The New York Times
Sunday, December 29, 1912
Museum Walls Proclaim Fraud of Mormon Prophet
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"It's better to know nothing than to know what ain't so."
--Josh Billings
--Josh Billings
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Posted on 02/22/2008 9:11:12 AM PST by Zakeet
They're called the "Lost Boys," the teenagers kicked out of their homes and communities by leaders of the polygamist Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to ensure there's an ample supply of single, young women who will one day become plural wives. Representative Lorie Fowlke (R-Orem), is running a bill to make this abandonment a felony.
"Estimates are that we've had more than 1,000 children - primarily in southern Utah - thrown out of their homes," Fowlke says. "What we were trying to do with this bill is criminalize this behavior and send a message to this community that they can't just throw away their children."
H.B. 23 adds child abandonment to the definition of child abuse, and makes it a felony crime. It also adds an enhancement if a parent or organization benefits from the child's abandonment to further an illegal enterprise, such as polygamy. This is the case with the FLDS church, says Roger Hoole, a lawyer who represents some of the displaced young men and sits on the board for the Utah Association for Justice. He says the church benefits from kicking out young men who would compete for plural wives. This, he says, has devastating consequences.
"There's a huge impact that's coming, like a tsunami, that's going to hit the state of Utah, when these boys get a little older and realize what has happened to them and get angry," Hoole says. "There's a real problem here."
Fowlke's bill gained unanimous support in a Senate committee this morning, and now heads to the full Senate for consideration.
Those are your words and thoughts and I know the prophet dose not think like you, it is you who is filling in the blanks from the ways of the world, that is your choice, we all have choice!
Happy leaper to you!:)
If I was born on leap year I would be only 24 yrs old!
2 Nephi 3:12 Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins write; and the fruit of thy loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins of Judah, shall grow together,
2 Nephi 3:18 And the Lord said unto me also: I will raise up unto the fruit of thy loins; and I will make for him a spokesman. And I, behold, I will give unto him that he shall write the writing of the fruit of thy loins, unto the fruit of thy loins; and the spokesman of thy loins shall declare it.
Joseph Smith Translation Gen. 50: 27 Thus saith the Lord God of my fathers unto me, A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins, and he shall be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins; and unto him will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren.
Joseph Smith Translation Gen. 50: 31 Wherefore the fruit of thy loins shall write, and the fruit of thy loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins of Judah, shall grow together
Does this mean you are 96??
Hey Elsie,
With your HTML skill, can you Google the New York Times article: “Museum Walls Proclaim Fraud of Mormon Prophet” and post the picture here? It would really be a nice addition to the thread.
Thank you,
What year were you born ???
Tell me where I’m wrong.
"Brethren, I want you to understand that it is not to be as it has been heretofore. The brother missionaries have been in the habit of picking out the prettiest women for themselves before they get here, and bringing on the ugly ones for us; hereafter you have to bring them all here before taking any of them, and let us all have a fair shake."
- Apostle Heber C. Kimball, The Lion of the Lord, New York, 1969, pp.129-30.
“Brethren, I want you to understand that it is not to be as it has been heretofore. The brother missionaries have been in the habit of picking out the prettiest women for themselves before they get here, and bringing on the ugly ones for us; hereafter you have to bring them all here before taking any of them, and let us all have a fair shake.”
- Apostle Heber C. Kimball, The Lion of the Lord, New York, 1969, pp.129-30.
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WHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAATTTT ????????????????
Giving quotes from LDS Prophets and Apostles to LDS Members is like giving Kryptonite to Superman.
I was right another character right out of aesop fables...
That was a pretty good quote, wasn't it?
Like they say if it walks like a duck, acts like a duck, and talks like a duck than it is a duck!
The New York Times
Sunday, December 29, 1912
Museum Walls Proclaim Fraud of Mormon Prophet
(Click image or here for a PDF file of article.)
I never heard it before ...
What horrible lust filled wicked guys those early mormons were...
She won't tell you because... you... are a pig.
excellent letter to the editor on the Mormon history of Polygamy.
http://i4m.com/think/polygamy/polygamy_widows.htm
Just so that I understoond you clearly...are you referring to me or the Mormon prophet(s)?
Now if these Missionaries are bringing back a bunch of ugly women from their missions to give to the Brethren, well... they aren't really "procreation material" are they?
Thank you, Elsie!
That looks so much better than just quoting the headline!
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