https://www.nonsensicalpolygamyrestored.com/blog daily 1.0 2026-04-03 https://www.nonsensicalpolygamyrestored.com/blog/polygamy-amp-scriptures monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/be2c5c20-9c1b-412f-b223-22e16c1f2640/Lens+picture.jpg Blog - Scriptures Through a Polygamy Lens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/be9b6560-afd3-43de-a224-778b70933a87/Section+42.png Blog - Scriptures Through a Polygamy Lens - It shows up in the Doctrine and Covenants, in Section 42. As the heading explains, Section 42 is the fulfillment of the Lord’s earlier promise that His law would be given to the Church in Ohio. In other words, what follows isn’t commentary—it’s presented as God’s law. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/bfabf3c9-20e7-4ced-9d82-eb7a6f3f1a09/Karen%27s+cartoon.jpg Blog - Scriptures Through a Polygamy Lens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/ce1594ed-ea57-4253-8269-629b4b132f47/Brutal+Polygamists+Through+History+Chart.png Blog - Scriptures Through a Polygamy Lens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/a3347c37-3a50-45e0-ac4b-0fd78b90dd69/ChatGPT+Image+younger+husband.png Blog - Scriptures Through a Polygamy Lens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/951a67a1-4436-4731-8936-e2a338934af5/Age+diff+3.png Blog - Scriptures Through a Polygamy Lens - This chart of some early church leaders shows the large age difference. Is it because younger women were more fertile, more attractive, or was it because the men were running out of women closer to their own age? I don’t know. I do know God created the world with roughly equal numbers of men and women, which already tells us something about His design for marriage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/2fedb357-14a9-45bf-9608-669e241f4073/1880+census.png Blog - Scriptures Through a Polygamy Lens - Early Utah was no exception to God’s arrangement. I was taught that early Utah had more women than men, and that plural marriage was therefore necessary. There weren’t more women than men, but even if there were, it wouldn’t justify polygamy. I didn’t during King Limhi in the Book of Mormon. Like so many explanations I once accepted, this one doesn’t hold up either. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/78e5a904-cecb-4ca0-a129-138c6117b3e9/poor+man+in+bed+with+wives.png Blog - Scriptures Through a Polygamy Lens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/1948f140-9464-41ee-a605-c0c402d0c8b2/The+Seer.png Blog - Scriptures Through a Polygamy Lens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/739b55f0-73b9-4072-8cc9-36bd69698cfd/%E2%80%AFElkinah+Pennina+and+Hannah.png Blog - Scriptures Through a Polygamy Lens - Elkanah with his Two Wives, Ninth German Bible (Cologne Bible) (Anton Koberger: Nurenburg: 1483) Los Angeles County Museum of Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/47654d25-758e-4248-a875-41f2be993eba/ONE+ANOTHER.png Blog - Scriptures Through a Polygamy Lens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/477285c6-43ac-4bd2-9b1c-1a35586b2600/Seer+underlined+red.png Blog - Scriptures Through a Polygamy Lens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/5dccd06a-9b85-4c71-85c1-7816e757efe8/Book+of+Mormon.png Blog - Scriptures Through a Polygamy Lens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nonsensicalpolygamyrestored.com/blog/a-new-perspective monthly 0.5 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/822d972c-3f04-48b1-a3bd-ecd57f7accd9/harar+sarai+abram%27s+han+sizedt.png Blog - Sexual Coercion - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/f7ba89d3-4373-4ff5-9ebd-017fcda95fc2/chaisng+love+sized.png Blog - Sexual Coercion - “At the heart of the sexual revolution has been the idea that sex is not a big deal. It’s simply a recreational activity for consenting adults, like any other. But I think we know better….everyone knows there’s something inherently important, vulnerable, and powerful happening in sexual intimacy….we all know that it’s a big deal.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/346f20c9-493a-4305-97f0-c04d1215083d/Screenshot+2025-08-14+at+5.55.31%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Sexual Coercion - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nonsensicalpolygamyrestored.com/blog/37wx9clficntu51pwkbq8etzqrqzmi monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/1762013540150-4WOC3OE77F9KY2OE93KM/unsplash-image-gnm2op0m2pw.jpg Blog - Marriage in Heaven - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nonsensicalpolygamyrestored.com/blog/dampc-13264facilitate-sex-slaves monthly 0.5 2025-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/1759254853849-NV75ADATNENPM5ZG3RCE/unsplash-image-ad3u52vO0TI.jpg Blog - D&C 132:64-65: Facilitate Sex Slaves? - The worst of the D&C 132 verses? 