Riddle me this resty - why did joey lie about having multiple wives while at the same time teaching his followers that polygamy was forbidden???
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It was not forbidden when under the direction of the Lord.
Joseph followers knew it only those who would be antagonist were not privy to know.
They had no need to know of God’s business with his people.
It was not forbidden when under the direction of the Lord. Joseph followers knew it only those who would be antagonist were not privy to know. They had no need to know of God’s business with his people.
"Inasmuch as this Church of Christ has been reproached with the crime of fornication and polygamy, we declare that we believe that one man should have one wife, and one woman but one husband, except in the case of death, when either is at liberty to marry again." (History of the Church, Vol. 2, p. 247)
Unless you are the prophet, then you can excommunicate those lesser members for doing the same thing you are. In fact, your late prophet and seer condemned Smith. Gordon B. Hinckley said in an interview with Larry King :
Larry King: You condemn it (polygamy)?
Gordon B. Hinckley: I condemn it, yes, as a practice, because I think it is not doctrinal. It is not legal. And this church takes the position that we will abide by the law. We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, magistrates in honoring, obeying and sustaining the law.
Follow the prophet, he will never lead astray...............