MG 2.0 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 22, 2025 10:01 pm
On the whole physical appearance was not the principal selection criterion. If that was the case, one might question why there are so many critics that like to make a big deal out of Joseph simply being a womanizer (based purely on physical characteristics or age) ...and that this was his primary motivation/drive to take another plural wife. I'm not sure the evidence can be shown to prove this...
And we are back to the mental gymnast's misogynistic and sexist opinions. He tells us that because the women were "less than comely," how is it possible that Smith was a "womanizer"?
Of course, he is the one who has defined "less than comely" as older and or pregnant in his previous posts, here he expands on that by saying it depends on "physical characteristics or age." Then he notes that "physical appearance" was apparently not "the principal selection criterion" for Smith, but of course that is based on his assumption that women should be valued only for their youth, looks, and body, and on the fact that Smith married
some women who were older than his youngest wife of 14.
The problem with this trolling approach is that this was Smith's problem, not the women's problem. He couldn't be faithful to his wife. What the women he married looked like or their ages is irrelevant.
Smith cheated on his wife, tried to blame it on his god, had affairs with the household help, including two sisters he and his wife were adopting, threatened woman and their families with supernatural catastrophe if he didn't get his way, married 14 and 16 year olds when he was in his late 30's, lied to his wife repeatedly, and in general acted without character or integrity, and was a complete ass to his wife.
Our trolling mentalgymnast would like to focus on the idea that because some women were older and in his opinion "less than comely," Smith's behavior, his treatment of his wife, and his treatment of young girls and women should be excused. I disagree. Smith's actions were inexcusable.
