Polygamy Porter wrote:Jason Bourne wrote:Polygamy Porter wrote:While watching
Lifting the Veil of Polygamy I had a thought.
Perhaps our discussions and arguments with the defenders here are focusing on the wrong point in the timeline of Mormonism.
We need to stop arguing about everything prior to the 1890 manifesto.
Should we not be focusing on whether the mainstream LDS church is in apostasy first?
Should we not be dissecting the statements of Wilford Woodruff to determine if he was wrong?
This might actually be interesting. Where should we start?
Lets go with the FLDS to start it off.
Prove that they are wrong.
I am not sure it can be proved one way or the other.
It hinges on whether Wilford was correct in doing away with polygamy.
Of course since I think polygamy was a mistake I am rather pleased Wilford ended it.
However, it seems that it went out only after LDS leaders fought tooth and nail.
President Woodruff could not get approval of the manifesto and so when all but I think four of the 12 were out of town he published in the paper.
But even with that document seems to be full of loop holes and thus many continued with it.
Certainly the LDS Church from Joseph Smith and BY and Pres Woodruff taught polygamy was crucial for exaltation and becoming Gods.
But the real question is did Pres Woodruff have the rigth to end it.
I think he had that right.