64 And again, verily, verily, I say unto you, if any man have a wife, who holds the keys of this power, and he teaches unto her the law of my priesthood, as pertaining to these things, then shall she believe and administer unto him, or she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord your God; for I will destroy her; for I will magnify my name upon all those who receive and abide in my law. https://www.nonsensicalpolygamyrestored.com/blog/come-follow-who-in-section-132 monthly 0.5 2025-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/1755125537504-CXQVTSJIHC9YKSLUS6PN/unsplash-image-fJlGclCFEuU.jpg Blog - Come Follow Who in Section 132? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/ed714700-bbd1-43ae-bc91-9f99454289ee/Screenshot+2025-08-14+at+5.34.05%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Come Follow Who in Section 132? This lesson involves Sections 129-132. Come Follow Me lists the date as Nov 16, but it may be a different date. Depending on the teacher, 132 might not be covered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/40370bc5-9e29-41fe-aae9-2c3ca376f2be/JS+papers+edited.png Blog - Come Follow Who in Section 132? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/ad1c073e-4577-4a20-9462-f0d1c65f8579/Willards+copy+with+Aug+7+52+date.png Blog - Come Follow Who in Section 132? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/47e552e0-9ac5-471f-b889-0521244b5d25/Screenshot+2025-08-05+at+12.18.11%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Come Follow Who in Section 132? - Instead, of answers to these questions, the message I got from the Church’s news release was: These aren’t the answers you’re looking for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/346f20c9-493a-4305-97f0-c04d1215083d/Screenshot+2025-08-14+at+5.55.31%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Come Follow Who in Section 132? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/5db06d57-90cb-477d-9c88-bff016f7b4b3/come+follow+1.png Blog - Come Follow Who in Section 132? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/8d7ac5a4-311d-4fd5-8e81-23f3c7726332/Come+follow+2.png Blog - Come Follow Who in Section 132? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/d9200e8e-e5cf-4936-816a-161f10126419/come+follow+3.png Blog - Come Follow Who in Section 132? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/92328acb-0a31-444a-ba29-44bad259b0ef/Oct+5+entry+corrected.png Blog - Come Follow Who in Section 132? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/34da2b1a-3a74-4b11-986d-009d29a7a9ee/come+follow+4.png Blog - Come Follow Who in Section 132? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/7b1723cd-75b6-4cd5-a5f0-3965e9bb84b3/Jacob+3+fathers+to+father.png Blog - Come Follow Who in Section 132? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nonsensicalpolygamyrestored.com/blog/making-sense-of-the-dampc-part-1 monthly 0.5 2025-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/297e4e65-5f32-449a-8362-a4f535c9bc27/IMG_3484-2.JPEG Blog - Can Anyone Make Sense of D&C 132? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/0b9e1c47-0e48-4668-9284-348c870d4dfc/Screenshot+2025-03-04+at+10.09.33%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Can Anyone Make Sense of D&C 132? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/a8e026df-c84b-4b74-8935-6ed3c73780f3/IT.png Blog - Can Anyone Make Sense of D&C 132? - Remember the 1986 movie IT about kids that were tormented by a monster disguised as a clown? The movie has scenes of their childhood encounters with Pennywise the clown in the 1960s, and scenes of their reunion as adults 30 years later to finally confront and defeat the monster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/1580706839504-85OGDCHBWJ99P5671HD8/sundae-cockroach.jpg Blog - Can Anyone Make Sense of D&C 132? - It may be a stretch, but I like to think I’m confronting the D&C 132 monster from 30 years ago. The more I study this doctrine and practice, the more I realize “monster” is a better description of 132 than a harmless cockroach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/8e966305-8c79-4e34-89f8-4a5819b7ae6e/https%3A%3A%3Acatalog.churchofjesuschrist.org%3Aassets%3A3aec2ea6-fdeb-4866-9529-47e27f9cd3b9%3A0%3A8%3Flan Blog - Can Anyone Make Sense of D&C 132? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/281503fb-f633-47e5-88df-70c04c97218a/cruel+p+2.png Blog - Can Anyone Make Sense of D&C 132? - After the first wife places the hand of the new bride in her husband’s hand, the President speaks. Part of the wording includes “…with a covenant and a promise on your part that you fulfill all the laws, rites, and ordinance pertaining to this holy matrimony, in the new and everlasting covenant.” The same wording is repeated to the bride. He says this holy marriage is in the new and everlasting covenant. https://www.nonsensicalpolygamyrestored.com/blog/outsiders-observations-of-utah-polygamy monthly 0.5 2025-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/165877bf-9b09-4dd7-8aaa-3508dc967c85/The+family+bedstead.png Blog - Outsiders’ Observations of Utah Polygamy - Illustration taken from Roughing It by Mark Twain Image taken from Roughing It by Mark Twain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/3f85c5ac-0c8f-4cf8-91ae-d2dbc317d830/Colfax+journal.png Blog - Outsiders’ Observations of Utah Polygamy - Among the interesting observations about his Salt Lake City visit, Colfax recorded in his journal about a meeting with Brigham Young.