� David Miller wrote:
> Blainer wrote: > > Again, it may have seemed to you to be sufficient to > > draw the conclusions you drew, but I saw other possible > > explanations, which I expressed.� I still see no conclusive > > proof , even though I have searched the church's records > > as much as time allowed.� I doubt anyone could have found > > anything I did not find, yet no proof was ever forthcoming. > > When I first brought this situation up, I questioned what this was all > about.� How could a 5 year old marry Joseph Smith?� DaveH explained that it > was a sealing or celestial marriage. DAVEH:� And if I remember correctly, I mentioned that it happened AFTER JS had died.� It was not as some TTers have been trying to imply.....that he married a 5 year old whilst he was in mortality. > I still don't fully understand how all > this makes it right.� The whole idea of many women marrying many men > eternally and many men marrying many women eternally creates such a > confusing genealogy of eternal relationships that I just get a big headache > thinking about it and trying to unravel it all through the genealogical > record.� I have never been able to sort it out. > > Blainer wrote: > > If you have CONCLUSIVE proof, please present it. > > I introduced the subject and have been waiting for you to report on your > investigation of the matter.� I think you know the web site where you can > search on this matter.� The name of the girl was Sarah Stiles.� She was born > in 1839, and although her marriage date to Joseph Smith was not given, she > must not have been more than 5 years old by the time Joseph Smith died in > 1844.� A few years after Joseph Smith's death, she married Heber Chase > Kimball, apparently while still a child.� The marriage date to Kimball is > given as 1846.� She couldn't have been more than 7 years old when she > married Kimball.� If you remember, I asked you to explain that.� By the way, > Kimball married a lot of Joseph Smith's widows.� I guess they are going to > do a lot of wife sharing eternally in heaven?� You guys have never explained > this eternal marriage stuff very well.� If they can wife share in heaven, > then I guess they can do it here on earth too?� I'm truly looking for > explanation here, not trying to make it look bad.� I'm giving you facts and > the way my mind interprets this stuff, and I want to hear from you how all > this seems good and holy in your eyes. > > Now you say that I was making unsupported assertions here, but from my > perspective, I have asked you questions about these matters.� I don't > understand why this child was marrying these important men in the church. > When I ask questions like this and don't get satisfactory answers, that does > not reflect very well upon Mormonism. > � > > Peace be with you. > David Miller. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ � ---------- "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.
