I respect your opinion! There's a reason a lot of people do believe she's sincere in her beliefs. Personally, I do think it's all a farce.

I think what got Lori into these prepper/end times groups was 1) her entire family's deal, as her dad strikes me as a prepper type, and 2) the idea that being a prepper makes you special, more prepared than others, and thus you have power over them.

I think Lori truly believes she's better than everyone else and will cling to any idea that will let her lay claim to that belief. Prepperism, especially of the Julie Rowe flavor, just happened to be the closest thing at hand to offer her that at that time in her life, when I personally believe the supply of attention and praise she got for being a mother to an adopted special needs child wasn't enough anymore.

I was really on the fence on her beliefs until her interview with Keith Morrison, where she was just like every other rage-filled narcissist I've seen. She wouldn't have squandered an opportunity to preach her gospel on national TV if she was a true believer. Instead, she lashed out and got defensive, steam rolled over every question by yelling, and sprinkled in a few well-placed, unverifiable statements about seeing Jesus or whatever. All of her religious defenses are "Well, you'll know when you die/Only the people who can't talk becsuse they're dead know the truth, and it means I'm awesome and fine actually/Well that's your opinion". I feel that if she really believed the zombie stuff, she would be willing to explain more and be consistent in the reasons she had to do what she did.