(pages 247-248) He said that Brigham “…asked what we (the U.S. government) intended to do about polygamy.” Colfax replied that he “thought it about time to have another revelation abolishing it.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/a7dbdc3d-6e8d-4ec5-91d2-45dedfefb0d1/NY+Times+polyg+July+18%2C+1865.png Blog - Outsiders’ Observations of Utah Polygamy - Here’s the July 18, 1865 edition of the New York Times. On page 4, in the lower 4th column is a brief report of Speaker Colfax and other “prominent gentlemen” meeting with Brigham Young and other Church leaders. Colfax recorded in his journal on June 18, 1865 that during this meeting, the Church leaders “denounced the anti-polygamy law as unconstitutional, in that it interfered with their religion.” (page 247) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/68aee8a8-93df-42ae-8fbc-22a705bc05a6/waite+brigham+founder.png Blog - Outsiders’ Observations of Utah Polygamy “But the greatest change of all in the Mormon religion, made by Brigham Young, was the introduction and establishment of polygamy. This was no part of the Mormon system of religion as originally established. On the contrary, it was expressly repudiated by all the Mormon writers and speakers, previous to 1852, and in Europe for some years afterward.” p.160 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/c4fd72e9-f597-495d-ac6c-cae3b2fe8e38/Waite+P+arose+out+of+passions.png Blog - Outsiders’ Observations of Utah Polygamy - After thoroughly exploring and explaining the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants, Waite concludes that polygamy is “no part of the Mormon religion, as given to the world by Joseph Smith.” (p165) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/a541fbed-dd75-40a5-8e77-7c9e5ffcdb5c/BY+drawing.png Blog - Outsiders’ Observations of Utah Polygamy - Another source for information on Brigham and polygamy is Mark Twain in his book, Roughing It. Of course he shares his observations with humor, but Twain’s humor is humorous because it’s based in truth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/5cb21c15-4d96-4ff2-a7d2-15932e37296b/Twain+P+recent.png Blog - Outsiders’ Observations of Utah Polygamy - According to Twain (page 132), polygamy was added by Brigham after Joseph's death. “Polygamy is a recent feature in the Mormon religion, and was added by Brigham Young after Joseph Smith’s death. Before that, it was regarded as an ‘abomination.’” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/fa4de6ab-0cf9-4974-97ab-784438c2bc2e/Mark+Twain+on+Brigham.png Blog - Outsiders’ Observations of Utah Polygamy - In an appendix at the end of his book, Twain provides a “Brief Sketch of Mormon History.” He writes that Brigham “openly added polygamy to the tenets of the church by authority of a ‘revelation’ which he pretended had been received nine years before by Joseph Smith, albeit Joseph is amply on record as denouncing polygamy to the day of his death.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/403ecf67-5577-44eb-acd8-9030890412dd/pity+on+mormon+women.png Blog - Outsiders’ Observations of Utah Polygamy - As a woman, I find the following well-known passage that goes with this illustration from Roughing It both offensive and witty. It’s not easy to end a polygamy post on a light-hearted note, but thanks to Mark Twain this one will. https://www.nonsensicalpolygamyrestored.com/blog/a-letter-to-my-bishop monthly 0.5 2025-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/1745691034130-HVTV86KX895Z0W2NOU6B/polyg+for+kids.png Blog - An Email to My Bishop - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nonsensicalpolygamyrestored.com/blog/the-temple-and-polygamy-today monthly 0.5 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/59282f6e-a997-408d-ad99-87073164c4d3/edited+christus+looking+at+our+temple+idol.png Blog - Polygamy in the Temple Today - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/65290ab7-bd73-4449-9d01-10c68fd14978/Fanny+Stenhouse.jpg Blog - Polygamy in the Temple Today - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nonsensicalpolygamyrestored.com/blog/misunderstood-scriptural-excuses monthly 0.5 2025-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/1746326006093-OKNS4FNEJEPCFA7DATFA/Screenshot+2025-05-03+at+7.25.31%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Male-only Priesthood, the Urim & Thummim, Sad Multiple Wives Stories... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nonsensicalpolygamyrestored.com/blog/does-section-132-enable-abuse monthly 0.5 2025-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/1746327039472-1JHQ4WVRZ0HNC7J1Q4X9/Screenshot+2025-05-03+at+7.48.19%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Does Our Doctrine enable Abuse? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nonsensicalpolygamyrestored.com/blog/so-joseph-wasnt-a-polygamist monthly 0.5 2025-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/ccde2ddf-1d4c-4d5e-81e8-cd43fde146fe/to+RS+March+1842.png Blog - More Joseph Smith Papers and Was He a Polygamist? - Make it stand out This letter warns the sisters not to believe “any thing as coming from us, contrary to the old established morals & virtues & scriptural laws…& all persons pretending to be authorized by us…are & will be liars and base imposters… you are authorized on the very first intimation of the kind, to denounce them as such, & shun them as the flying fiery serpent, whether they are prophets, Seers, or revelatory; Patriarchs, twelve apostles, Elders, Priests…” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/340ec43d-c525-4a38-abb8-9eb7965b448d/Screen+Shot+2023-02-24+at+1.09.29+AM.png Blog - More Joseph Smith Papers and Was He a Polygamist? - Make it stand out The Church’s editorial note: Joseph “and a small group of other church leaders who were privately practicing plural marriage” are let off the hook, while anyone else doing the same thing is condemned (i.e. John Bennett and associates). My editorial note: God, who is no respecter of persons, doesn’t change the commandments based on the eliteness of His children, nor does He make a distinction based on a name change from spiritual wifery to plural marriage when they both entail the same sin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/1ef4bc0b-67bf-4ebc-a165-073eff1e13d5/Oct+1842+Times+and+Seasons.png Blog - More Joseph Smith Papers and Was He a Polygamist? - Make it stand out In addition to reprinting the wording from the 1835 Section 101, this provided a declaration signed by prominent leaders stating they “know of no other rule or system of marriage than the one published in the Doctrine and Covenants.” The same October 1, 1842 Times and Seasons article contains a similar declaration on the next page signed by the Relief Society: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/666c8382-ff68-4fcc-9dec-80f2054d0e0f/Screen+Shot+2023-02-24+at+10.11.35+AM.png Blog - More Joseph Smith Papers and Was He a Polygamist? - Make it stand out The sisters are confirming, in no uncertain terms, that the one-wife, Section 101-type marriage is the ONLY marriage authorized and practiced by the Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/5d5efbd2-42b5-4f97-a615-3e140b30479d/Screen+Shot+2023-02-24+at+11.18.55+AM.png Blog - More Joseph Smith Papers and Was He a Polygamist? - Make it stand out Joseph and Hyrum were excommunicating members for preaching Polygamy, and other false and corrupt doctrines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/d67de302-0b74-40b5-8dd2-3c25339d8a6d/Screen+Shot+2023-02-23+at+5.52.10+PM.png Blog - More Joseph Smith Papers and Was He a Polygamist? - Make it stand out This paper appears on the First Fifty Years of Relief Society website and, as an apologetic arm of the Church, the introductory paragraph dishes up the usual apologies: multiple wives is okay for Joseph and his trusted associates, but not for anyone else. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/13f01ff4-7479-4176-915f-82b9162f8f9d/Screen+Shot+2023-02-24+at+1.11.16+PM.png Blog - More Joseph Smith Papers and Was He a Polygamist? - Make it stand out “some of your elders say that a man having a certain priesthood, may have as many wives as he pleases…” (Sorry, whatever your priesthood, you can’t have as many wives as you please) “..there is no such doctrine taught here; neither is there any such thing practiced here.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/cc32d412-0e86-4e0e-aa2e-47e2e2a35279/Screen+Shot+2023-02-23+at+8.23.39+PM.png Blog - More Joseph Smith Papers and Was He a Polygamist? - Make it stand out In this discourse, Hyrum says the Elders of Israel who teach of multiple wives are fools. “It is lawful for a man to marry a wife but it is unlawful to have more and God has not commanded any one to have more.” Update June 2023: For some unknown, highly suspicious reason, the above Thomas Bullock minutes where Hyrum strongly denounces polygamy have been removed. There is another link saved by Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/aa34454f-ab83-4c6e-b80e-85a5682f5dc0/Hyrum+edited+1844.png Blog - More Joseph Smith Papers and Was He a Polygamist? - Make it stand out “None but a fool teaches such stuff,” Hyrum said. Perhaps those creating the history preferred not to be called fools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/98014d0d-14cd-4f45-8f49-0e1ab2ce32ec/Screen+Shot+2023-06-11+at+1.20.05+PM.png Blog - More Joseph Smith Papers and Was He a Polygamist? - Make it stand out Bullock described Hyrum’s teachings relative to multiple wives: “spiritual wife system…he was decided against it in every form.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2b4646306d0d3f836f157e/2f1548cf-de75-4ed6-9433-00d02930b384/May+1844+discourse.png Blog - More Joseph Smith Papers and Was He a Polygamist? - Make it stand out The Church tries to separate plural marriage from spiritual wifery, but Joseph never makes a distinction. 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