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|summary=Neutral observers have long understood that this attack is probably the weakest of them all. One might reasonably hold the opinion that Joseph was wrong, but in the face of the documentary evidence it is wrong to argue that he and his associates were insincere or that they were practicing their religion only for power and to satisfy carnal desires. Those who insist that “sex is the answer” probably reveal more about their own limited perspective than they do of the minds of the early Saints. | |summary=Neutral observers have long understood that this attack is probably the weakest of them all. One might reasonably hold the opinion that Joseph was wrong, but in the face of the documentary evidence it is wrong to argue that he and his associates were insincere or that they were practicing their religion only for power and to satisfy carnal desires. Those who insist that “sex is the answer” probably reveal more about their own limited perspective than they do of the minds of the early Saints. | ||
+ | |sublink1=Question: Did Joseph Smith institute polygamy because he had a "voracious sexual appetite"? | ||
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Contents
- 1 Critics' claimed motivations for Joseph's implementation of plural marriage
- 1.1 Critics' claimed motivations for Joseph's implementation of plural marriage
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2 Did Joseph have "lustful motives" for practicing polygamy?
- 1.1.3 Critical claims that Joseph had a youthful struggle with unchastity
- 1.1.4 Did Joseph Smith have a long history of "womanizing" before practicing plural marriage?
- 1.1.5 Did Joseph Smith send men on missions in order to "steal" their wives while they were gone?
- 1.1.6 Claimed mismanagement of the Lawrence estate
- 1.1 Critics' claimed motivations for Joseph's implementation of plural marriage
Critics' claimed motivations for Joseph's implementation of plural marriage
Critics' claimed motivations for Joseph's implementation of plural marriage