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| A post from Mary Jo Avery From Christianity Versus Mormonism Link to her post here. |
Okay, since they are so critical about it, let's try refuting their criticism. Here's the list inside that site. I copied those articles and made my comments on them in different colors. See below -
An article posted July 20 at the NY Times website sent shock waves throughout The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, otherwise known as the Mormon church. Hans Mattson, a Swedish “Area Authority” (equivalent to a Cardinal) overseeing the church’s works in Europe, provided an interview expressing doubts about the church after learning of historical facts online that are never taught in Sunday School classes. Among the facts he found out include the truth surrounding Joseph Smith’s polygamous ways and some historical inconsistencies with the church’s scriptures, such as the Book of Mormon.
I don't know about it, and I have no time digging into his own version of truth that was never taught in Sunday School. Perhaps people got caught sometimes in history, where no one knows the actual setting; they just keep digging it and sorting it, and perhaps someone uses it against the church. History is history, and every church has it. The sad thing is that not all history leads us directly to the actual setting or events. I just don't know why they are so concerned about it when it wasn't even practiced in today's world. The same goes for biblical. Anyway, let's take a look.
That a high-ranking church official had not been aware of these facts throughout his church membership reveals the great lengths to which the Mormon church had gone in hiding the many truths that paint the church in a bad light. And with that, here are ten facts the Mormon Church would not want its members to know.
I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with salvation and Christ. So why would the church or a Sunday School teach that when it wasn't all about the welfare of one's soul? Do the other churches teach that way to their members, digging something on their history? I don't think so.
10. Joseph Smith Married Girls As Young As 14
Video Here. Video was posted just check it out for yourself by click on the link.
While the practice of polygamy in the church’s early days is fairly common knowledge today, Mormon leaders and average members normally justify that by saying that it was done only to protect the widows at a time when male Mormon members were dying due to persecution. Yet a quick search of Joseph Smith’s genealogy at church-owned FamilySearch.org would prove that he was married to teenage girls. Documents further show that the youngest girl that Joseph Smith married was Helen Mar Kimball, who was 14 years old at the time of marriage. One would have to really stretch the truth to believe that these teenage girls were widows that needed to be taken cared of.
Just as expected, so does the Antagonist think about it as unrevealed. This was even posted on the official site where Helen Mar Kimball testified about Joseph's practice of Polygamy. Click on the Link here to see some of Helen's words about the Practice and how she describes Joseph Smith’s Polygamy issue.
Check on the Woman View and Why Practice Plural Marriage by Helen Mar Kimball, and how she addresses these concerns publicly, and her view about Plural Marriage.
Okay, so what was this all about? Just the same old trash collected over and over, recycling history that people didn't even know the actual events. Just a common criticism for a newbie.
