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Hie everyone, in this video I bring on Michelle Stone who is the host of the Podcast ‘132 Problems: revisiting Mormon Polygamy’. I bring on Michelle to share her thoughts and perspectives on Polygamy and we discuss 4 main questions
Is polygamy doctrinal and theologically justified in scripture? (we discuss polygamy in the old testament and the Book of Mormon)
Is D&C 132 revelation given to Joseph Smith?
Was Joseph Smith a polygamist according to historical sources?
Is Polygamy from God, would God command or ordain polygamy?
Timecodes:
00:00 Opening thoughts & women’s voices on polygamy
09:20 Michelle’s background and starting her podcasts on polygamy
14:15 Confronting polygamy and looking at both sides
20:36 Is Polygamy scripturally justified and doctrinal?
22:00 Jacob 2- is their a loophole allowing polygamy?
30:27 Old testament polygamy- permitted by God
38:31 D&C 132, does it contradict Jacob 2
44:04 D&C 132 revelation on polygamy
52:37 Joseph’s implementation of plural marriage
55:57 Would God threaten Joseph with an angel and drawn sword?
59:30 Was Joseph Smith a polygamist?
1:05:01 Fanny Alger, Joseph’s first plural wife?
1:13:00 Should we disavow polygamy?
1:17:11 Contemporary evidences for polygamy- William Clayton’s journals
1:21:22 William and Jane Law affidavits and John C Bennet
1:26:47 When was the revelation on polygamy received
1:31:11 The new and everlasting covenant of marriage- one wife or plural?
1:34:00 The Laws and the Nauvoo expositor
1:39:00 Polygamy deniers similar to those who deny the seer stone
1:43:40 Evidence on both sides- D&C 127-128 sealings and records
1:45:30 The stoddards
1:46:31 The implications for the church if D&C 132 isn’t from Joseph
1:49:30 Is polygamy ordained of God?
1:52:56 The testimony of the some of the saints on polygamy
1:54:40 Epistemic humility with religious convictions
1:59:10 Challenging assumptions about Joseph’s polygamy
2:01:19 William Law’s son on Joseph’s polygamy
2:07:26 Polygamy, a counterfeit of satan?
2:09:30 Harmonising polygamy with fair, loving and unchangeable God
2:12:00 Emma Smith
2:13:50 Final thoughts on polygamy