You may want to apologize for the personal attack before trying to justify child sexual abuse.. That is men in their 30's taking 13 years old girls as wives, and plural wives at that.. IHS jim
You may want to apologize for the personal attack before trying to justify child sexual abuse.. That is men in their 30's taking 13 years old girls as wives, and plural wives at that.. IHS jim
The wives get younger and younger. What no once has ever been able to explain is how Joseph never had any offspring with 34 different women. Some of these women swore that the had Joseph's baby, all were lying. Don't get me wrong, I do believe that some were polygamist (true wives), but you dwell on the very young and pay no mind to the very old he was sealed too.
The wives get younger and younger. What no once has ever been able to explain is how Joseph never had any offspring with 34 different women. Some of these women swore that the had Joseph's baby, all were lying. Don't get me wrong, I do believe that some were polygamist (true wives), but you dwell on the very young and pay no mind to the very old he was sealed too.
As you well know, D&C 132 commands that plurality is only to be entered into to "raise up seed" to the Mormon deity. Read it again. Are you suggesting that Smith didn't intend to do that when entering into these "marriages?" And please don't be so naive that you think Smith didn't have sex with his wives, when Brigham Young got fourteen of Smith's plurals to sign affidavits that they did have sex with him when the Reorganized Church was accusing Young of starting the whole polygamy mess. And by t he way, go to a medical book and look up coitus interruptus, the common method of nineteenth century birth control. There is also the issue of Smith making his "wives" live with other men - and in this way covering up any mistakes. Bennett was always around if further measures needed to be taken.
Oath formerly taken by Mormons promising not to reveal secret Mormon temple rituals: "Should we do so, we agree to have our breasts cut open and our hearts and vitals torn from our bodies and given to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field."
That is no longer required...also it says to those whom this law has been revealed. It is no longer required under any circumstances. Just like no need for the Law of Moses and the sacrifice of animals.
As you well know, D&C 132 commands that plurality is only to be entered into to "raise up seed" to the Mormon deity. Read it again. Are you suggesting that Smith didn't intend to do that when entering into these "marriages?" And please don't be so naive that you think Smith didn't have sex with his wives, when Brigham Young got fourteen of Smith's plurals to sign affidavits that they did have sex with him when the Reorganized Church was accusing Young of starting the whole polygamy mess. And by t he way, go to a medical book and look up coitus interruptus, the common method of nineteenth century birth control. There is also the issue of Smith making his "wives" live with other men - and in this way covering up any mistakes. Bennett was always around if further measures needed to be taken.
How do you know that Joseph Smith was telling the truth, PaPa? Why would God change His mind (and the BoM solidly condemns polygamy), and if it was God's will, why would Joseph Smith consistently lie about it? Do you think God told David Koresh to take young teenage girls into his bed (as he did)?
Oath formerly taken by Mormons promising not to reveal secret Mormon temple rituals: "Should we do so, we agree to have our breasts cut open and our hearts and vitals torn from our bodies and given to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field."
oh yes....your grandfather was a true pedophile to be sure....
Let me get this right...
The little girl is sleeping, and wakes up and sees a guy leaning over her,,
and....
This "angel" then jumped out the window?
Ummm,,,ok, I think I know what what that "angel" actually was...
Well, Papa, he obviously leaned in that direction. Your grandmother's parents were remiss in allowing that. Was she pregnant?
Oath formerly taken by Mormons promising not to reveal secret Mormon temple rituals: "Should we do so, we agree to have our breasts cut open and our hearts and vitals torn from our bodies and given to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field."
"In 1834 he was commanded to take me for a Wife …"
Question: If JS was command in 1834 to take Mary Elizabeth for a wife, how could he have told her about it in 1831?