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14 October 2015
- 02:5402:54, 14 October 2015 diff hist −22 Question: Did Joseph Smith send men on missions so that he could secretly marry their wives while they were gone? No edit summary
- 02:5302:53, 14 October 2015 diff hist −1 Question: What did Orson Hyde, the husband of Marinda Nancy Johnson, know about her sealing to Joseph Smith for eternity? No edit summary
- 02:5202:52, 14 October 2015 diff hist −12 Question: Did Joseph Smith have any children through any of his polyandrous marriages? No edit summary
- 02:5102:51, 14 October 2015 diff hist −10 Question: Did Joseph Smith consummate any of these marriages with married women? No edit summary
- 02:5002:50, 14 October 2015 diff hist +1 Question: What was the nature of Joseph Smith's "polyandrous" marriages? No edit summary
- 02:4902:49, 14 October 2015 diff hist −4 Question: What is "Polyandry?" No edit summary
- 02:4802:48, 14 October 2015 diff hist 0 The Joseph Smith Papers: "Several later documents suggest that several women who were already married to other men were, like Marinda Hyde, married or sealed to Joseph Smith" No edit summary
- 02:4702:47, 14 October 2015 diff hist −4 Question: Was Joseph Smith married or sealed to women who were already married to other living men? No edit summary
2 October 2015
- 03:0103:01, 2 October 2015 diff hist −1 Detailed response to CES Letter, Polygamy and Polyandry No edit summary
14 September 2015
- 12:5212:52, 14 September 2015 diff hist +183 Question: Why did the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants include a statement of marriage that denied the practice of polygamy at a time when some were actually practicing it? →Question: Why did the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants include a statement of marriage that denied the practice of polygamy at a time when some were actually practicing it?
- 12:3212:32, 14 September 2015 diff hist +185 Improvement Era (1946): "Did Joseph Smith Introduce Plural Marriage?...It is also possible, though the Church does not now permit it, to seal two living people for eternity only, with no association on earth" →Improvement Era (1946): "Did Joseph Smith Introduce Plural Marriage?...It is also possible, though the Church does not now permit it, to seal two living people for eternity only, with no association on earth"
- 12:2812:28, 14 September 2015 diff hist +131 Question: Was Emma aware of the possibility that Joseph could take additional wives even without her consent? →Question: Was Emma aware of the possibility that Joseph could take additional wives even without her consent?
- 12:2112:21, 14 September 2015 diff hist +97 Question: Did Joseph hide his plural marriages from Emma, his first wife? →Question: Did Joseph hide his plural marriages from Emma, his first wife?
- 05:2205:22, 14 September 2015 diff hist +152 Question: Why did Joseph Smith say "I had not been married scarcely five minutes...before it was reported that I had seven wives"? →Question: Why did Joseph Smith say "I had not been married scarcely five minutes...before it was reported that I had seven wives"?
- 00:4300:43, 14 September 2015 diff hist +222 Question: Since Joseph Smith "married" the wives of 11 other men, why were those women not "destroyed" as specified in the Doctrine and Covenants since they continued to live with their "previous" husbands? →Question: Since Joseph Smith "married" the wives of 11 other men, why were those women not "destroyed" as specified in the Doctrine and Covenants since they continued to live with their "previous" husbands?
- 00:3900:39, 14 September 2015 diff hist +148 Question: If the only purpose of polygamy was to "raise up seed," then why did Joseph not have children by his plural wives? →Question: If the only purpose of polygamy was to "raise up seed," then why did Joseph not have children by his plural wives?
13 September 2015
- 23:1823:18, 13 September 2015 diff hist +121 Question: Was the only purpose of polygamy to "multiply and replenish the earth" and "bear the souls of men"? →Question: Was the only purpose of polygamy to "multiply and replenish the earth" and "bear the souls of men"?
- 23:1423:14, 13 September 2015 diff hist +219 Gospel Topics: "Today, any person who practices plural marriage cannot become or remain a member of the Church" →Gospel Topics: "Today, any person who practices plural marriage cannot become or remain a member of the Church"
- 22:5422:54, 13 September 2015 diff hist +150 Question: How can President Hinckley claim that polygamy is "not doctrinal" if it was a required practice in the 19th-Century Church? →Question: How can President Hinckley claim that polygamy is "not doctrinal" if it was a required practice in the 19th-Century Church?
