Under the Banner of Heaven
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Brady: Brother, when men of faith say that they feel the burning of the bosom by the Holy Spirit, I was raised to believe it.
Detective Jeb Pyre: If they told me their bosom was burning to let someone die, I’d do my own praying.
The more wives we marry, the more children we sire, and the greater the glory in worlds without end.
Dan Lafferty
I will remove your family, past and future, from the kingdom of Heaven. I will cast the dust from my feet and curse you for all eternity unless you show me the respect Heavenly Father demands.
Sam Lafferty
Detective Jeb Pyre: It’s a nice neighborhood up in the hills. Closer to the Lord, they say.
Detective Bill Taba: It’s the nice neighborhoods that worry me the most.
It is the decision of this council that you, Ron Lafferty, be excommunicated. But know that with repentance comes the healing waters of re-baptism.
Stake President Stowe
Brother, our greatest loss can be traced back to words written by a wife who thought she knew better than her husband.
Bernard Brady
Let it be a reminder -- sometimes the closer we are to Heavenly Father, the more we are going to be persecuted.
Ron Lafferty
We made a vow, Joseph, and I will not stand to watch you say it is holy to marry others because you've grown bored of me.
Emma Smith
Our forebearers never fretted about how much they risked standing firm in their faith.
Dan Lafferty
I did what the church taught us us to do. Put my questions on the shelf. It’s hard to keep them up there, isn’t it?
Allen Lafferty
Our church vowed that if man’s laws ever conflicted with ours that we'd be ranged under the banner of heaven against the government.
Dan Lafferty
Detective Bill Taba: What are you doing?
Detective Jeb Pyre: Proving to those inside that I’m a Mormon before I’m a cop.