The Many Wives of Joseph Smith; Visualized

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_Inconceivable
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Re: The Many Wives of Joseph Smith; Visualized

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subgenius wrote:yes, because it is so shocking to imagine a woman under the age of 18 being married in the early 19th century!


No. Specifically, it is shocking to those of us that hold fast to traditional family values that he was a hoarder of mistresses. Tragic the families of these women did not liberate the earth from him before his damage path extended past his only legal wife.
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Re: The Many Wives of Joseph Smith; Visualized

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Inconceivable wrote:
subgenius wrote:yes, because it is so shocking to imagine a woman under the age of 18 being married in the early 19th century!


No. Specifically, it is shocking to those of us that hold fast to traditional family values that he was a hoarder of mistresses. Tragic the families of these women did not liberate the earth from him before his damage path extended past his only legal wife.


When you say 'only legal wife' you mean Emma, the girl he secretly eloped with against her fathers wishes?
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Re: The Many Wives of Joseph Smith; Visualized

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Considering the time and these circumstances ---- it is no wonder Mr. Joseph Smith was not shot years earlier.
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Re: The Many Wives of Joseph Smith; Visualized

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Drifting wrote:
When you say 'only legal wife' you mean Emma, the girl he secretly eloped with against her fathers wishes?


Nothing really wrong with that, but you have to wonder why a good man would have such a bad impression of a man who lived with him for a while.
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Re: The Many Wives of Joseph Smith; Visualized

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Here's a similar chart for Brigham Young that I just completed:
The Wives of Brigham Young; Visualized
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