Posted on July 1 at 7:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It always cracks me up when an Evangelical comes stomping onto the scene screeching about how Mormon prophets had all these flaws.

Ever check out your own precious Biblical prophets buddy?

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Posted on July 1 at 3 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Interesting point Alma. You may be right.

On Mormon text leaves a maze of confusion

Posted on July 1 at 9:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm a practicing believing member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and unlike some of my fellow LDS, I don't pop a vein the moment a journalist wants to talk about polygamy in connection with Mormons. I actually applaud Mr. Larson for bothering to actually research the relevant scripture. This is more than many people in the news do.

A lot of people who've researched D&C 132 agree that the "new and everlasting covenant" of marriage actually does refer to polygamous union. In modern days, this covenant has been extended to monogamous unions. Critics are also correct that the practice has not been entirely abandoned by the modern LDS Church. The easiest example is to point out that Mormons believe in eternal family relationships - including marriage. Yet an LDS man marries in the temple to a woman who later dies, then he remarries - again in the temple - the man is effectively "sealed" to two women in the eyes of heaven. Women are also sealed posthumously in the temple to more than one man - it does happen.

So effectively, polygamy is still in force in the LDS Church. At least in its view of heaven...

Where I disagree with our critics is that this is a bad thing. I don't really feel particularly apologetic about the LDS practice of polygamy. It's not something that bothers me.

Let me put it this way: I'll be perfectly happy to apologize for the Mormons' historic practice of polygamy as soon as the rest of y'all are willing to apologize for the historic practice of monogamy. There isn't a single crime or transgression in the history of Mormon polygamy that hasn't also been committed by god-fearing American monogamists - in spades.

I don't practice polygamy, and I don't want to. But I don't really see what the big screaming deal is about it either.

On Mormon text leaves a maze of confusion