1673: An Introduction to Mormon Polygamy w/ LDS Discussions - 24
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2022
⏱️ 115 minutes
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Summary
Mike and John discuss the timeline and cultural context surrounding Joseph Smith at the time he claims to receive the revelation on polygamy which became canonized and is still considered scripture for many modern Mormon branches, some who still practice it today, and even ones who don't, like the largest Mormon branch headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Part 2: D&C 132 – Joseph Smith’s Polygamy “Revelation” - 25
- Part 3: Joseph Smith’s Plural Marriage Proposals Pt 1 – 26
- Part 4: Joseph Smith’s Plural Marriage Proposals Pt 2 – 27
- Part 5: The Happiness Letter (Joseph Smith’s Proposition to Nancy Rigdon) – 28
- Part 6: Polygamy Apologetics, Spiritual Wifery, etc – 29
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of Mormon Stories podcast. |
| 0:04.6 | I am your host, John Delin, it's September 7th, 2022. |
| 0:08.6 | And we are continuing our epic series from Mike of LDS discussions, focusing in as balanced |
| 0:16.8 | of a way as we can on Mormon truth claims. |
| 0:20.6 | The topic for today is an introduction and timeline of or to Mormon polygamy. |
| 0:27.3 | And what this is going to be kicking off is a multi-part series on Justice Mispractice |
| 0:32.9 | of polygamy in today's kind of an overview. |
| 0:35.6 | I just want to take 20 seconds to remind you all that this series from LDS discussions. |
| 0:42.0 | Number one, the website is LDS discussions.com where you can read so many essays and so |
| 0:47.0 | much good content, focusing on thoughtful, balanced evidence-based responses to Mormon |
| 0:53.1 | truth claims to help you. |
| 0:54.8 | And all of us understand the basis for understanding Mormonism and its history better. |
| 1:00.6 | We are something like 23, 24 episodes in these episodes build on each other. |
| 1:06.2 | And so we encourage you to start at the beginning if you're finding this for the first time. |
| 1:11.1 | Watch the other 22, 23 episodes and then come back to this one. |
| 1:15.3 | You'll have a much better foundation to understand it. |
| 1:18.8 | Even though this podcast is released as part of the Mormon Stories podcast series on the |
| 1:23.3 | Mormon Stories podcast YouTube channel and in the podcast stream, we've also shared these |
| 1:28.3 | LDS discussions episodes in isolation on Spotify, both in video and audio format, also on |
| 1:34.8 | a YouTube playlist for LDS discussions under the Mormon Stories podcast YouTube channel. |
| 1:41.4 | And also you can find the LDS discussions podcast in isolation wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:47.7 | So we want to encourage you to do that. |
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