At a stake conference over 100 years ago, mainstream LDS leader George Q. Cannon of the First Presidency said: The people of the world do not believe in breeding, but we do. So the people of the world will die out and we will fill the whole earth. I admit those raising children by plural wives are not complying with man-made laws, but in the sight of God they are not sinning, as there is no sin in it. (George Q. Cannon, Sanpete Stake conference, Sept., 1899. Smoot Investigation, Vol. 1, p. 9.) [BTW, fLDS still cite this LDS source]
“Polygamy”
Thank you Colofornian, for quoting that; it’s interesting to learn that a “mainstream” LDS came out and admitted to approving of polygamy. I wonder how widespread that sentiment is in “mainstream” LDS? Hopefully a tiny margin only.
I would think most Mormon *women* would have the same reaction I’d have to any approval of polygamy, NO WAY. That’s gotta be acceptable only to *women* who’ve been brainwashed and / or are so disenfranchised and disadvantaged that they are unable or unwilling to refuse to go along with it.
“Pedophilia”
The pedophilia seems to go hand in hand with the polygamy. It’s a condition straight from the pit of hell.
“Breeding”
Where I live there are lots-o-latinos and lots-o-Native-Americans, and both of those groups have many many noticeably large families. And sometimes when I see those BIG fams, I think, they won’t all be wiped out in some catastrophe (God forbid) the way the rest of us will — at the very least, they have a better chance that someone will be left to carry on.
Of course that’s true for the all with big fams, and so the Mormons and the Roman Catholics would fit in there, at least some of them. If / when the Difficult Times start, they will have better odds of having someone left.