By any reasonable standard Joseph Smith was

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_DarkHelmet
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If Woody Allen can do it, why not Joseph Smith?
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_TAK
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was Joseph Smith a liar?

YES !
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_Danna

Re: By any reasonable standard Joseph Smith was

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I think the word you mean is ephebophile - having a preference for adolescents.
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liz3564 wrote:Your question was actually asked on MAD a while ago, and it surprised me how many actually said that they would give Joseph their daughters.
My answer would be a resounding HELL NO!
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Kohn:
- You are my best friend! I would give You anything!
Gruen:
- If You had a beautiful house, would You give it to me?
- Yes. You are my best friend!
- If You had a beautiful car, would You give it to me?
- Yes. You are my best friend!
- If You had a beautiful hat, would You give it to me?
- No. NO!
Gruen:
- Why?
Kohn:
- Because I have a beautiful hat.
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_krose
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Re: By any reasonable standard Joseph Smith was

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Brackite wrote:Was Joseph Smith a Pedophile (Child Molester)?

I would agree with the second (somewhat) but not the first. The two are not synonymous terms.

But defining a teenager as a "child" is a problem, because there is a huge difference between actions with a youth of sixteen and a child of five.

Perhaps a better term than "child molester" would be "statutory rapist," much like Warren Jeffs.
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JoetheClerk wrote:a Child Molestor.
Fanny Alger, and 'adopted daughter' caught in bed with Joseph while under 16 years old. Who screws their 'adopted daughter'?


Joe,

Krose is correct insomuch that Smith's anti-social behavior would be classified as statutory rape. Child molestor is a term generally used for those violent predators of children of prepubescent age.

Because of the wide age expanse of his victims, I assume that he wasn't particulary focussed upon teenagers, so much as he was interested in sexual relations with postpubescent women.

Either way, the guy was an opportunist dirtbag.

If he were a real man of character, he would have chosen death by flaming sword than to break his sacred marriage vows. If there are such things as tests in this life, that would be the one he failed.

No pass here.
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