(November 11, 2014 at 10:13 am)Dolorian Wrote: Not the devil, but the angel...made him do it.
Quote:Church: Mormon founder Joseph Smith wed 40 wives
The founder of the Mormon church, Joseph Smith, wed as many as 40 wives, including some who were already married and one as young as 14 years old, the church acknowledged in a surprising new essay.
[...] According to the church's essay, Smith had not wanted to take multiple wives, but relented after an angel appeared to him three times between 1834-1842. On the angel's last visit, the church said, "the angel came with a drawn sword, threatening Joseph with destruction unless he went forward and obeyed the commandment fully."
Kind of like how an angel made Nephi kill Laban.
Why don't these idiots just say NO? Isn't that was this free agency shit is for? So when someone tries to talk you into doing something you don't want to do you can tell them to go fuck themselves?
And also, if someone has to threaten you with being chopped into tiny bits if you don't do what they say, that's probably an indication that you should definitely NOT do what they say.
Quote:http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/11/living...homepage-t
Quoting from the CNN article, my bolding:
Quote:Smith's marital history had been the subject of frequent historical debate, but until recently Mormon leaders had taken pains to present its founding prophet as happily married to one woman.
To be fair, he may have been happily married to only one woman.
Until he starting marrying the other women.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.