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atheist&happy:-)
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Date: July 10, 2011 02:33AM
"Section 132, of the Doctrine and Covenants, is the retroactive "official" 1843 "revelation" by Joseph Smith for the practice of polygamy. It was officially "given" to him ten years after he had secretly taken his first plural wife, Fannie Alger, about 17 years of age, in 1833 (Origins of Power, p. 619, D. Michael Quinn), and 12 years after he attempted to seduce 12 year old Mary Elizabeth Rollins in 1831 (Emma Hale Smith, p. 65). Joseph did later marry Mary Elizabeth, in February 1842 (after he had made two more attempted persuasions towards a secret marriage), while she was still the wife of Adam Lightner, thus making bigamy part of the Law of Polygamy."
http://www.exmormon.org/pattern/josemma.htmMarriage of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale
Also, pedophiles carefully choose their victims. The prominence of JS may have made it difficult for him look for more child brides. He kept his polygamy, and polyandry secret. Even though he was a narcissist, I think he was aware of the consequences of polygamy being made public. Surely he knew his situation would be exponentially worse if members, and nonmembers knew he was "married" to children.
The Kimballs were already very loyal, so his "marriage" to a 14 year old was a workable situation for a pedophile. Her father was an accomplice.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/10/2011 02:34AM by atheist&happy:-).