What I knew about Joseph Smith' polygamy
harmony wrote:A search of lds.org using "Joseph Smith polyandry" results in 0 results.
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Adrian Beverland
Adrian Beverland
Thanks for the input. Runtu, what is Tambuli? I did a search for it and am guessing from the reference I found on lds.org it might be a magazine for the military? I don't remember ever hearing about it.
I did read the Ensign faithfully when I was at home. In 79 I was on my mission, so it's understandable that I missed that one. Perhaps I didn't keep up with the Ensign when I was at BYU, I really can't recall. I thought I read every issue, but maybe I didn't. And maybe my own confirmation bias was at work, as well. I adored the prophet Joseph and was more than willing to associate polygamy largely with BY, who seemed a more dictatorial, distant character. So perhaps I read these things and my mind helpfully erased them for me. Or perhaps I interpreted it in the platonic manner that some members of MAD do today. My adoration of Joseph Smith, despite the fact that I never could obtain a "real" testimony through the witness of the HG of his mission, made it that much more difficult for me when I read Mormon Polygamy. However, as dismayed and upset as I was, I still would have continued to believe had God answered my sincere prayers about Joseph Smith' calling as prophet.
I did read the Ensign faithfully when I was at home. In 79 I was on my mission, so it's understandable that I missed that one. Perhaps I didn't keep up with the Ensign when I was at BYU, I really can't recall. I thought I read every issue, but maybe I didn't. And maybe my own confirmation bias was at work, as well. I adored the prophet Joseph and was more than willing to associate polygamy largely with BY, who seemed a more dictatorial, distant character. So perhaps I read these things and my mind helpfully erased them for me. Or perhaps I interpreted it in the platonic manner that some members of MAD do today. My adoration of Joseph Smith, despite the fact that I never could obtain a "real" testimony through the witness of the HG of his mission, made it that much more difficult for me when I read Mormon Polygamy. However, as dismayed and upset as I was, I still would have continued to believe had God answered my sincere prayers about Joseph Smith' calling as prophet.
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