02 Joseph Smith was an honest Seer, not a lying polygamist
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The
standard Latter-day Saint narrative is the Joseph Smith
introduced polygamy, had many wives and lied about it.
Joseph spoke out strongly against polygamy many times. Is it
possible that we incorrectly cast him as a polygamist? Joseph Smith's grandson
RLDS Patriarch Elbert A. Smith said it best: "There is not halfway ground. Either Joseph Smith
was true and clean, open and above board ... or else he was
a hypocrite and a fraud through and through, as his enemies
claim." |
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2.
Latter-day
Scriptures warned against polygamy and D&C132 was
modified. 3.
Joseph's
history was modified to change his position on plural
marriage. 4.
Joseph
was sealed
to men and women. They were no sexual relationships. 5.
Memory
is not a reliable source for accurate
historical events. 6.
Emma,
Lucy and William Smith say that polygamy didn't come
from Joseph. 7.
Most
of the evidence implicating Joseph came during the 1880s when
the church was trying to prove that Joseph originated an
essential doctrine of the church. 8.
DNA
tests have revealed that all possible biological
descendants only come from Emma. 9.
The
"marriage" to Fanny Alger in the 1835-36 was brought up in the
High Council court in Far West where Oliver admitted that
Joseph didn't do anything wrong: Sealing not Marriage 10.
Living
husbands of wives that were sealed to Joseph never complained
in the slightest: Sealings not Marriages. 11.
The
story
of an angel with a sword telling Joseph that he must
start the practice was also a late source and doesn't agree
with the ways of God. 12.
How
did plural marriage begin with the Saints? 13.
Hyrum
Smith was not a polygamist as has been claimed. 14.
There
is strong evidence that Joseph
and Hyrum were killed because they opposed plural
marriage that was secretly being taught
by Brigham Young, John Taylor and Willard Richards. 15.
History
and Analysis of D&C 132 16.
Jacob
2:30 can't be used to support plural marriage. 17.
A
STRONG PROOF that Joseph didn't approve of plural marriage is
the fact that after Joseph died Brigham added TEN wives that
same year and Heber C. Kimble added NINE. Heber only had one
plural marriage before that date. Why the sudden surge after
Joseph died? 18.
It
is also interesting to see
what Brigham did to the organization of the church to
seize control. 19.
1842
"revelation" to Newell K. Whitney is questionable, but
is a foundation document to prove Joseph started polygamy. 20.
The
Fruits of Polygamy - Video:
Polygamy Killed Honesty |
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