Posted by:
East Coast Exmo
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Date: October 26, 2014 11:43AM
Many of us have been astonished by the church's candor in the recently released essay on polygamy. Why would the church be willing to publically brand its founder as a serial adulterer and statutory rapist?
Maybe something bigger is going on. While the church publically disavowed polygamy in 1890, it secretly continued the practice until at least 1904. What if it didn't stop there? What if polygamy went deeply underground and was only secretly practiced by very senior leaders, such as the top 15.
And now, with Utah's "cohabitation" statutes declared unconstitutional and gay marriage becoming the norm, maybe the bretheren are preparing the membership for a return of publically practiced polygamy.
Yes, the church has punished polygamists before, but it makes sense that they would disavow any action that was not authorized by them, or even authorized actions that were publically revealed.
Even if there hasn't been a deeply buried polygamy underground, what if Monson is going off the deep end and thinking that he's having revelations on the topic? Sudden crazy changes have happened before, such as the recent lowering of missionary ages.
No matter what happens, this is going to be fun to watch.