Bob proposed the following as a topic for a thorough airing of the relevant facts or evidence, among a larger list, to the degree such can be ascertained:
Did Joseph Smith marry other men's wives, and if so, why?
Let's have someone come to the table who believes they have conclusive logical argument or documentary evidence supporting the critic's views of this matter and flesh it out thoroughly with Bob here, as Scratch, apparently, will not.
I'm inviting anyone who would like to go toe to toe with Bob on this issue, as he seems to be confident in his ability to hold his own here on these historical issues, and appears to be well read and educated on the subjects at hand.
My one caveat would be that this be a substantive, civil, critical debate focusing on evidence and detailed argument, and that anyone who feels that responses of the form "such and such is the case, end of story" or dismisses Pro-Church arguments by a poo pooing of the issue without an an intellectually substantive body of argument or facts, recuse themselves from this thread at the outset.
So, who dares enter the arena of ideas here?
Those of us about to rock, we salute you (BANG!!!)