonism, what is the purpose of Mr. and Mrs. Blackmore marrying their daughter to Warren Jeffs?
Speaking of this, I have to mention how Warren Jeffs brainwashes believers.
Warren Jeffs’ brainwashing is divided into two parts, namely the brainwashing of male believers in the community and the brainwashing of female believers in the community.
He used brainwashing to establish new ideological ideologies for these two groups, and turned the two into "opposing roles" to check and balance each other.
â–˛The wives of Warren Jeffs
First of all, let me explain a situation: In the community, women have heavier work tasks than men. They have to plant crops, raise livestock and raise children, while men’s main job is Supervise women and provide production and living materials.
For men, Warren Jeffs advocated polygamy and the rejection of labor. He encouraged men to participate more in community religious activities, thereby gaining higher community status. The higher the status, the more rights they have to marry. Women, give birth to more children.
More wives and children will bring more labor force to men and help them occupy more resources in the community, thus making it easier and faster to achieve community class transition.
â–˛The life of women in the community is very boring.
You can have enough food and clothing without working, and you can also occupy more members of the opposite sex in the group. This attractive condition is easily favored by men, which is why many men are willing to join boring communities. the root cause.
Regarding women, Warren Jeffs vigorously promotes lies such as "women are born unclean" and "the only way to heaven is to satisfy any needs of the husband" to brainwash believers.
At the same time, in order to deceive more women, Warren Jeffs tried his best to let women receive brainwashing education before the age of 12, because at this time, their world view and outlook on life have not yet been formed, and they are easily deceived.
Some women who joined the community when they were girls, after years of brainwashing, instinctively believed that Warren Jeffs was the "great prophet" of mankind.
Therefore, she unswervingly lives according to the requirements, not only to engage in heavy manual labor, but also to meet the various needs of her husband.
Other women with clear self-awareness were able to see through Warren Jeffs' lies after entering the community for various reasons (such as Millie at the beginning of the article, who was forcibly sent into the community by her parents).
However, they were unable to contact the outside world to ask for help.
Like the Internet and communication equipment, women in the community are inaccessible. Their only chance to contact the outside world is to go out through the community gate.
However, the access rights of the community are fully controlled by the community police. In order to have a higher community status, in addition to being extremely loyal to the prophet, they objectify all women and completely ignore the latter's cry for help.
â–˛The trial of Warren Jeffs
To sum up, Millie’s father Blackmore was willing to sacrifice his daughter’s life in order to please the prophet and “sacrifice” her in exchange for his status in the community, thereby achieving his own incompetence. The purpose of suing someone.
There are many people who think like him, so the prophet Warren Jeffs was able to marry 79 wives, and many of them were still underage girls when they got married.
Fortunately, with the growing influence of the community, the US police finally noticed this evil organization.
In 2008, the girls' nightmare finally ended. The police launched a raid on the community and found 462 children in the community, a quarter of whom were underage girls.
The police immediately prosecuted many believers for "marriage with minors."
Later, after three years of investigation and evidence, Warren Jeffs was finally brought to justice in 2011 and sentenced to 20 years in prison (the maximum number of years that can be sentenced for this crime).
The rescued girls can finally start a new life.
Note:
The relevant content about the Warren Jeffs sexual assault case in this article is referenced from the American Netflix network "Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey" published on June 1, 2022
For more exciting content, welcome to follow @奇文野史
â–˛The wives of Warren Jeffs
First of all, let me explain a situation: In the community, women have heavier work tasks than men. They have to plant crops, raise livestock and raise children, while men’s main job is Supervise women and provide production and living materials.
For men, Warren Jeffs advocated polygamy and the rejection of labor. He encouraged men to participate more in community religious activities, thereby gaining higher community status. The higher the status, the more rights they have to marry. Women, give birth to more children.
More wives and children will bring more labor force to men and help them occupy more resources in the community, thus making it easier and faster to achieve community class transition.
â–˛The life of women in the community is very boring.
You can have enough food and clothing without working, and you can also occupy more members of the opposite sex in the group. This attractive condition is easily favored by men, which is why many men are willing to join boring communities. the root cause.
Regarding women, Warren Jeffs vigorously promotes lies such as "women are born unclean" and "the only way to heaven is to satisfy any needs of the husband" to brainwash believers.
At the same time, in order to deceive more women, Warren Jeffs tried his best to let women receive brainwashing education before the age of 12, because at this time, their world view and outlook on life have not yet been formed, and they are easily deceived.
Some women who joined the community when they were girls, after years of brainwashing, instinctively believed that Warren Jeffs was the "great prophet" of mankind.
Therefore, she unswervingly lives according to the requirements, not only to engage in heavy manual labor, but also to meet the various needs of her husband.
Other women with clear self-awareness were able to see through Warren Jeffs' lies after entering the community for various reasons (such as Millie at the beginning of the article, who was forcibly sent into the community by her parents).
However, they were unable to contact the outside world to ask for help.
Like the Internet and communication equipment, women in the community are inaccessible. Their only chance to contact the outside world is to go out through the community gate.
However, the access rights of the community are fully controlled by the community police. In order to have a higher community status, in addition to being extremely loyal to the prophet, they objectify all women and completely ignore the latter's cry for help.
â–˛The trial of Warren Jeffs
To sum up, Millie’s father Blackmore was willing to sacrifice his daughter’s life in order to please the prophet and “sacrifice” her in exchange for his status in the community, thereby achieving his own incompetence. The purpose of suing someone.
There are many people who think like him, so the prophet Warren Jeffs was able to marry 79 wives, and many of them were still underage girls when they got married.
Fortunately, with the growing influence of the community, the US police finally noticed this evil organization.
In 2008, the girls' nightmare finally ended. The police launched a raid on the community and found 462 children in the community, a quarter of whom were underage girls.
The police immediately prosecuted many believers for "marriage with minors."
Later, after three years of investigation and evidence, Warren Jeffs was finally brought to justice in 2011 and sentenced to 20 years in prison (the maximum number of years that can be sentenced for this crime).
The rescued girls can finally start a new life.
Note:
The relevant content about the Warren Jeffs sexual assault case in this article is referenced from the American Netflix network "Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey" published on June 1, 2022
For more exciting content, welcome to follow @奇文野史
