Should Joseph Smith have introduced Polygamy publicly?
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_deacon blues
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Should Joseph Smith have introduced Polygamy publicly?
I don't think anyone has really explored this question.
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_huckelberry
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Re: Should Joseph Smith have introduced Polygamy publicly?
A response is hindered for me by my being unable to think of any reason he should have introduced it at all, either secretly or publicly.
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_huckelberry
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Re: Should Joseph Smith have introduced Polygamy publicly?
deacon blues wrote:I don't think anyone has really explored this question.
I have read posts by LDS saying he had to be secretive about because publicity would create too much trouble.
It could run into legal trouble.
stir up opposition.
Emma would clobber him.
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Re: Should Joseph Smith have introduced Polygamy publicly?
huckelberry wrote:A response is hindered for me by my being unable to think of any reason he should have introduced it at all, either secretly or publicly.
I agree, except that we're forgetting about the angels (with)/(without) flaming swords. So really, Joe's hands were tied in this situation.
Trimble, you ignorant sack of rhinoceros puss. The only thing more obvious than your lack of education is the foul stench that surrounds you.
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Re: Should Joseph Smith have introduced Polygamy publicly?
Hey Cam! 
Joseph was into bondage too?
50 shades of Joe?
Interesting.
Peace,
Ceeboo
CameronMO wrote:I agree, except that we're forgetting about the angels (with)/(without) flaming swords. So really, Joe's hands were tied in this situation.
Joseph was into bondage too?
50 shades of Joe?
Interesting.
Peace,
Ceeboo
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Re: Should Joseph Smith have introduced Polygamy publicly?
Hi Ceeboo! Good to see you around again! I missed your thoughts!
One shade for every wife!
Ceeboo wrote:Hey Cam!CameronMO wrote:I agree, except that we're forgetting about the angels (with)/(without) flaming swords. So really, Joe's hands were tied in this situation.
Joseph was into bondage too?
50 shades of Joe?
Interesting.
Peace,
Ceeboo
One shade for every wife!
Trimble, you ignorant sack of rhinoceros puss. The only thing more obvious than your lack of education is the foul stench that surrounds you.
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_Doctor CamNC4Me
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Re: Should Joseph Smith have introduced Polygamy publicly?
You know. With God having all sorts of issues with 'secret combinations' He sure does love to use them for His purposes.
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Re: Should Joseph Smith have introduced Polygamy publicly?
Other:
- Joseph would have eventually made it public, just as Brigham did.
- No, not at first, as it was not a law given for the general public, or even the general membership.
- Joseph would have eventually made it public, just as Brigham did.
- No, not at first, as it was not a law given for the general public, or even the general membership.
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_Doctor CamNC4Me
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Re: Should Joseph Smith have introduced Polygamy publicly?
JLHPROF wrote:Other:
- Joseph would have eventually made it public, just as Brigham did.
- No, not at first, as it was not a law given for the general public, or even the general membership.
So, it was a secret combination then?
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Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
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_grindael
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Re: Should Joseph Smith have introduced Polygamy publicly?
I don't think anyone has really explored this question.
Almost every good book on Joseph's polygamy has explored this question.
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