The Weavers subscribed to the belief of "Christian Identity", which holds that white people are the lost tribe of Israel. Vicki Weaver developed a set of beliefs following Old Covenant Laws, and the family referred to God as "Yahweh". Because Weaver considered a woman having a child to be "unclean", she gave birth to her fourth child in a shed behind the family's cabin on Ruby Ridge. After charges were pressed against her husband, Vicki Weaver wrote to U.S. Attorney Maurice O. Ellsworth, addressing him as "Servant of the Queen of Babylon" and writing, "The stink of your lawless government has reached Heaven, the abode of Yahweh our Yashua," and, "Whether we live or whether we die, we will not bow to your evil commandments."