Comments on: Ginnifer Goodwin says that “Big Love’s” version of polygamy is “sugar coated”

By: KateNonymous

KateNonymous — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:00:00 +0000

Since when did religion become completely separate from culture? They are by no means synonymous, but they can’t be fully separated either because of the ways each shapes the other. Therefore religious expressions are not uniform across cultures, and cultures are not defined solely by religion. But there is certainly a lot of overlap, which a lot of people seem unable or unwilling to recognize.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:27:33 +0000

Of course the women are lying and trying to get their children to lie. When you come of age you take an oath that if you reveal any of the covenants taken, you agree to have your tongue ripped from its roots and your throat slit from ear to ear (their words, not mine).

By: Pixie

Pixie — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:41:43 +0000

Big Love actually did present the compound that Bill came from in a very negative light, the unhealthy behaviours were pretty numerous. I always thought the very primal instincts became revealed in their extreme Biblical existance, from Bill’s mother poisoning his father to the creepy young bride his Dad took - and Bill’s character was in fact expelled from the compound by his own father at a young age. As for the home life, as presented on the show (I have only seen the first series as live in the U.K.), it was rarely smooth, always frought with tension and backstabbing underneath the happy families veneer. You do sometimes think “Aw they love each other really”, and Bill’s very placid religious attitude(compared to the compound) might be less realistic, but I am surprised the actress would not give the show more credit; it sounds like she is trying to distance it from promoting the lifestyle and suffering in the ratings when anyone who watches it can see it is total fantasy/not to mention very unpleasant in most respects.

By: Jinxy McDeath

Jinxy McDeath — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:31:04 +0000

These polygamists aren’t caring for their children. They defruading the tax payers wherever they live and are on welfare and food stamps. They are all taught that it’s fine to steal and cheat as long as they are providing funds for the prophets. There are several of these cults like the Jessops, that are worth over 400 million. Most of that is YOUR money they took from your hard work.

They are nothing but molesting cultists that like to dress their women like little prairie girls, the pinafore’s and dresses are fetishist even on Grandmother’s - it’s all very bizarre, and all of the children under 18 should be taken, if their mother’s don’t want to leave the cult so be it, the kids should be taken away. The cult shouldn’t get another generation of breeding slaves.

Another interesting thing - in TX you neither need a birth certificate or a death certificate. The only state in the Union where this is possible, you can literally live and die, and no one has to even know you ever existed. Scary huh? That’s why they moved to Tx from Colorado City Ut.

By: Jody

Jody — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:08:12 +0000

Hello:I appreciate your comments about the differences of LDS and FLDS, it’s nice to have others recognize this who are not a part of the LDS faith.

LDS people are Christians, we believe that Jesus Christ died for the sins of all humanity so we might be saved through his atonement, and I find it quite ironic that other Christians deem it their right to approve other Christian sects, it doesn’t seem like a very Christian attitude to me.

I am also under the personal opinion of live and let live. I will respect whatever another chooses to believe, because that is their right.
And though people condemn religion as the ’stupification of society’, please stop to think about how important it is for children to be raised with a moral compass, and while you don’t need religion to provide this for your child, it certainly provides that for some. Maybe this statement sounds ignorant, but what is wrong with believing, or having faith that there is someone guiding and directing our paths, someone that is there when others are not, someone who cares and loves us unconditionally.
This is just how I feel, and being married to an Atheist, I have this conversation on almost a daily basis– so don’t think I haven’t heard the other side.

By: Bodhi

Bodhi — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:27:01 +0000

Interesting, thanks for the book title hello

By: Enonymous

Enonymous — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:39:50 +0000

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By: headache

headache — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:30:42 +0000

Hello, I think you mean Jonestown if you are referring to Jim Jones’s little trip down to Guyana which ended in a fatal flavoraid party.

Jamestown was the Virginia settlement with John Smith, Pocahontas and all that jazz.

As for a religion being legitimate only when the military gets around the recognizing it, I’m sure many pagans would be offended by the idea that their branch of faith is not a legitimate religion.

And tax exempt status legitimizes the church, not the religion. Faith and religion in this country are not legislated nor do they go through any kind of approval process except for in the court of public opinion.

By: Violetta

Violetta — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:47:52 +0000

Terrible.

I will first accept the entertainement industry when they start producing a tv show with one wife having 3 husbands, and everything they say is “no big deal”, “perfectly normal”.

This makes me sick.

By: ER

ER — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:55:06 +0000

I just feel for the children who are separated from their parents. The parents deserve what they’re getting, but the children just know they miss mommy!