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I did know that Emma is described as placing the hands of a few (2, I believe) young women into the hand of JS during her brief period of struggling acceptance of polygamy. This is an interesting story. Richard L. Bushman wrote: While Joseph was alive, there were times when Emma countenanced plural...

When you're in that special range, where there is not going to be an equal paring of men and women, where you run into polygamy, or polygammy-like situations. With the limited population in early mormonism, I think this was clearly the case. Excess men were chased off. Excess women (including barel...

I consider what was said by early church leaders regarding monogamy and conclude that it doesn't matter what their successors say about homosexuality. Here's one example from Brigham Young: Monogamy , or restrictions by law to one wife, is no part of the economy of heaven among men. Such a system wa...

The situation is confusing and I believe God was not the author of it. The Plural Marriage in Kirtland and Nauvoo essay states that "Several Latter-day Saints who had lived in Kirtland reported decades later that Joseph Smith had married Alger...." Did you see that? It was decades later when it was ...

Hey, everyone. I appreciate the replies. Just an additional thought. When going through a traumatic experience it is generally helpful to not make any life altering decisions. I. E. it might not be a good idea to pick up and move across the country while grieving. That being said, I hope that gettin...

I submitted my resignation on May 4th. I moved out of my house on May 13th. That's my update.

Hey, everyone! I miss you. Guess what. I found a therapist and I've seen him three times. It took only a few days after I called to make an appointment to get in to see him. I thinks it's doing some good. He's an active LDS guy, but he's a bit unorthodox and the profile on his website says: He espec...

Ray, thanks for your post. You were not too harsh. Also, I would have responded sooner, but I've been really busy at work and I usually post when I have free time there. I really do need therapy. I may as well start looking for a therapist now. Even if it takes several months, it's better than doing...

Just want to clarify that you don't want your family to have family prayer or let your daughter be baptized? Just checking to make sure that's correct. I understand if she doesn't want to be baptized, but if she does, why not let her? And why not let your family have prayer together? Yeah, I should...