FLDS Polygamy Angelic Origins

Twelve young girls (ages 12 to 15) were found to be married to older FLDS men: Young FLDS Brides

Here’s a diagram that details the various polygamous sects that splintered off from Joseph Smith and the LDS church: Polygamy Leadership Tree

Here’s a brief history of Mormon Polygamy: Mormon Polygamy Timeline

If young Fanny Alger hadn’t tempted Joseph Smith we wouldn’t
have this sticky wicket.

Or if that pesky angel with a sword hadn’t demanded that Joseph Smith jump-start polygamy: “Some people have supposed that the doctrine of plural marriage was a sort of superfluity, or non-essential, to the salvation or exaltation of mankind…
But he did not falter, although it was not until an angel of God, with a drawn sword, stood before him; and commanded that he should enter into the practice of that principle, or he should be utterly destroyed…” Joseph F. Smith, JD 20:29

Imagine going to your spouse with that story… “uhh, honey, an angel with a sword stopped by today and said the darndest thing…”

 

 

Here’s the video version of Joseph Smith’s account of an angel ordering him to start practicing polygamy:

Does the LDS church not teach its history to members? I have talked with Mormons who are unaware of:
- Joseph Smith’s revelation on polygamy is recorded in D&C 132, and is still part of LDS canon
- Joseph Smith practiced polygamy and polyandry (verifiable on an LDS website, familysearch.org)
- Mormon men today can still be sealed and married to more than one woman (if the current spouse dies), and in heaven the Mormon man will have a polygamous relationship with these multiple women he was sealed to in a Mormon temple

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