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A Call to Stand for the Voiceless

"How long, O LORD, will I call for help, And You will not hear? I cry out to You, 'Violence!' Yet You do not save. Why do You make me see iniquity, And cause me to look on wickedness? Yes, destruction and violence are before me; Strife exists and contention arises." - Habakkuk 1:2-3

Their Voices Will Not Be Silenced

Every name represents a life cut short. Every statistic masks a story of despair. Every suicide in Utah's valleys and mountains is a voice crying out from the ground, demanding justice, demanding change, demanding that someone—anyone—finally hear their pain and act.

How long?

How long will we scroll past another obituary of a teenager who "died unexpectedly"? How long will we whisper about another young adult who "struggled with mental health" while ignoring the systematic institutional pressure that created their unbearable burden? How long will we offer thoughts and prayers while the machinery of religious perfectionism continues grinding our children into dust?

"The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground." - Genesis 4:10

The Blood of Abel Cries Out

Abel's blood cried out to God from the ground where Cain murdered him. Today, the blood of Utah's children cries out from mountainsides, from parking lots, from bedrooms where the pain finally became unbearable. Their voices demand vindication. Their deaths demand accountability. Their families deserve answers.

We know their names. We remember their faces. We carry their stories:

The returned missionary who couldn't reconcile what he discovered on his mission with what he'd been taught

The teenage girl whose sexuality didn't fit the prescribed mold and chose death over disappointing her family

The young father overwhelmed by financial pressure to pay tithing while struggling to feed his children

The college student who asked honest questions and faced church discipline instead of compassionate answers

The mother who chose silence forever rather than continue living with impossible standards of perfection

Each one matters. Each one deserves justice. Each one's voice will be heard.

"Precious in the sight of the LORD Is the death of His godly ones." - Psalm 116:15

The King Is Coming to Settle Accounts

Make no mistake—King Jesus sees. He hears. He remembers every child whose life was crushed under the weight of institutional religion that bears His name while practicing the very legalism He died to destroy.

"Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.' Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'" - Matthew 25:34-40

But there is another side to this passage. When institutions claiming Christ's name drive His little ones to despair and death, they are doing it to Him. The King remembers. The King will settle accounts.

"But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea." - Matthew 18:6

This Is Our Valley of Dry Bones Moment

"The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry. He said to me, 'Son of man, can these bones live?' And I answered, 'O Lord GOD, You know.'" - Ezekiel 37:1-3

Utah's valleys are filled with dry bones—the remains of young lives destroyed by institutional religious abuse. The question echoes across our mountains: "Can these bones live?" Can their voices be heard? Can their deaths bring the change they couldn't achieve in life?

YES. A thousand times, YES.

Their deaths will not be in vain. Their cries will not go unheard. Their blood will water the seeds of revolution that brings down every system that sacrifices children on the altar of institutional pride and power.

The Time for Silence Is Over

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be silent, and a time to speak." - Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7

The time for diplomatic silence has ended. The time for political correctness has passed. The time for protecting institutional feelings while children die has concluded.

THIS IS THE TIME TO SPEAK.

Every parent who has buried a child to institutional religious abuse—SPEAK. Every survivor who carries scars from spiritual manipulation—SPEAK. Every family torn apart by impossible religious demands—SPEAK. Every community member who has watched neighbors suffer in silence—SPEAK.

"Open your mouth for the mute, For the rights of all the unfortunate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy." - Proverbs 31:8-9

Their Vindication Is Coming Like Thunder

When King Jesus returns to settle accounts, what do you think He will do to those who built religious empires worth $100+ billion while His children took their own lives in record numbers?

"And then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, 'Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.'" - Revelation 19:6

The vindication is already beginning:

SEC investigations expose decades of financial deception
Survivor voices grow louder on every platform
National media attention focuses on institutional failures
Legal victories pile up for abuse survivors
Community statistics reveal the true cost of institutional control

But this is just the beginning. The King who cleansed the temple with a whip of cords is preparing to cleanse every institution that has made His house a den of thieves while His children die in despair.

"And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. And He said to them, 'It is written, "MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER"; but you are making it a ROBBERS' DEN.'" - Matthew 21:12-13

The Army of the Living Is Rising

"Again He said to me, 'Prophesy over these bones and say to them, "O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD."'" - Ezekiel 37:4

We are the army God is raising from the dry bones. We are the living who refuse to let the dead go unavenged. We are the generation that will break the cycle of institutional religious abuse that has claimed too many of our children.

