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More Wives Than One: Transformation of the Mormon Marriage System, 1840–1910
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Posted on 05/29/2011 3:53:15 PM PDT by Colofornian
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To: Mamzelle
I believe that at least some of the ones I knew were Christians in serious...but not fatal...error.Oh?
Could you elaborate a bit?
41
posted on
05/29/2011 9:03:54 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Mamzelle
I think a lot of Mormons will make it to heaven before these Church of England apostates. Why?
MORMONism threw it's GOD under the bus in favor of statehood.
The GOD BREATHED scripture of D&C 132 has NEVER been rescinded.
Most MORMONs are ignoring what their god COMMANDED them to do.
Why should he be pleased?
42
posted on
05/29/2011 9:07:33 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Mamzelle
Error is serious, but I contend not fatal.Why not?
43
posted on
05/29/2011 9:09:27 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Elsie
Well neither mormons or mulims are a race. Are you ignorant or just stupid? which is it
44
posted on
05/30/2011 4:42:55 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: sand lake bar
“Ive had both Muslims and Mormons as neighbors and they were good neighbors.”
Sure individuals of both can be good people. Mormons sell themselves as Christians but they are not. While misguided and leading its followers away from salvation their followers do not generally do evil.
Muslims across the world will do evil in the name of their faith. Their faith was started by a man who was a murderer, rapist and thief. He took one wife when she was 6 years old and thighed her until she was 9, when he ‘consummated’ the marriage.
The muslim quran is filled with hate and evil. While individual followers can be nice, their faith is not. So the question comes up, when they are being nice is it because they are good people, or are they lying to you until its time to force your conversion.
The only thing these two faiths have in common is they have not accepted Jesus.
45
posted on
05/30/2011 4:49:17 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
Are you ignorant or just stupid? which is itI am ignorant.
Ignorant of the REASON behind YOUR statement here: However Id rather have a mormon as a neighbor than a muslim.
What has RACE to do with it?
Well neither mormons or mulims are a race.
46
posted on
05/30/2011 4:56:15 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Elsie
I know it is a holiday, but isn’t it kinda early to be drunk?
47
posted on
05/30/2011 5:18:48 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
So the question comes up, when they are being nice is it because they are good people, or are they lying to you until its time to force your conversion. Good question!
I tried to find the ODDS that your neighbor would kill you from crime statistics, but was unable.
However, in 2010, the odds of being murdered was 5 per 100,000 nationwide.
http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/data/table_01.html
So, if you lived in a city of 100,000 people, how many of those 99,999 folks would be your neighbor?
(Or maybe 99,995, since 4 of them are gonna be dead, too.)
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posted on
05/30/2011 5:43:32 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: driftdiver
No Im pointing out that comparing Mormons to Muslims is a slippery slope for the ignorant. I rather like MORMON history to speak for itself:
I Will Be a Second Mohammed
In the heat of the Missouri Mormon War of 1838, Joseph Smith made the following claim, I will be to this generation a second Mohammed, whose motto in treating for peace was the Alcoran [Koran] or the Sword. So shall it eventually be with usJoseph Smith or the Sword! It is most interesting that a self-proclaimed Christian prophet would liken himself to Mohammed, the founder of Islam. His own comparison invites us to take a closer look as well. And when we do, we find some strikingand troublingparallels. Consider the following.
