Well, aside from Teppe directly doing so (post 56), you have acad1228 indirectly so...(post 61)
....you immediately jump in (post 3) to make the thread about the person writing the article...not polygamy...and Olag-hai (post 4) ensures we all get the implication that if any religion isn't as bad as radical Islam, it can't be that problematic.
Hence, Mormonism's polygamy problem -- THE subject of the thread -- is no longer discussed.
It's a common debate tactic...change the subject. "Look, over there!"
Yes.
I now see teppe explicitly defending Mormonism.
I don’t think 61 is a defense of Mormonism.
Nor is anything I or Olog wrote a defense of Mormonism.
Hell yes, I'll defend Mormonism. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Southern Baptist who has known a good many Mormons.
To a man, they were all good, honest, loyal and hard working people. I never heard one of them say anything that could remotely be considered back stabbing. Nor would they tolerate anyone else engaging in gossip or back-stabbing.
One guy I knew was actually appalled when someone suggested a way to cheat on his taxes.
By their actions alone they comport themselves the way a Christian should. They don't try to shove their beliefs down your throat. All they ask is to be allowed to worship in according to their faith.
I've read the B.o.M. and the D & C as well as the P.o.G.P. I don't agree with everything they believe, but I will defend their right to believe it.