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Edit: As one commenter noted, there is a huge difference between Joseph Smith’s religious polygamist practice and a more modern approach to many forms of relationships entered into by adults with informed consent. Joseph Smith’s polygamy is clearly evil and built in threatening women and their families with a loss of salvation if they do not comply. Modern open relationships take many forms and I ultimately support the rights of consenting adults to enter into relationships they choose.
Resources mentioned in the video:
*Many links below are Wikipedia links. Please keep in mind Wikipedia is a website that summarizes information and links to primary sources. I suggest clicking through to as many primary sources as possible after reading a cursory summary of these topics.
*Read my blog post about Joseph Smith’s polygamy: https://www.mormontruths.com/joseph-smiths-polygamy-explained/
*Holding Out Help (Charity that assists those who are leaving modern polygamy): https://holdingouthelp.org
*Joseph Smith: Fabricated “First Visions” (Part One) https://youtu.be/CWDt3-Rovlw?si=f2gSqnTvSzObcZYa
*Joseph Smith: Founding a Church for Power and Sex (Part Two)
*W.W. Phelps speaking about “marrying Lamanite women” https://bhroberts.org/records/psWfCb-0lVEUe/w_w_phelps_writes_to_brigham_about_josephs_1831_revelation_on_polygamy
*Native American people and Mormonism Wikipedia Summary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_people_and_Mormonism
*List of Joseph Smith’s wives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Joseph_Smith%27s_wives
*Fanny Alger Wikipedia Summary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Alger
*Fanny Alger (Info from Mormon/LDS website) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/fanny-alger?lang=eng
*The Persistence of Polygamy (book) https://shorturl.at/F9uMy
*Louisa Beaman Bio http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/04-LouisaBeaman.htm
*Info about John C. Bennett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Bennett
*Zina D Huntington Bio https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/zina-diantha-huntington/
*Explaining Joseph’s polygamy from a dynastic/faithful point of view
https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-20-no-1-2019/line-upon-line-joseph-smiths-growing-understanding-eternal-family#_note-54
*Law of Adoption Doctrine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_adoption_(Mormonism)
*Helen Mar Kimball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Mar_Kimball
*Emma Smith’s feelings about polygamy https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/common-questions/emma-smith-plural-marriage/
*Nauvoo Expositor Wikipedia Summary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauvoo_Expositor
*The killing of Joseph Smith Wikipedia Summary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Joseph_Smith
A few videos that may interest you:
*My Mormon endowment explained video: (https://youtu.be/_jXk53GhZr0)
*Mormon garments explained video: (https://youtu.be/CZVrRWfDHYU)
*Every rule I followed as a Mormon: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYoCjhT2098&t=4396s)
*My Mormon mission was a waste: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uicAn4l9z4&t=18s)
*Complete story of my Mormon wedding: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gLAVyGy5tk&t=961s)
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