I’ve come to a
conclusion. The history of the church is fine. Whatever. It’s
history. Let it be. But, the problem I have with it? The morals of
the people we cherish as leaders of the church back then. Lying to
other people about practicing polygamy? Being secret about it all?
God says to do it, you do it, then he tells you to not tell anyone
and keep it hush hush. So when you’re asked about it you deny it?
Because an angel with a drawn sword told you so.
Reminds me of texts
in the Book of Mormon about the Gadianton Robbers who would swear
upon oaths that they would rather die than to tell what goes on in
their secret meetings.
It’s a simple
thought. But it is a thought.
To publicly
announce on more than one occasion that you do not follow or practice
a certain lifestyle, and then excommunicate others1
who have doesn’t seem right to me. The typical response is it
wasn’t done through the proper authority or channels. If Joseph
Smith married Fanny Alger in 1833, that was 3 years before
the sealing power was restored. So what was he doing at that time if
the power wasn’t on the earth to bind people together? Was it an
affair? Then it was denied for so many years.
Follow
the prophet...follow them.
1. Times
and Seasons Vol 5, page 423
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