Blainer) David has some good thoughts, but in this case I go with what my broader and more in-depth background tells me--that he is dead wrong on the JS.
On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 23:50:41 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I wish to point out this double standard again. All this Mormon talk > about > "suppose" and many words like that when it comes to their message. > But all > non- Mormons must have proof. > PS. You're denying what DavidM said about this? > > > Blainer) So far, I have seen nothing to prove all this happened. > > Blainer) So far, I have seen nothing to prove all this happened. I > have, however, seen your biases showing on more than one occasion. > I > have a book written by a non-LDS author, and even he shows much of > what > you are saying was not only never proven, but in most cases was > shown to > be inuendo, done by JS's enemies. Like Jesus, Joseph had plenty of > jealous/envious enemies, buzzing around, lookinfg for a place to > land. > > On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 09:00:47 -0400 "David Miller" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > Blainer wrote: > > > ... I have some questions, OK? > > > 1. How many wives did Jacob, later named Israel, have? > > > 2. How many wives did Abraham have? > > > 3. How many wives did Moses have? > > > 4. How were these men treated by God--were they > > > treated as sinners, or as men honored by God? > > > > The lives of these men hardly compare with Joseph Smith. If any > of > > them had > > died at the same age as Joseph Smith, none of them could be used > to > > bolster > > your case because none of them were polygamous prior to 38 years > old > > (the > > age Joseph Smith died). > > > > Jacob was called a deceiver and a supplanter. This came back upon > > > him when > > he was deceived and culturally forced into polygamy when his > > father-in-law > > insisted he marry the sister of the girl that he loved. > > Nevertheless, his > > four wives hardly compare to the unknown 35 to 60 wives that > Joseph > > Smith > > had. Furthermore, unlike Jospeph Smith, he did not lie to his > wives > > and to > > others, he did not pretend to only have one wife, he did not marry > > > women > > already married to other men, etc. > > > > > God never told Abraham to marry another, but his wife Sarah gave > > Abraham his > > second wife, perhaps in order to keep compliant with local > > governmental laws > > which required such action from a barren wife. Contrast this with > > > Smith's > > wife objecting to Smith's many affairs, and bringing upon herself > a > > false > > prophecy from Smith that God would destroy her if she didn't > accept > > him. > > Instead, God destroyed Joseph Smith instead of Emma. > > > > After this blunder, of Abraham taking another wife, God told > Abraham > > to send > > his second wife away, thereby ending his polygamy. > > > > Moses probably only had one wife, but some people argue that he > had > > two. > > > > And despite all these gross differences, all these men were part > of > > a > > different covenant with God. Jesus said that those in the kingdom > > > of God > > are greater than all these men, and those in the Kingdom of God > are > > instructed that elders can only have one wife. Joseph Smith has > > failed the > > Biblical standard of an elder having only one wife, and he has > > failed in tha > > t he lied about it, claiming to others while he was alive that he > > had only > > one wife. > > > > Peace be with you. > > David Miller. > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
