Search for POLYGAMY on josephsmith.net

[_Boaz & Lidia]

Now infymus, pay close attention. I agree with you. This is troublesome and bothers me. A lot. See. I do agree with you sometimes.

Pre 1904 Polygamy bothers you?

LDS Inc hiding it bothers you?

Both?

Vote with your ass by keeping it out of their pews.

[_Chap]

I did say "references" didn't I? Why would the Church provide such references if their attitude is as claimed?

A site about Joseph Smith that provides a search facility which fails to bring up any reference to polygamy, or plural marriage, and which provides only "Emma Smith' when searched for 'marriage' or 'wife', and has information on Eliza Snow without mentioning she was married to Joseph Smith and Brigham Young is not trying to keep certain information out of the foreground of attention, you think?

You expect this to be taken seriously?

[_the road to hana]

I did say "references" didn't I? Why would the Church provide such references if their attitude is as claimed?

Why not post about the plural marriages?

[_Jason Bourne]

Pre 1904 Polygamy bothers you?

LDS Inc hiding it bothers you?

Both?

Vote with your ass by keeping it out of their pews

What works for you may not work for me. I guess the current benefits I see in participation out weighs the concern I have about some issues.

[_moksha]

How do you know that some time traveler has not altered the past and your recollection of polygamy is only an after image?

[_cksalmon]

I did say "references" didn't I? Why would the Church provide such references if their attitude is as claimed?

Or, why wouldn't an LDS site devoted to Joseph Smith include, on-site, any reference at all to Smith's polygamy?

I suppose it's the old, "If you're truly interested, you'll find it" mentality. When search inquiries for "polygamy," etc., return "0" results on the Joseph Smith site, I can only conclude that the LDS Church just doesn't really want to advertise or make plain or make easy to find references to Joseph Smith's polygamy.

Yes, there are "references," but, let's not kid ourselves, or each other: this just isn't something the LDS Church wishes to reveal to investigators front and center. It's embarrassing. It's not a prime selling point for the LDS Gospel: "Joseph Smith married lots and lots of women [and you won't find that in the references, either]. Interested? Click here for a free Book of Mormon to be delivered to your doorstep--missionaries attached."

If investigators knew up front that the meat was actually gangrenous, they likely wouldn't readily imbibe the milk. Which explains the "0" hits.

Chris

[_Boaz & Lidia]

Even less mention of the founding principles of celestial marriage and "forever families" on a site operated by his ancestors: http://www.josephsmithjr.org/achievements.html

[_RockHeaded]

Even less mention of the founding principles of celestial marriage and "forever families" on a site operated by his ancestors: http://www.josephsmithjr.org/achievements.html

I'm not so sure that his ancestors believed he was a polygamist, did they? After all his wife and children didn't believe it.

[_Inconceivable]

Search for POLYGAMY on josephsmith.net

Result?

"Your search for polygamy has returned 0 results in JosephSmith.net."

This one still works just fine at familysearch.org :

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/ ... 2167&LDS=0®ion=-1®ionfriendly=&frompage=99

[_Chap]

Even less mention of the founding principles of celestial marriage and "forever families" on a site operated by his ancestors: http://www.josephsmithjr.org/achievements.html

ancestors - > descendants

Or are they running this site from somewhere up in the Celestial Kingdom?

(Thought: is there a record of Joseph Smith doing the 'temple work' for his ancestors?)