Criticism of Mormonism/Books/No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith/Chapter 21
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Response to claims made in "Chapter 21: If a Man Entice a Maid"
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- The doctrine of polygamy was secretly taught but publicly denied.
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- Joseph is claimed to have published a pamphlet called "The Peace Maker" supporting plural marriage in 1842, but then later denounced it.
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- Udney Hay Jacob, "An Israelite, and a shepherd of Israel," An Extract from a Manuscript entitled The Peacemaker, or the Doctrines of the Millennium, being a treatise on religion and jurisprudence, or a new system of religion and politicks (Nauvoo, Illinois, 1842)
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- Paul taught that there were be no marriage in heaven, but Joseph taught that this would not apply to the Saints.
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300
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- Joseph taught that more wives in heaven meant more blessings in heaven.
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- Joseph was sealed to women who were already married.
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- Martha Brotherton claimed that Brigham Young wanted her as a plural wife.
Author's source(s)
- St. Louis Bulletin, July 15, 1842, p. 2
- Affidavits and Certificates Disproving the Statements and Affidavits Contained in John C. Bennett's Letters, August 31, 1842.
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