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_Gazelam
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If Joseph Smith was guilty of Adultery, the Spirit of God would have left him. It did not.

Gaz
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Hi Gaz,

Maybe Joseph Smith was really guilty was adultery, and maybe the Spirit of God really did leave him.
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Gazelam wrote:If Joseph Smith was guilty of Adultery, the Spirit of God would have left him. It did not.

Gaz


How can something you never had eave from you?

This assuming "God" exists of course, which is not falsifiable.
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What year was the suposed adultery? 1838? What doctrines were espoused from that time forward?

Lets go beyond that, what of those that followed the teachings? What doctrines came from them? What signs of the spirit followed?

Follow the evidence, not the rumors.

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Gazelam wrote:What year was the suposed adultery?


I could give you the date but the point is that it does not matter. It happened, theres no getting around it with weaseling. Numerous individuals attested to smoith being ennamored with women other than his wife. Its his MO to follow through with his libido. This is documented thoroughly. Why the hell else had eh ordered the ress to be destroyed if the accusations made were incorrect?

Gazelam wrote:1838? What doctrines were espoused from that time forward?

How is this relevant to charges of sexual misconduct? It either happened or not. your "doctrine" is irrelevant to the discussion.
Gazelam wrote:Lets go beyond that, what of those that followed the teachings? What doctrines came from them? What signs of the spirit followed?

Ask Warren Jeffs that question. I'm sure he feels that he was told by god to facilitate child rape.
Gazelam wrote:Follow the evidence, not the rumors.

Gaz


I am doing this more so than you are. The majority opinion is that Joseph Smith was a bigamist. Its a fact that numerous individuals attested to this fact, many prominent and strong members of josephs sect.
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Post by _Mercury »

Brackite wrote:Hi Gaz,

Maybe Joseph Smith was really guilty was adultery, and maybe the Spirit of God really did leave him.


Let me speak for Gaz:

That can't be true...why if it were true then my worldview would come crashing down and id be forced to give up the main ego booster shot I get from thinking im right!
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