Since the revelation authorizing polygamy was not given until July 1843, it appears that Joseph Smith already had 30 wives before God told him it was OK.
Apparently all the time Joseph was marrying these women, he was publicly denying it:
Posted on 05/04/2008 8:42:14 AM PDT by Politicalmom
Since the revelation authorizing polygamy was not given until July 1843, it appears that Joseph Smith already had 30 wives before God told him it was OK.
Apparently all the time Joseph was marrying these women, he was publicly denying it:
bkmk
I(we?) am not here to criticize any religion.
My only concern is that the laws of the U.S. and it’s states are being broken.
Polygamy is against the law.
So is sex with a minor.
So is child labor.
So is child abuse.
So is wife beating.
If we allow the FLDS to continue these practices, under the cover of ‘religion’, then we might as well withdraw our troops from Iraq, and welcome the MUSLIMS with open arms.
All men who have had sex with minors should be released from prison, as long as they claim it is a ‘religious thing’.
Then, the Mexicans will also quit crossing our southern borders, as they will be ‘underpriced’ by the sudden availability of masses of ‘child labor’ for our fields and factories.
Of course, it won’t matter too much, because future generations may be so retarded, after such a growth of inbreeding, that we won’t care anymore if someone invades us and takes over our country.
Maybe Rulon’s son should have been named “WARRANT JEFFS”.
Poor Rulon, LOL.
*yawn*
Post 14?
What difference does it make who's bringing the information? Those women will say exactly what the male leaders tell them to, so Jeffs would be hearing the same thing whether his visitors were his wives or male leaders.
I'm sure his control is waning, but not because he isn't getting information or giving orders based on it (I've read that he uses a lot of his phone time to talk to the male leaders). But his prophecies about the wonderful imitation Zion that YFZ would be, isolating members from "contamination" by the evil outside world, obviously aren't coming true. Jeffs told his hand-picked followers that they'd all (especially the women and children" be kept "pure" when they moved to this compound. Instead, every single one of the children, and some of the adult women are now living on the evil outside under the control of evil outsiders. And their temple -- the first such building erected by the cult, and hugely significant -- has been raided by law enforcement and had a lot of its "sacred" records carted off. Even the hard core believers won't be nearly as eager to follow any of his future orders, as they were to follow his order to move to Texas and build "Zion".
Polygamists in striped prison uniforms, including George Q. Cannon (center with cane), William Gimbert Saunders (second from right), and William Morley Black (right of Cannon with white beard).
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