Posted on 08/11/2011 5:15:06 AM PDT by Colofornian
Sick! Absolutely sick!!! Had Smith lived another 17 years like Warren Jeffs, he, too, would have likely had 78 wives!
From the article: When fathers resisted handing over their daughters, Jeffs would expel them – he ejected 60 church members and broke up 300 families. As the carrot to the stick, he encouraged fathers to give away their teenage daughters by offering them their own young brides.
More utter sickness!!!!
‘Life Plus Twenty’
I pity his cellmate on that last twenty.
I don’t think he will last that long. One thing prisoners don’t put up with is child molesters.
I am so glad Texas stood up for children. Now what about the rest if the cult out there on that ranch?
Great tag line.
Polygamy - That’s the rotten ‘fruit’ of Mormonism, right there. I doesn’t fall far from the tree - the root of which (Joseph Smith) is pure evil.
Praise to the Man......indeed!
So what happens to all the wives? Are they married until the nut dies in prison? Can they get a divorce in this cult?
So what happens to all the wives? Are they married until the nut dies in prison? Can they get a divorce in this cult?
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There is no ‘divorce’ but there is ‘reassignment’ usually determined by the prophet or husband. Women don’t really have any say.
As long as Jeffs is in charge (which I don’t think will be that long), his wives will remain his wives. However, as soon as someone takes over for Jeffs or Jeffs is killed (they will say martyred), then his wives will be reassigned with the new prophet having first choice then the other upper leaders.
Women are cattle in these groups, little more.
There have been some articles stating that Jeffs will maintain control, but I don’t see for how long, there are too many clamoring for his power. I also would not be surprised if some of his brothers (who want power) arranged for him to be killed in prison just to make the power grab easier.
Thanks, Gov. Perry for going after these perverts.
Nuke the site from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.
Sick! Absolutely sick!!! Had Smith lived another 17 years like Warren Jeffs, he, too, would have likely had 78 wives!
LDS historian Todd Compton documents 33 Joseph Smith wives (in addition to his only legal spouse, Emma).
Fawn Brodie argues that the self-proclaimed prophet had 56 plural wives and presents her evidence in an appendix to her excellent historical biography of Joseph. She strongly intimated there were many more, but refused to reveal any information she had gleaned from confidential Mormon archives whose access was gained by virtue of her relationship with LDS Church President David McKay (her uncle).
Other biographers assert the number exceeds 80 - most in the neighborhood of 84-86 - with some claiming a total as high as 180.
While it is true that Smith was a serial adulterer, there were many more women who asserted they were "sealed" to the man than he was physically capable of servicing. There were also claimants whom historians can prove never met the man. Thus almost all historians agree that the higher marriage totals include a lot of "wishful thinking." Others point out that sleeping with Smith doesn't necessarily mean that they were "married" to him and thus qualified to spend time and all eternity in his celestial harem.
The bottom line is that we will never know the true extend of Joseph's wickedness, but by any standard, it is appalling and disgraceful.
Ahhh--so a short sentence, then.
He can still practice polygamy in prison..........I’m sure he’ll have a bunch of husbands.
It shouldn't surprise anyone when a religious charlatan like Mohammad or Joseph Smith follows this pattern. But what still surprises me, is that so many people --- men and women ---- become willing followers.
Genesis 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Matthew 19:5
and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?
Matthew 19:6
So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Mark 10:8
and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.
Ephesians 5:31
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
One man and one wife. God ordained from the beginning.
I acknowledge that this is not a Christian thought - but he ought to be tortured daily with electrical shocks to his privates for the rest of his life......
But then, God will have a judgment far worse than that for him in the next life......if he doesn’t repent.....
Not defending this perv, but does the Guardian use the same headline when an “honor killing” occurs?
Agreed!
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