Joseph Smith mega thread. We'll see

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stemelbow wrote:I don't have that interest no.

But could he have been sexual with some and not others? Sure.


This, to me, seems like the last last throws of someone who is on the verge of leaving the momo cult...you are sounding more and more like someone who can't continue to rationalize the ridiculousness of the LDS church...good on you! compartmentalization can only manage self-deception for so long...
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http://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/545 ... -polygamy/

Man, you guys are whipping my caboose over here.

if you're interested I started a thread on MDD on the same topic (this one has been focused on)
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stemelbow wrote:
Buffalo wrote:Perhaps if he was a pathological liar and had lied so much he couldn't distinguish fact from fiction anymore. But that's probably not what you meant.


I don't think you have to be a "pathological liar" to be confused between fact and fiction in some cases, though.


Do you think he was mentally ill?
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stemelbow wrote:http://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/54544-josephs-polygamy/

Man, you guys are whipping my caboose over here.

if you're interested I started a thread on MDD on the same topic (this one has been focused on)


It comes from a place of love. These are all hard things to deal with. At least I know that is sucked for me to realize that Joseph lied. It made me feel physically ill.

But, believing in a god who would be behind it all is 10 thousand times worse.
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stemelbow wrote:http://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/54544-josephs-polygamy/

Man, you guys are whipping my caboose over here.

if you're interested I started a thread on MDD on the same topic (this one has been focused on)


I predict thread closure within 3 days.
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.

B.R. McConkie, © Intellectual Reserve wrote:There are those who say that revealed religion and organic evolution can be harmonized. This is both false and devilish.
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schreech wrote:This, to me, seems like the last last throws of someone who is on the verge of leaving the momo cult...you are sounding more and more like someone who can't continue to rationalize the ridiculousness of the LDS church...good on you! compartmentalization can only manage self-deception for so long...


Thanks Will S. errrr I mean Schreech. We'll have to wait and see what happens I guess.
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Regarding Lesellers' response to your thread, you might wish to point out that the church does not recognize "marriages" that are not legally formalized. They teach that you have to be married legally or it doesn't count.
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.

B.R. McConkie, © Intellectual Reserve wrote:There are those who say that revealed religion and organic evolution can be harmonized. This is both false and devilish.
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Buffalo wrote:Do you think he was mentally ill?


Gut reaction, no. Could he have been? I'm certainly not expert on that topic.
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just me wrote:But, believing in a god who would be behind it all is 10 thousand times worse.


I hate to sound all that idiotic but whatever...why? I guess I'm too steeping in the "God knows far more than i do" mentality so I don't see that so easily.
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You might also point out that he was "married" to Fanny Alger before the sealing power had been restored.
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.

B.R. McConkie, © Intellectual Reserve wrote:There are those who say that revealed religion and organic evolution can be harmonized. This is both false and devilish.
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