Apologette
05-23-2016, 07:22 AM
Joseph Smith was a "player." That's what kids would call him today. He was married lawfully to only one woman, and that was Emma Hale, with whom he eloped - her family objecting to Smith as a future son-in-law And with good reason. After all, Smith was a treasure hunter who preferred looking at rocks in a hat to actual work! After Joey got the word from two beings who supposedly appeared to him, stating that the whole Christian Church had become an apostate abomination, he founded his own church, which has been called by various names, but is best known as the Mormons. Joey and Emma moved to Kirtland, Ohio. And this is where Fanny Alger comes in. According to the cult of Mormonism, Fanny was Joey's first "plural wife." Truth be told, Fanny moved into the Smith home to "help" Emma out with the chores and ended up as Joey's mistress. Here is a brief description:
http://exmormon.org/d6/drupal/Joseph-Smith-and-Fanny-Alger
Note, the above article is written by Steve Benson, the grandson of the former Mormon Prophet Benson. Steve Benson has left the Mormon cult. His "essays" are a lot more on target historically than the "essays" put out by the Mormons to cover up Joey Smith's adulterous behavior.
As the article states: "Smith's first known sexual affair was with a teenager named Fannie Alger, who was living with Smith and his first wife Emma in their Kirtland, Ohio, home. Fanny was also Smith's first confimred plural wife. Smith “came to know[her] in Kirtland during early 1833 when she, at the age of 16, stayed at his home as a housemaid. Described as 'a very nice and comly young woman,' according to Benjamin Johnson, Fanny lived with the Smith family from 1833 to 1836.”
Further info relates the fact that Emma caught the blissful couple in a barn, and soon the pregnant Fannie was kicked out of her home and the poor orphan girl had to live in the homes of others'. In any case, Oliver Cowdery's statement stands as a testimony against Joseph Smith:
"After Emma related what she had witnessed, Smith, according to McLellin, 'confessed humbly, and begged forgiveness. Emma and all forgave him.' While Oliver Cowdery may have forgiven his cousin Joseph Smith, he did not forget the incident. Three years later, when provoked by the prophet, Cowdery countered by calling the Fanny Alger episode 'a dirty, nasty, filthy affair.' " (Ibid.)
And so it was a "dirty, nasty, filthy affair." Mormons try to justify it today by saying Fanny was Joey's first wife, and that the "revelation" on plural marriage must have been received by Joey the Player in Kirtland, Ohio. Very convenient, but no evidence supports that fabrication. Joey was a player and anybody who follows him supports Smith's infidelity and narcissistic, sex-centered, lifestyle.
http://exmormon.org/d6/drupal/Joseph-Smith-and-Fanny-Alger
Note, the above article is written by Steve Benson, the grandson of the former Mormon Prophet Benson. Steve Benson has left the Mormon cult. His "essays" are a lot more on target historically than the "essays" put out by the Mormons to cover up Joey Smith's adulterous behavior.
As the article states: "Smith's first known sexual affair was with a teenager named Fannie Alger, who was living with Smith and his first wife Emma in their Kirtland, Ohio, home. Fanny was also Smith's first confimred plural wife. Smith “came to know[her] in Kirtland during early 1833 when she, at the age of 16, stayed at his home as a housemaid. Described as 'a very nice and comly young woman,' according to Benjamin Johnson, Fanny lived with the Smith family from 1833 to 1836.”
Further info relates the fact that Emma caught the blissful couple in a barn, and soon the pregnant Fannie was kicked out of her home and the poor orphan girl had to live in the homes of others'. In any case, Oliver Cowdery's statement stands as a testimony against Joseph Smith:
"After Emma related what she had witnessed, Smith, according to McLellin, 'confessed humbly, and begged forgiveness. Emma and all forgave him.' While Oliver Cowdery may have forgiven his cousin Joseph Smith, he did not forget the incident. Three years later, when provoked by the prophet, Cowdery countered by calling the Fanny Alger episode 'a dirty, nasty, filthy affair.' " (Ibid.)
And so it was a "dirty, nasty, filthy affair." Mormons try to justify it today by saying Fanny was Joey's first wife, and that the "revelation" on plural marriage must have been received by Joey the Player in Kirtland, Ohio. Very convenient, but no evidence supports that fabrication. Joey was a player and anybody who follows him supports Smith's infidelity and narcissistic, sex-centered, lifestyle.