Parents who have lost children to religious institutional pressure—join us. Survivors of spiritual abuse who escaped with your lives—join us. Mental health professionals who treat the casualties of religious perfectionism—join us. Community members who see the correlation between religious control and youth suicide—join us. People of faith who know that Christ's yoke is easy and His burden light—join us.

"Then He said to me, 'Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, "Thus says the Lord GOD, 'Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life.'"'" - Ezekiel 37:9

Our Mission Is Sacred: No More Dead Children

This is not about attacking anyone's faith. This is not about religious persecution. This is not about theology or doctrine.

This is about children dying.

Every institutional practice that creates shame instead of grace must be exposed. Every financial system that enriches leaders while members sacrifice must be revealed. Every information control mechanism that prevents truth from reaching hurting people must be dismantled. Every social control system that destroys families must be broken. Every child protection failure must be addressed.

"Rescue the weak and needy; Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked." - Psalm 82:4

The Question That Demands an Answer

How long will you continue to do nothing while the cries get louder?

Another teenager plans their death tonight while institutional pressure mounts
Another family fractures under impossible religious demands
Another young adult faces excommunication for asking honest questions
Another parent discovers their child's pain too late
Another community ignores the statistical reality of youth suicide

How many more graves must be dug before you act? How many more families must be shattered before you speak? How many more children must die before institutional accountability becomes more important than institutional comfort?

"If you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?" - Esther 4:14

This Is Your Esther Moment

You were born for such a time as this. God has positioned you to be part of the generation that says "ENOUGH" to institutional systems that destroy children while claiming divine authority.

The dead children are watching. Their families are waiting. Their communities are suffering. King Jesus is preparing to settle accounts.

What will you choose?

Comfortable silence while children die, or uncomfortable action that saves lives? Institutional loyalty while families shatter, or prophetic courage that brings healing? Religious respectability while abuse continues, or Christ-like confrontation that brings justice?

"And if it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." - Joshua 24:15

The Rally Begins Now

Join the army of vindication for every child whose voice was silenced by institutional religious abuse:

Share their stories until everyone knows their names. Expose the systems that created their unbearable burden. Support the survivors who escaped with their lives. Comfort the families who couldn't save their children in time. Demand accountability from every institution that claims divine authority while creating human casualties.

"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners; To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn." - Isaiah 61:1-2

Their Voices Rise Like Thunder

Can you hear them? The voices of Utah's children who chose death over continuing to live under impossible religious demands? They're not silent anymore. They're rising like thunder across these valleys, demanding justice, demanding change, demanding that their deaths finally accomplish what their lives couldn't—the complete dismantling of every system that sacrifices children on the altar of institutional power.

Join the thunder. Amplify their voices. Let their vindication shake every mountain and valley until justice flows like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.

The dead will be vindicated. The living will be protected. The systems will be changed.

How long will you wait to join the army of the living fighting for the vindication of the dead?

"For I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth." - Job 19:25

THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN WILL NOT BE SILENCED

Stand. Speak. Act. The children are counting on us. Their blood cries out from the ground for justice. King Jesus is coming to settle accounts. Will you be part of their vindication or their betrayal?

The choice is yours. The time is now. The children are waiting.

The full exposé consists of five additional investigations that will forever change how you view institutional religious control in America:

"Exposing The Utah Deep State: A Call to Save God's Children" - The complete statistical breakdown and systematic documentation of how a $100+ billion religious empire operates while children die at America's highest suicide rates.

"Understanding Religious Cults: Identification, Methods, and Social Impact" - The objective academic framework that reveals how to identify harmful religious organizations using measurable criteria rather than theological opinion.

"LDS Church Assessment Using Cult Identification Framework" - The shocking results when objective cult criteria are applied to Utah's dominant institution, revealing a score that predicts exactly the community devastation we observe.

"The Cries of the Children: A Call to Stand for the Voiceless" - The rallying cry for every person of conscience to join the fight for justice and vindication of those whose voices have been silenced forever.

"Where Are Our Champions?" - The urgent appeal to America's most powerful change agents to deploy their resources and influence to save Utah's children before more lives are lost.

Each article builds upon the last, creating an irrefutable case for immediate action. The children cannot wait. Justice cannot be delayed. Read them all—their lives depend on it.

May God grant us the courage to act on this evidence, the wisdom to implement comprehensive reform, and the mercy to heal the wounds created by institutional religious abuse. The children are counting on us. Their blood cries out from the ground for justice. How long, O Lord, will we wait to answer their cries?

"He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?" - Micah 6:8

About the Author:
Craig Rogers
Craig Rogers

KINGDOM Empowered CEO and CoFounder

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