- 22:5122:51, 13 September 2015 diff hist +113 Question: Did Gordon B. Hinckley claim that polygamy was "not doctrinal" on Larry King Live? →Question: Did Gordon B. Hinckley claim that polygamy was "not doctrinal" on Larry King Live?
12 September 2015
- 05:4405:44, 12 September 2015 diff hist +1 Detailed response to CES Letter, Polygamy and Polyandry →Response to claim: "President Hinckley publicly stating that polygamy is not doctrinal"
- 05:4405:44, 12 September 2015 diff hist +2 Question: Did Gordon B. Hinckley claim that polygamy was "not doctrinal" on Larry King Live? No edit summary
- 05:4305:43, 12 September 2015 diff hist +106 N Question: Did Gordon B. Hinckley claim that polygamy was "not doctrinal on Larry King Live? RogerNicholson moved page Question: Did Gordon B. Hinckley claim that polygamy was "not doctrinal on Larry King Live? to Question: Did Gordon B. Hinckley claim that polygamy was "not doctrinal" on Larry King Live? current
- 05:4305:43, 12 September 2015 diff hist 0 m Question: Did Gordon B. Hinckley claim that polygamy was "not doctrinal" on Larry King Live? RogerNicholson moved page Question: Did Gordon B. Hinckley claim that polygamy was "not doctrinal on Larry King Live? to Question: Did Gordon B. Hinckley claim that polygamy was "not doctrinal" on Larry King Live?
- 05:4005:40, 12 September 2015 diff hist +161 Question: Did Joseph claim that an angel threatened him with a "drawn sword" or "flaming sword" if a woman refused to marry him? →Question: Did Joseph claim that an angel threatened him with a "drawn sword" or "flaming sword" if a woman refused to marry him?
- 05:3205:32, 12 September 2015 diff hist +110 Question: Were women put under "tremendous pressure" to accept a proposal of plural marriage? →Question: Were women put under "tremendous pressure" to accept a proposal of plural marriage?
- 05:2905:29, 12 September 2015 diff hist +96 Question: Did any woman suffer consequences for turning down Joseph's proposal? →Question: Did any woman suffer consequences for turning down Joseph's proposal?
11 September 2015
- 04:1004:10, 11 September 2015 diff hist +115 Question: Did Joseph Smith give a woman only one day to decide about entering a plural marriage, and would refusal mean terrible consequences? →Question: Was a woman given only one day to decide? Would refusal mean terrible consequences?
- 03:3003:30, 11 September 2015 diff hist +71 Question: Were plural wives forced into the marriage? →Question: Were plural wives forced into the marriage?
- 03:2803:28, 11 September 2015 diff hist +114 Question: Did Joseph Smith being sealed to mothers, daughters and sisters violate a biblical prohibition? →Question: Did Joseph Smith being sealed to mothers, daughters and sisters violate a biblical prohibition?
- 03:2503:25, 11 September 2015 diff hist +96 Question: Does the Bible prohibit polygamous marriages involving a mother and daughter? →Question: Does the Bible prohibit polygamous marriages involving a mother and daughter?
9 September 2015
- 16:4316:43, 9 September 2015 diff hist +8 Joseph Smith's marriage to Helen Mar Kimball No edit summary
- 16:4016:40, 9 September 2015 diff hist +22 Detailed response to CES Letter, Polygamy and Polyandry →Response to claim: "Even by 19th century standards, this is pedophilia"
- 16:3816:38, 9 September 2015 diff hist +108 Joseph Smith's marriage to Helen Mar Kimball →Question: Was Joseph Smith's marriage to 14-year-old Helen Mar Kimball indicative of "pedophilia"?
