RE: Polygamy vs. Communal Living
November 29, 2015 at 2:33 pm
(This post was last modified: November 29, 2015 at 2:34 pm by vorlon13.)
It's my understanding that without welfare the FLDS system wouldn't work. I think the secondary wives are encouraged to apply.
As for LDS, their sacred tomes still extol the praises of multiple wifeys, the only impediment currently is a little executive fiat that could be easily disavowed by subsequent church poobahs.
Curiously, the original original revelation conferring polygamy upon the Mormons was only operative in regards to Native American women, so that their offspring would be more white and more delightful. And they could only be secondary wives.
Brigham Young tried a couple of them but found them lacking and he abandoned them in Council Bluffs, IA when he ran off the Utah. Despite receiving the revelation directly from God, Joseph Smith found the revelation, as received, to be imperfect and after some further tinkering, he managed to overhaul God's Word into something he thought he could use. To date, no one has found any Native American wives in Old Horny Joe's harem.
As for LDS, their sacred tomes still extol the praises of multiple wifeys, the only impediment currently is a little executive fiat that could be easily disavowed by subsequent church poobahs.
Curiously, the original original revelation conferring polygamy upon the Mormons was only operative in regards to Native American women, so that their offspring would be more white and more delightful. And they could only be secondary wives.
Brigham Young tried a couple of them but found them lacking and he abandoned them in Council Bluffs, IA when he ran off the Utah. Despite receiving the revelation directly from God, Joseph Smith found the revelation, as received, to be imperfect and after some further tinkering, he managed to overhaul God's Word into something he thought he could use. To date, no one has found any Native American wives in Old Horny Joe's harem.
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