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Mohammed and Joseph Smith both had humble beginnings. Neither had formal religious connections or upbringing, and both were relatively uneducated. Both founded new religions by creating their own scriptures. In fact, followers of both prophets claim these scriptures are miracles since their authors were the most simple and uneducated of men. -
Both prophets claim of having angel visitations, and of receiving divine revelation to restore pure religion to the earth again. Mohammed was told that both Jews and Christians had long since corrupted their scriptures and religion. In like manner, Joseph Smith was told that all of Christianity had become corrupt, and that consequently the Bible itself was no longer reliable. In both cases, this corruption required a complete restoration of both scripture and religion. Nothing which preceded either prophet could be relied upon any longer. Both prophets claim they were used of God to restore eternal truths which once existed on earth, but had been lost due to human corruption. -
Both prophets created new scripture which borrowed heavily from the Bible, but with a substantially new spin. In his Koran, Mohammed appropriates a number of Biblical themes and charactersbut he changes the complete sense of many passages, claiming to correct the Bible. In so doing he changes many doctrines, introducing his own in their place. In like manner, Joseph Smith created the Book of Mormon, much of which is plagiarized directly from the King James Bible. Interestingly, the Book of Mormon claims that this same Bible has been substantially corrupted and is therefore unreliable. In addition, Joseph Smith went so far as to actually create his own version of the Bible itself, the Inspired Version, in which he both adds and deletes significant portions of text, claiming he is correcting it. In so doing he also changes many doctrines, introducing his own in their place. -
As a part of their new scriptural spin, both prophets saw themselves as prophesied in scripture, and both saw themselves as a continuation of a long line of Biblical prophets. Mohammed saw himself as a continuation of the ministry of Moses and Jesus. Joseph Smith saw himself as a successor to Enoch, Melchizedek, Joseph and Moses. Joseph Smith actually wrote himself into his own version of the Bibleby name. -
Both prophets held up their own scripture as superior to the Bible. Mohammed claimed that the Koran was a perfect copy of the original which was in heaven. The Koran is therefore held to be absolutely perfect, far superior to the Bible and superceding it. In like manner, Joseph Smith also made the following claim. I told the Brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding its precepts, than by any other book. -
Despite their claim that the Bible was corrupt, both prophets admonished their followers to adhere to its teachings. An obvious contradiction, this led to selective acceptance of some portions and wholesale rejection of others. As a result, the Bible is accepted by both groups of followers only to the extent that it agrees with their prophets own superior revelation. -
Both Mohammed and Joseph Smith taught that true salvation was to be found only in their respective religions. Those who would not accept their message were considered infidels, pagans or Gentiles. In so doing, both prophets became the enemy of genuine Christianity, and have led many people away from the Christ of the Bible. -
Both prophets encountered fierce opposition to their new religions and had to flee from town to town because of threats on their lives. Both retaliated to this opposition by forming their own militias. Both ultimately set up their own towns as model societies. -
Both Mohammed and Joseph Smith left unclear instructions about their successors. The majority of Mohammeds followers, Sunni Muslims, believe they were to elect their new leader, whereas the minority, Shiite Muslims, believe Mohammeds son was to be their next leader. Similarly, the majority of Joseph Smith's followers, Mormons, believed their next prophet should have been the existing leader of their quorum of twelve apostles, whereas the minority, RLDS, believed Joseph Smith's own son should have been their next prophet. Differences on this issue, and many others, have created substantial tension between these rival groups of each prophet. -
Mohammed taught that Jesus was just another of a long line of human prophets, of which he was the last. He taught that he was superior to Christ and superceded Him. In comparison, Joseph Smith also made the following claim.
I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am the only man that has ever been able to keep a whole church together since the days of Adam. A large majority of the whole have stood by me. Neither Paul, John, Peter, nor Jesus ever did it. I boast that no man ever did such a work as I. The followers of Jesus ran away from Him, but the Latter-day Saints never ran away from me yet. In light of these parallels, perhaps Joseph Smith's claim to be a second Mohammed unwittingly became his most genuine prophecy of all.
