And I, agree and disagree.
I believe the doctrine (the religion) IS the culture, and cannot be separated.
This article is relatively new, and discusses in depth how the Daybell-Vallow case, as part of a much larger fringe LDS conglomerate. There are a number of cases/people who "used" the doctrine/culture to perform criminal acts.
The Daybell-Vallow case is exceptionally heinous, thus it stands out independently, as such a vile crime.
But what about the underage sexual grooming cases, kidnapping cases, or rabid MLS scams. Are they not vile too?.
All LDS offshoots started with "LDS
prothletising, turning to false prophets.
The conspiratorial world that produced Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell may be extreme, but it is anything but fringe.
www.thedailybeast.com
"nothing about their story ends until the wider LDS culture stops casting the pair aside as fringe freaks of the faith, but extremists who were coddled in their midst"
Note:
And I quote and value your statement
But I am only one person, speaking from my own experiences, so MOO".
I am not Mormon. Members of my immediate family are. And my long term next door neighbor is direct lineage of one of the original powerful Danish families who were part of Joseph Smith's expansion to Europe.