Yet another religious cult raided

[Occhidiangela]

I'm not totally edumacated on the Pentacostals, but my surface knowledge indicates they are a pretty high-control bunch. I will say that rigor in religion is often a characteristic of high-control groups but it is not a defining one. There are plenty that are not religiously based.

I guess what I'm trying to get at was the unstated assumption in your prior post that the return of the adult women to the compound was some illustration that the situation there was not as bad as all that. My position is that the emotional control the FLDS has over these women is so strong that this is not a valid metric.

It'll be interesting to see what both sides come up with in today's hearing.

Not every woman is opposed to a patriarchical social model. Why would you assume that all women are? Some are very comfortable with their role in such a set up. I am unwilling to buy into the imbedded assumption in your remark. I am also leary of applying this meme of "mind control" as an explanation for adherence, or buy in, to such roles.

Occhi