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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In opening statements the prosecution said that Vallow Daybell conspired with brother Alex Cox to kill Charles Vallow and cash in on a life insurance policy, while espousing the belief that he was possessed by an evil spirit.

The case has drawn significant public attention in part because Vallow Daybell, 51, has doomsday-focused religious beliefs. She isn’t a lawyer but has chosen to represent herself in the six-week trial.

Doomsday-focused religious beliefs, interesting. I wonder if these religious beliefs were convenient for the purpose of murdering her family.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Mormon. Her religion is Mormonism and she received a great deal of social validation for her delusions leading up to these crimes.

Even the ‘nice’ Mormons believe terrible dangerous things, they deserve a share of the blame for a culture that normalizes fantasy.

Source: I grew up in that damned town. Delusional monsters everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There have been lots of shocking Mormon murders over the years. Who would have thought that having the sort of mind that could accept such a bizarre fantasy as truth, would be a mind twisted enough to commit weird religious murders?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, those Abrahamic religions are messed up

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

All teligions are pretty weird, but Scientology and Mormon are weirdness on an entirely different level.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So Ruby Franke wasn’t an outlier?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nope, she is smack-dab in the statistical middle of that culture. Mormons work very hard together to prop up their delusional and harmful system. She was endorsed, enabled and socially rewarded by everyone around her in real life, not just online.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's a really frightening thought, considering the state of her 2 youngest children. They really believed those kids were demons, and made the kids believe it themselves too. Made them jump into cacti, and work outside without food and water for days. Treated wounds with cayenne pepper and honey. I'll never be able to forget any of that. They tortured those kids.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

That type of abuse is tragically common in my direct personal experience. God help any neurodivergent or non-conforming kids in that culture. My folks weren’t sadistic like that, but still extremely invalidating.

Please be kind to anyone you meet who is trying to get out of their grasp. They definitely need your help. It takes incredible strength to commit the social suicide necessary to get away from them.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not the MOST popular guest at family reunions..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Be honest, her or racist uncle, if you had to pick

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

She's a lunatic, narcissistic psychopath.

Listen to The Last Podcast on the Left's episodes on her.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why was she not locked in permanent solitary already? Fuck the magic underwear people so fucking hard.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

She's white.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I think they killed several people who they claimed were zombies. Something about past lives and people not having souls.