Joseph Smith made this statement at the conclusion of a speech in the public square at Far West, Missouri on October 14, 1838. This particular quote is documented in Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History, second edition, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971), p. 230231. Fawn Brodies footnote regarding this speech contains valuable information, and follows. Except where noted, all the details of this chapter [16] are taken from the History of the [Mormon] Church. This speech, however, was not recorded there, and the report given here is based upon the accounts of seven men. See the affidavits of T.B. Marsh, Orson Hyde, George M. Hinkle, John Corrill, W.W. Phelps, Samson Avard, and Reed Peck in Correspondence, Orders, etc., pp. 579, 97129. The Marsh and Hyde account, which was made on October 24, is particularly important. Part of it was reproduced in History of the [Mormon] Church, Vol. III, p. 167. See also the Peck manuscript, p. 80. Joseph himself barely mentioned the speech in his history; see Vol. III, p. 162. John Ankerberg & John Weldon, The Facts on Islam, (Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 1998), pp.89. Eric Johnson, Joseph Smith & Muhammed, (El Cajon, CA: Mormonism Research Ministry, 1998), pp. 67. Documentary History of the [Mormon] Church, vol.4, pp.461. Documentary History of the [Mormon] Church, vol.6, pp.408409. |
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49
posted on
05/30/2011 5:47:54 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Colofornian
50
posted on
05/30/2011 5:48:57 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Colofornian
Polygamy: How it all got Started
Joe: Hey Emma! Guess what!?
Emma: You KNOW I hate these guessing games! What is it, Dear?
Joe: I heard a voice, probably the Lord, tell me I must take other wives.
Emma: WHAT!? You ding bat! Don't you KNOW what our precious BOOK says? After all; YOU are the one that translated it!
Joe: Books; schmooks. All I know is I've been COMMANDED to take other wives and you are to OBEY ME!!!
Emma: "Though shalt NOT commit ADULTERY!!!"
Joe: Silly Woman! You KNOW better than to take things out of CONTEXT!!!
...and the rest is HISTORY...
THE BOOK OF JACOB
THE BROTHER OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 2
24 Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord.
25 Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, I have led this people forth out of the land of Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm, that I might raise up unto me a righteous branch from the fruit of the loins of Joseph.
26 Wherefore, I the Lord God will not suffer that this people shall do like unto them of old.
27 Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife; and concubines he shall have none;
28 For I, the Lord God, delight in the chastity of women. And whoredoms are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord of Hosts.
29 Wherefore, this people shall keep my commandments, saith the Lord of Hosts, or cursed be the land for their sakes.
30 For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will command my people; otherwise they shall hearken unto these things.
31 For behold, I, the Lord, have seen the sorrow, and heard the mourning of the daughters of my people in the land of Jerusalem, yea, and in all the lands of my people, because of the wickedness and abominations of their husbands.
32 And I will not suffer, saith the Lord of Hosts, that the cries of the fair daughters of this people, which I have led out of the land of Jerusalem, shall come up unto me against the men of my people, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Or even HERE:
1 Timothy 3:2-3
2. Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
3. not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
1 Timothy 3:12
A deacon must be the husband of but one wife and must manage his children and his household well.
Titus 1:6
An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.
Emma: That's IT! I'm LEAVING your sorry *!!!
Joe: DARN you Emma; you were TOLD to accept this!! Wait!!! I hear a voice again!!!
THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
SECTION 132
5157,
Emma Smith is counseled (commanded) to be faithful and true; 5866, Laws governing the plurality of wives are set forth.
51 Verily, I say unto you: A
commandment I give unto mine handmaid,
Emma Smith, your wife, whom I have given unto you, that she stay herself and partake not of that which I commanded you to offer unto her; for
I did it, saith the Lord, to
aprove you all, as I did Abraham, and that I might require an offering at your hand, by covenant and sacrifice.
52 And let mine handmaid,
Emma Smith,
areceive all those that have been given unto my servant Joseph, and who are virtuous and pure before me; and those who are not pure, and have said they were pure, shall be destroyed, saith the Lord God.
53 For I am the Lord thy God, and
ye shall obey my voice; and I give unto my servant Joseph that he shall be made ruler over many things; for he hath been
afaithful over a few things, and from henceforth I will strengthen him.
54 And I
command mine handmaid,
Emma Smith, to abide and
acleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this
commandment she shall be bdestroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and
will destroy her if she abide not in my law.
55 But if she will not abide this
commandment, then shall my servant Joseph do all things for her, even as he hath said; and I will bless him and multiply him and give unto him an
ahundredfold in this world, of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, wives and children, and crowns of
beternal lives in the eternal worlds.
