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From the commentary: “The only way to reconcile the 1844 Joseph Smith with the 1830 Joseph Smith is if the definition of ‘unchangeable’ has changed.” (Keith Walker)

Indeed, a huge shift was breaking on the Mormon waters by March, 1839, when Smith introduced multiple gods. (When the Bible references "gods," it never goes beyond one TRUE GOD by nature/essence). Smith wrote: "According to that which was ordained in the midst of the Council of the Eternal God of ALL OTHER GODS before this world was..." (D&C 121:32)

By the last year of his life, Joseph Smith, having gone wild in embracing dozens of wives over the previous year and a half, had also moved on to embracing multiple gods.

You see, on Feb. 9, 1831 -- 180 years ago this very week -- I believe Joseph Smith fully meant what he said when the following was recorded as a "revelation": "Thou shalt love thy wife with all thy heart, and shalt cleave unto her and none else." (Feb. 9, 1831, D&C 42:22)

What made Smith go from a "none else" husband to a open philanderer? Well, that very year, the Smith took in a 14 yo "adopted" maid, Fanny Alger, whom he took as another bed partner at least by 1833 when Alger was 16.

On Aug. 7, 2009, one of the groups some Mormon FREEPERS link to -- FAIR -- a Mormon apologetics organization -- held its annual apologetics conference. One of the presenters (Greg Smith) gave a boldly-titled workshop: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Plural Marriage* (*but were afraid to ask) [Source url: http://www.fairlds.org/FAIR_Conferences/2009_Everything_You_Always_Wanted_to_Know_About_Plural_Marriage.html

Greg Smith was wrapping up his workshop when he took one last question: "I am a woman and NOT a fan of polygamy, although I and my husband are both descendants of it. Is the text of D&C 132-58-66 the origin of the practice?" Answer: The best historical evidence suggests that plural marriage was revealed to Joseph by 1831, and that he was teaching it to a limited circle by that year.28" (Footnote #28 went to: See discussion here: http://en.fairmormon.org/Polygamy_book/Initiation_of_the_practice)

Well, of course, it was "revealed" in the bodily shape of a minor girl -- one he had in the bedroom at least by 16 if not earlier.

Emma resisted; but Smith gradually added a few more wives and then by 1842 was going hog-wild; getting a new lover each month or more.

The multiple-woman lover, having "graduated" from "none else" from 1831 days...had likewise "graduated" from a "none else" God...and of course, wouldn't you know that Joseph Smith first introduced multiple references to multiple gods in his 1843 "revelation" that was really at the time geared toward one person and "none else" -- his original wife, Emma. (D&C 132). He thought that beings which "have no end" and "have all power" should be properly referenced as "gods." (D&C 132:20)

With these 1839-1843 references to multiple gods, this implied that the Mormon god wasn't the first god -- or the ultimate god.

Less than three months before his death, Smith sealed the "deal" in provoking the real God by preaching at a funeral service where he claimed God was once a man; and that men needed to find out how to become gods themselves.

Smith was preaching against D&C 76:4 and all those Book of Mormon passages! The Mormon god had indeed "changed" in a HUGE way, graduating from mere manhood to godhood!