The Twisted Polygamy of Joseph Smith with Lindsay Hansen Park (Joseph Smith: Part Three)

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  @alyssadgrenfell · 2 years ago · pinned

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• LI

  @Lizzie-Bee · 2 years ago

  It&apos;s so funny how painters always depict Joseph Smith as this handsome man when in real life he looked more like a gremlin

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• AU

  @aubreypacker1757 · 2 years ago

  I also was taught joseph smith had multiple wives because he married widows so they wouldn&apos;t be alone and unprotected. :( so frustrating that we were lied to

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• KA

  @kamilovescake · 2 years ago

  I&apos;m a direct descendant of Joeseph&apos;s brother, Hyrum. I&apos;m not religious and in fact have rejected the church since I was old enough to know about it. This is one of the most corrupted bloodlines in existence, it&apos;s unnerving how many of us there are.

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• CR

  @creamskye · 2 years ago (edited)

  I feel that it is really important to call him what he was; a child groomer. Also just because it was more common back then to marry children did not mean it was the norm in 1800&apos;s America. I researched this for a project recently and I encourage people to go read the actual research on the time for &quot;age at time of first marriage&quot;. While it was not uncommon 15-16 year old girls to start courting, the vast majority of women waited till 18 get married and the actual most common age for white women at the time was early to mid 20&apos;s depending on the year. Joseph Smith was also far older than the average age of the for the men who did marry 14 year old girls. So while it wouldn&apos;t be illegal or completely unheard of. Most people at the time still would consider it weird and abnormal for a nearly 40 year old man to be with a girl of that age.

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• ST

  @stevennelson9504 · 2 years ago

  Understanding what it takes to be a husband, I find it difficult to believe that a man could be a good husband to multiple women at the same time.

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• LI

  @listothesette · 2 years ago

  I remember asking the Mormon boy I dated in high school, if he would practice polygamy if his prophet reintroduced it. He immediately answered yes. If his prophet said it was necessary he wouldn’t question it. He also told me I had to convert if I wanted to ever marry him. We dated for almost 4 years. I didn’t realize how much brainwashing I had to endure and I was left with a bit of trauma and insecurities. I realized once he left to his mission that I was never going to be that perfect Mormon girl for him. I was raised catholic and my family wasn’t very religious. So glad I didn’t wait for him and had that separation to realize the infatuation with the perfect husband wasn’t love. Thank you for all your videos.

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• PE

  @personnoun7086 · 2 years ago

  When I was a young girl, under 18, older men often took interest in me and took advantage of how young and naive I was. I was overwhelmed, easily coerced, and easily manipulated in these relationships. It&apos;s truly terrifying, as a woman looking back on history, how few people are willing to stand in the way of a predator as long as it&apos;s far more convenient to shield your eyes. Is it more godly to defend a monster, or to stand up to one? I think the LDS thinks the former.

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• ED

  @edl5731 · 2 years ago

  Alyssa - I have an annoying coworker who is constantly trying to give us a copy of the mormon bible. &nbsp;Yesterday, I told her that I would feel uncomfortable accepting a gift from her without also giving her a gift as well, and suggested that rather than her giving me a copy of the book of mormons, we would trade books, next week. &nbsp;She agreed. &nbsp;Can’t wait to see her reaction to receiving a copy of your book.

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  @lisamaureenevans · 2 years ago

  I need to send you the document my husband’s great-great grandfather wrote about coming to America from Wales with Brigham Young. During the trip, at some kind of &nbsp;religious “festival” the men and women were separated on either side of the church by a blanket screen. Then they were asked to put their hands up and clasp the first hand on the other side…this was now their spouse. (Ordained by god) Said Great-great Grandfather and his wife happened to grasp each other’s hands and that is when they decided to leave the Mormon church. His written letter is very heart breaking, you can tell he really loved the whole movement but was very against the craziness of this practice.

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• DA

  @danferesp · 1 year ago

  @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjPNDwiov70&amp;t=1930">32:10</a> I believe it was Mark Twain who said that it’s easier to mislead someone than to convince him that he has been misled

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• JO

  @johnbrown7904 · 2 years ago

  A brilliant seminary professor categorized Mormonism as a fertility cult. &nbsp;The whole belief system depends on the integrity of Joseph Smith, and it crumbles on that shaky foundation.

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