56 And again, verily I say, let mine handmaid
aforgive my servant Joseph his trespasses; and then shall she be forgiven her trespasses, wherein she has trespassed against me; and I, the Lord thy God, will bless her, and multiply her, and make her heart to
brejoice.
51
posted on
05/30/2011 5:49:47 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Colofornian
Doctines and Covenants section 132
51 Verily, I say unto you: A commandment I give unto mine handmaid, Emma Smith, your wife, whom I have given unto you, that she stay herself and partake not of that which I commanded you to offer unto her; for I did it, saith the Lord, to a you all, as I did Abraham, and that I might require an offering at your hand, by covenant and sacrifice.
52 And let mine handmaid, Emma Smith, a all those that have been given unto my servant Joseph, and who are virtuous and pure before me; and those who are not pure, and have said they were pure, shall be destroyed, saith the Lord God.
53 For I am the Lord thy God, and ye shall obey my voice; and I give unto my servant Joseph that he shall be made ruler over many things; for he hath been a over a few things, and from henceforth I will strengthen him.
54 And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and a unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment she shall be b, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my law.
55 But if she will not abide this commandment, then shall my servant Joseph do all things for her, even as he hath said; and I will bless him and multiply him and give unto him an a in this world, of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, wives and children, and crowns of b lives in the eternal worlds.
56 And again, verily I say, let mine handmaid a my servant Joseph his trespasses; and then shall she be forgiven her trespasses, wherein she has trespassed against me; and I, the Lord thy God, will bless her, and multiply her, and make her heart to b.
52
posted on
05/30/2011 5:51:07 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Elsie
You seem filled with hate an anger.
53
posted on
05/30/2011 9:58:17 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver; Elsie
There we go again...strangers able to measure inward emotions with such preciseness.
Why bother paying psychologists & counselors when people can come to you, speak a few words, & presto, out comes a complete psycho-analysis?
54
posted on
05/30/2011 10:22:33 AM PDT
by
Colofornian
(Key Q for Romney & Huntsman: Show us your spirit-birth certificate from Kolob)
To: Colofornian
Inward? No, based on what was posted. I’m not surprised that you are butting into the conversation though, you aren’t much different posting all the hate that you do.
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posted on
05/30/2011 10:32:44 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver; Elsie
Inward? No, based on what was posted.No, you used the word "filled"..."Filled" is a totally inward description.
So what? You can't even be held accountable for your own words? You have to go about redefining what you're on public record as saying?
Pretty sad when you've clearly said one thing on record; and then less than 35 minutes later, you have to try to recalibrate what you've said. When you do that, your credibility is flushed.
...butting into the conversation...
You're funny. Here you spread slander and gossip on an open forum, and you think somebody else responding to your slanderous personality style is "butting in."
Let me give you a hint: If you want one-on-one e-conversations, click on freepmail. Otherwise, it's an open forum.
Say what you want about me. Who cares? I've considered the source. But slander strangers that you don't know with your electronic psycho-analysis...hey, if you can do that accurately...I want in. Patent that Magic 8-ball of yours. Or is it a urim & thummim home contraption you've rigged up.
56
posted on
05/30/2011 11:31:31 AM PDT
by
Colofornian
(Key Q for Romney & Huntsman: Show us your spirit-birth certificate from Kolob)
To: Colofornian
slander? lol
you are funny
57
posted on
05/30/2011 11:40:29 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
I know it is a holiday, but isnt it kinda early to be drunk? It's always 5 o'clock somewhere.
Why don't you wish to elaborate on your statement about prefering certain neighbors over others?
58
posted on
05/30/2011 6:17:45 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: driftdiver
You seem filled with hate an anger.You seem to be avoiding commenting any further on your desire to have a MORMON for a neighbor, instead of a MUSLIM.
I've asked why; but you seem a bit reticent to continue your thought process.
59
posted on
05/30/2011 6:19:55 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Elsie
No, I just don’t choose to converse with people such as you. You’ve been nasty from your very first post to me.
60
posted on
05/30/2011 6:24:30 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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