• nkat2112@sh.itjust.works
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    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.

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      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.

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        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?

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

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

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    She’s a lunatic, narcissistic psychopath.

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