You referenced what I wrote and then you wrote “I doubt this is true”. I took that to mean that you were saying that what I wrote wasn’t true. To me, that’s the same as calling me a liar. Maybe that’s not what you meant, but that’s how I read it.
Exactly. If you want to know the real Joseph Smith, just look at Warren Jeffs.just stating the facts. nice to see the mormons here showing their true colors though with their unconditional support for polygamy, marrying underage girls, “assigning” and reassigning wives and children as if they were chattel…makes it so much easier to show just what Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and their ilk really taught. keep it up
well, that is the problem with this kind of written forum… you can’t read people’s looks, gestures, etc…
I don’t. How about you?I suppose the whole issue is moot unless you plan on turning gay?
I guess the court has seen through the “travesty of justice”. It’s kind of funny what happens when you count your chickens before they are hatched.
I recommend you to start your own breakaway “anti-American legal system” sect:just stating the facts. nice to see the mormons here showing their true colors though with their unconditional support for polygamy, marrying underage girls, “assigning” and reassigning wives and children as if they were chattel…makes it so much easier to show just what Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and their ilk really taught. keep it up
I agree with your overall philosophy. I find I have question about the application of that philosophy in this case.
I’ve never been able to get a straight answer about that, they always evade the question one way or the other. However, given that a man must practice polygamy in the afterlife in order to achieve the fullness of celestial glory, i.e., become a god and get his very own planet, the god of earth, by definition, would have to have multiple wives with whom to beget the spirit babies. So, yeah, it really should be heavenly mothers. Remaining mute about them, or feigning ignorance, seems pretty disrespectful.Since polygamy is still Mormon Doctrine, just “taken from the Earth today”, it’s really not surprising that there is at least underlying support for the practice. I’ve even heard that Mormons believe that God/Heavenly Father is polygamous. And here I thought there was just one “Heavenly Mother”.
I have received a straight answer which is why I can say without hesitation that polygamy is still Mormon Doctrine, just not practiced “on the earth today”. But in general, yes, Mormons tend to avoid discussing controversial topics. In this way, they can appear to be more “mainstream”. Inquirers into the faith are given very little information and the most unusual aspects of the development of Mormonism is not shared with potential converts.
no need. i have faith that all will end well
so how loving and stable is it when women and children are “reassigned” new husbands and fathers at the whim of the leaders? what about when the older boys are exiled to ensure enough girls for the harems of the old men? what about being “assigned” to be a wife at 12? not to mention the harm of being denied education and freedom and being brainwashed out on the compound so that you lack the ability to make informed decisions?
What i would like to know is: Is there proof of this? And if so, why hasn’t anything been done? (assuming nothing much has been done… i have to admit i haven’t been following it much these days…)
Hush your mouth!! :hypno:
yes there is proof and much of it is freely acknowledged by the perpetrators. what’s been done is the state went in and took the children. the marriages have no legal standing since polygamy is a crime. the people hide on their compound and don’t talk. so the assignments and reassignments of women and children aren’t easy to do anything about. the exile of the young men is swept under the rug as well. these polyg communities like to have their own cops and go to great lengths to hide the facts. the boys are all delinquets who “ran away” if you ask. the schools are all private and so they cover that up as well. it’s a sticky wicket. at least Texas is trying to do something. utah and arizona seem complicit. mexico and canada just ignore it.
That does pre-suppose that the “parents” who are demanding the return of their “children” are their actual parents. Since the cult reassigns wives and children, that’s not a “given” in this case.