The stepsister of a Colorado woman who was found dead along with her sister and teenage son at a remote Rocky Mountain campsite says the women fled into the wilderness after struggling to cope with societal changes in recent years, but they were unequipped to survive off the grid.

Exposed to several feet of snow, chills below zero and with no food found at their camp, Christine Vance, Rebecca Vance and Rebecca’s son likely died of malnutrition and hypothermia, according to the autopsies released this week. Authorities haven’t released the boy’s name.

Those reports contained another chilling detail that brought stepsister Trevala Jara to tears: The 14-year-old boy’s body was found with Jara’s favorite, blessed rosary that she gave the group before they left.

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    “God was with them,” said Jara

    Well God could’ve fucking helped a little bit then, eh?

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      I don’t think god even exists. At least not the kind these poor creatures dreamed of

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        Oh certainly not. If he existed as advertised, the whole Vatican would be brimstone and pillars of salt.

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      So you would rather God step in and make sure we only make good choices completely overriding our free will? Sounds kind of authoritarian.

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        Forcing people to worship an indifferent God under threat of eternal damnation sounds authoritarian too. Which flavor would you prefer for your sky daddy?

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          You’ll be happy to know relatively few religious beliefs have a concept of eternal damnation.

          Really just two.

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            The rosary suggests these people were catholic, so I am shitting on the catholic God, not religion as a whole.

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              If they were Catholic than they can be presumed to accept and understand Catholic teaching that God does not directly interfere with the world or it is a violation of Free Will.

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                  I’m not here to debate Catholic canon with you, merely to inform you of what Catholics believe, as a former Catholic.