RE: Mormon Church Admits Smith Married 14 year old
September 16, 2015 at 11:06 am
(This post was last modified: September 16, 2015 at 11:07 am by JesusHChrist.)
(September 15, 2015 at 8:01 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I guess I'm having trouble seeing the scandal here - 14 was well above the age of consent at the time. Yeah, it offends modern sensibilities, but not contemporary.
No doubt getting married at 14 was common in the early 1800s. The issue is more of how it looks from our modern times. And the fact, the marriage to a 14 year was just one of many.
If "revelation" is from God, why should any acts be relative to the time period? Jews and proper Christians have the same issue, as do the Muslims. Perfect man in 680AD means perfect today, no? Uh, no.
This example, to me, shows Smith as just another horny old goat finding a way to get money, chicks and power, using the same methods as have been used throughout history. Too bad he ended up shot before he could really take advantage of the situation.
So, not so much a scandal as painting a less than desirable picture of a "great" man. As they say in marketing....not good optics.
