I have been down a wormhole learning about the beliefs behind the madness. I'm adjusting my vantage-point on the children. I believe they are in hiding. I think Lori and Chad actually believe these earthquakes/floods are coming in July 2020. The books and beliefs indicate that, at the second coming, the chosen will go to these camps in Rocky Mountains to avoid the catastrophe.
Now, i am sure their personal psychologies are the drivers behind how things are playing out. Perhaps they are not consciously aware that they are being selfish because they have a story that they believe. And that story involves Lori believing she is an important translated being. Now these words aren't psychotic (as i had theorized previously). The belief of translated beings, the coming of the end, having lived previous lives, all come from existing books and beliefs of the AVOW community. She's not making up random stuff. She's getting it from her indoctrination.
If they believe what they are doing enough to take the lives of their spouses, i believe they would stick to the script and send the kids into hiding (unless they are not the chosen). I just don't see any kind of motive for Lori to kill the children. I do see her selling the dog and putting things into storage because they are literally leaving. Doomsday preppers can't bring dogs (another mouth to feed) when the end is coming in a couple of months. They aren't going to need bikes and blankets. They would have to leave behind their most precious things. Perhaps she has an attachment to those things and wants to be able to get them back after the flood or in case there isn't a flood.
Finally, i don't believe the children are deceased because of this: the life insurance policy on CV. No one will say in the media who is actually going to get it. It's clear CV took Lori off but not so sure the Woodcocks were the final beneficiaries. CV likely left it to his children. That way, they get it no matter where they end up. That's the smart thing for him to do. Lori knows this and, without, the child there is no money. She obviously has a need for money, although consciously she believes she is getting the money for the spiritual mission (like Chad perhaps too).
I just don't see a motive in her taking the kids out. I do see, based upon my perusal of their beliefs that the kids are in hiding; however, take this with a grain of salt because anyone crazy enough to take others lives based upon these beliefs are dangerous and the "prophecies" are being updated by a self-proclaimed prophet. Keep in mind, to them, death is just elimination of the veil for some. Alex may have even believed this so much that when he completed his mission, he poisoned himself but it sure looks like everyone who knows anything about what happened to Charles is being disappeared.
MOO
Now, i am sure their personal psychologies are the drivers behind how things are playing out. Perhaps they are not consciously aware that they are being selfish because they have a story that they believe. And that story involves Lori believing she is an important translated being. Now these words aren't psychotic (as i had theorized previously). The belief of translated beings, the coming of the end, having lived previous lives, all come from existing books and beliefs of the AVOW community. She's not making up random stuff. She's getting it from her indoctrination.
If they believe what they are doing enough to take the lives of their spouses, i believe they would stick to the script and send the kids into hiding (unless they are not the chosen). I just don't see any kind of motive for Lori to kill the children. I do see her selling the dog and putting things into storage because they are literally leaving. Doomsday preppers can't bring dogs (another mouth to feed) when the end is coming in a couple of months. They aren't going to need bikes and blankets. They would have to leave behind their most precious things. Perhaps she has an attachment to those things and wants to be able to get them back after the flood or in case there isn't a flood.
Finally, i don't believe the children are deceased because of this: the life insurance policy on CV. No one will say in the media who is actually going to get it. It's clear CV took Lori off but not so sure the Woodcocks were the final beneficiaries. CV likely left it to his children. That way, they get it no matter where they end up. That's the smart thing for him to do. Lori knows this and, without, the child there is no money. She obviously has a need for money, although consciously she believes she is getting the money for the spiritual mission (like Chad perhaps too).
I just don't see a motive in her taking the kids out. I do see, based upon my perusal of their beliefs that the kids are in hiding; however, take this with a grain of salt because anyone crazy enough to take others lives based upon these beliefs are dangerous and the "prophecies" are being updated by a self-proclaimed prophet. Keep in mind, to them, death is just elimination of the veil for some. Alex may have even believed this so much that when he completed his mission, he poisoned himself but it sure looks like everyone who knows anything about what happened to Charles is being disappeared.
MOO