sock puppet wrote: How about just old fashioned monogamy and fidelity?
Nothing wrong with it at all. I have no doubt it's easier than any kind of non-monogamy. However, as long as people are happy in non-monogamous relationships I personally don't see any evil in it.
sock puppet wrote: Mormons take the cake of rationalization among religionists. Murder is okay, if you claim it is 'blood atonement' or that it is necessary that an entire nation not wither in disbelief. Adultery is rationalized as God-commanded polygamy, required for man to get in heaven.
Mormonism generally tries to teach this type of rigid morality. I personally am more comfortable with the idea that there are exceptions to all the rules.
Zelder wrote: I personally am more comfortable with the idea that there are exceptions to all the rules.
Obviously you weren't Jacob and Zina wasn't your wife.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.
Zelder wrote: I personally am more comfortable with the idea that there are exceptions to all the rules.
Obviously you weren't Jacob and Zina wasn't your wife.
You mean Henry Jacobs? I think the way Brigham Young dealt with the situation was wrong. For what purpose did Henry need to be seperated from Zina? I don't agree with it, I see no fairness or love in it.