[JoshM99]

Secondly, I know I’m not off-base here: LDS don’t believe their “historical leaders” merely reside in history, but instead are alive & well & still Polygamously operative in colonies like Kolob & whatever celestial kingdoms exist out there.

I mean, you don’t see the LDS church condemning Joseph Smith and Brigham Young & the rest on yonder stars & planets, do you? No. The LDS church is selectively condemnatory. (I mean LDS state officials in Utah don’t even crack down on polygamy near its state borders)

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The LDS doctrine on the after life is that there is a Spirit World, where all go to await the resurrection. Where it is located in the universe, only God knows. God is in Heaven, which comprises the Celestial, Terrestial, and Telestial kingdoms; the Celestial being the highest and where God resides.

Of course the LDS church won’t condemn Joseph Smith or Brigham Young for practicing polygamy. They were commanded to do so. Condemning them would require that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob be condemned as well. The practice of polygamy was banned in 1890 and is not tolerated within the LDS church, even where polygamy is legal.

[editor-surveyor]

"Condemning them would require that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob be condemned as well."

It is not for us to condemn, but Abraham, and Jacob brought curses and grief on their lives by their disobedient poligamous (read adulterous) lives.

[Elsie]

...the Celestial being the highest and where God resides.

Jesus said He was going to perpare a place for us and that He would be WITH us.

Telestial folks must only get visiting rights.

[Elsie]

Of course the LDS church won’t condemn Joseph Smith or Brigham Young for practicing polygamy. They were commanded to do so.

You cannot find this COMMAND in your scriptures.