Josephine Sessions

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_tagriffy
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café crema wrote: Mormon marital history resembles day time talk television.


So they were human? For shame! :rolleyes:
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_SteelHead
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How did Parley P. Pratt die?
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_tagriffy
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If I recall correctly, he was assassinated in Arkansas.
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tagriffy wrote:If I recall correctly, he was assassinated in Arkansas.


because.....
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If I recall correctly, Pratt's assassin accused him of stealing his wife.
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I think one can only understand this in the context of understanding a crucial difference between the teachings of the modern LDS church and the early LDS church. I started a thread devoted to that topic here:
viewtopic.php?p=715549#p715549
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tagriffy wrote:If I recall correctly, Pratt's assassin accused him of stealing his wife.


Yes. She had left her husband without benefit of divorce and without his consent and "married" Pratt. Being a nonmormon, her husband did not accept the situation.

Of course, there is evidence her husband was an abusive jerk, so I don't blame her one bit, but one can understand the rage of the husband, who did not appreciate LDS teachings at all.
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_SteelHead
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Seems like a pattern of behavior among church leaders, marrying wives who aren't quite actually single.
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_cafe crema
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tagriffy wrote:
café crema wrote: Mormon marital history resembles day time talk television.


So they were human? For shame! :rolleyes:


So you won't be teaching your kids to not behave like the guests on MP, that theirs is an acceptable lifestyle that should be respected.
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_DonBradley
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Personally, I find it disturbing that someone would have other men's wives sealed to him, even without sexuality.

That there were problems with how Joseph Smith practiced polygamy should be as clear to modern readers as it was to Joseph himself, and to God as quoted in his revelations.

His revelation on polygamy refers to his "sins" and "transgressions" and to his "trespasses against" Emma (D&C 132:50,56,60). Why should Latter-day Saints feel any more compelled to defend every bit of Joseph's behavior with respect to polygamy any more than the revelation supporting it does??

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