“...Glenn said that the media would love nothing more than for people to equate Mormons with polygamists like Warren Jeffs, but nothing could be further than the truth. He said polygamy was a perversion of everything they believe in, and practitioners are excommunicated.”
He’s lying. Polygamy is still in their scripture, and they plan on being eternally polygamous with the mates they have sealed with in the temple.
“There’s nothing that you’ll find in the Temple that you won’t find in the Old or New Testament,” Glenn said
He’s lying. There’s none of it in the Old or the New Testament.
...”there was massive persecution and Mormons were driven out of New York, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. In Missouri, the governor even issued Executive Order-44 which ordered that all Mormons be exterminated or driven out of the state, resulting in 10,000 Mormons who lived there either being killed or forced to flee. Executive Order-44 wasn’t overturned until 1976. As a result of this persecution, there weren’t many men left. The desire to repopulate played a role in the decision to practice polygamy, but only about 5% did it before the practice came to an end in 1890.”
Total Mormon casualties in the conflict with Missouri: dozens, maybe. Perhaps as many as 50 or so. The Mormons declared war on Missouri first, and Missouri just responded. See Sidney Rigdon’s Salt sermon.
Total gentile casualties at Mountain Meadows: around 120. Mormons got scoreboard on the Mormon-gentile body count.
He’s lying. Polygamy is still in their scripture, and they plan on being eternally polygamous with the mates they have sealed with in the temple.