From Lost Boy, by Brent W. Jeffs, with Maia
Szalavitz (2009; pp. 103-104):
Warren
and Rulon preached that, because the apocalypse was coming, the people needed
to be even more perfect and godlike to ensure their survival...
Warren
began preaching that almost all material possession were “idols” and that we
had to stop worshipping them. He wanted
us to rid ourselves of worldly good in preparation for the apocalypse. Anything that wasn’t “useful” was a worldly
thing. This included all kinds of
trinkets, artwork, even family photos...
I’d
start taking woodshop class in about fifth grade. We’d make wooden boxes and other decorative
items as projects. But when Warren
started in on idols, that had to stop.
One morning when I was in eighth grade, Warren preached that wall
sconces were idols. When we went into
the shop that day, the teacher was practically in tears. He dismissed the class and told us to play
outside because he was afraid that anything he could think of to make might be
interpreted as idolatry by Warren. That
would get him into trouble, and possibly even lose him his wife and his kids.
. . .
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