I wonder which of the other kids is a pedo/degenerate/criminal. They had 19, so I normally I'd say one is enough - but forget whatever you feel about religion - people who participate in reality shows are the real deviants in our society. I would place money on at LEAST two more being pedos.
Ironic that the pedo is also the one of their offspring who has had the most kids himself (so far).
Wrong. Depending on which specific cult offshoot you're referring to, they have wide varied interests these days. From gun running (one of the LDS offshoot cults owns a massive gun company and has a delightful habit of avoiding taxes to the point of storing silver bars in locked chests in basements like fucking pirates) to massive tax & welfare fraud on a small town sized scale (very easy when your 1,000+ town is all related), they have diversified their interests.
Multiple teenage brides is really just a side perk at this point. Ironically for a thread talking about the quiverfull movement (much different from LDS cults) the mormon cults completely fuck themselves with the aforementioned polygamy, which actually stunts their growth because they don't keep excess males in the community like say, the inshallah crowd - they actually expel them in some of these offshoots.
As far as the actual mainstream mormons go, they're barely different from mainstream protestants. That is to say, scripturally impotent and theologically irrelevant. Their present fecundity can't even push whites in Utah above the replacement rate (it was 2.0 in 2019, I believe South Dakota was actually higher), and is largely a result of inertia. The amish, they are not. Ironically, it's the much more theologically "backwards" (or maybe it would be more accurate to say 'traditional') cults that have much, much higher fertility rates.
Anyways, the line Carlson said about the Episcopal church will apply to the mainstream mormon church soon enough.
“Once renowned for its liturgy, now a stop on architectural and garden tours. Only tourists go there anymore.”