- 16:3416:34, 9 September 2015 diff hist +139 Helen Mar Kimball: "I have encouraged and sustained my husband in the celestial order of marriage because I knew it was right" →Helen Mar Kimball: "I have encouraged and sustained my husband in the celestial order of marriage because I knew it was right"
- 16:3216:32, 9 September 2015 diff hist +87 Question: What were Helen Mar Kimball's views on plural marriage? →Question: What were Helen Mar Kimball's views on plural marriage?
- 16:2916:29, 9 September 2015 diff hist +96 Question: Did Helen Mar Kimball "confess" to having marital relations with Joseph? →Question: Did Helen Mar Kimball "confess" to having marital relations with Joseph?
- 15:4215:42, 9 September 2015 diff hist +89 Question: Was Helen Mar Kimball's marriage to Joseph Smith ever consummated? →Question: Was Helen Mar Kimball's marriage to Joseph Smith ever consummated?
- 15:1815:18, 9 September 2015 diff hist +190 Question: Was Apostle Orson Hyde sent on a mission to dedicate Israel so that Joseph Smith could secretly marry his wife, Marinda Hyde, while he was away? →Question: Was Apostle Orson Hyde sent on a mission to dedicate Israel so that Joseph Smith could secretly marry his wife, Marinda Hyde, while he was away?
- 15:1415:14, 9 September 2015 diff hist +156 Question: Did Joseph Smith send men on missions so that he could secretly marry their wives while they were gone? →Question: Did Joseph Smith send men on missions so that he could secretly marry their wives while they were gone?
- 15:0515:05, 9 September 2015 diff hist +131 Question: What did Orson Hyde, the husband of Marinda Nancy Johnson, know about her sealing to Joseph Smith for eternity? →Question: What did Orson Hyde, the husband of Marinda Nancy Johnson, know about her sealing to Joseph Smith for eternity?
- 03:4403:44, 9 September 2015 diff hist +110 Question: Did Joseph Smith have any children through any of his polyandrous marriages? →Question: Did Joseph Smith have any children through any of his polyandrous marriages?
- 03:3503:35, 9 September 2015 diff hist +101 Question: Did Joseph Smith consummate any of these marriages with married women? →Question: Did Joseph Smith consummate any of these marriages with married women?
- 03:3203:32, 9 September 2015 diff hist +84 Question: What was the nature of Joseph Smith's "polyandrous" marriages? →Question: What was the nature of Joseph Smith's "polyandrous" marriages?
- 03:3003:30, 9 September 2015 diff hist +42 Question: What is "Polyandry?" →Question: What is "Polyandry?"
- 03:2903:29, 9 September 2015 diff hist +235 The Joseph Smith Papers: "Several later documents suggest that several women who were already married to other men were, like Marinda Hyde, married or sealed to Joseph Smith" →The Joseph Smith Papers: "Several later documents suggest that several women who were already married to other men were, like Marinda Hyde, married or sealed to Joseph Smith"
- 03:2503:25, 9 September 2015 diff hist +139 Gospel Topics on LDS.org: "Joseph Smith was sealed to a number of women who were already married. Neither these women nor Joseph explained much about these sealings, though several women said they were for eternity alone" →Gospel Topics on LDS.org: "Joseph Smith was sealed to a number of women who were already married. Neither these women nor Joseph explained much about these sealings, though several women said they were for eternity alone"
- 03:2003:20, 9 September 2015 diff hist +120 Question: Was Joseph Smith married or sealed to women who were already married to other living men? →Question: Was Joseph Smith married or sealed to women who were already married to other living men?
- 03:1503:15, 9 September 2015 diff hist +245 Improvement Era (1946): "That Joseph Smith actually was the person who introduced plural marriage into the Church and that he practised it himself are amply proved by existing facts" No edit summary
- 03:1003:10, 9 September 2015 diff hist +125 Woodruff (1842): "The Lord is Blessing Joseph with Power to reveal the mysteries of the kingdom of God; to translate through the urim & Thummim Ancient records & Hyeroglyphics as old as Abraham or Adam" →Woodruff (1842): "The Lord is Blessing Joseph with Power to reveal the mysteries of the kingdom of God; to translate through the urim & Thummim Ancient records & Hyeroglyphics as old as Abraham or Adam"