1676: D&C 132 - Joseph Smith's Polygamy "Revelation" w/ LDS Discussions - 25
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2022
⏱️ 185 minutes
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Summary
Today’s episode continues the discussion on Polygamy with the (in)famous revelation still canonized in Mormon/LDS scripture as Section 132 of the Doctrine & Covenants. Mike sets up the historical & personal context of the timing of this revelation and the problematic ideas presented in it as coming from God including how God views women, redefining adultery and other moral issues, and the various rules and justifications given by God to practice polygamy.
Mike goes on to show that Joseph admits himself that polygamy is something he wanted, and despite being the receiver of the various specific rules defined by God, he nevertheless proceeds to break every one of them.
Finally, Mike goes over the many apologetics around this section of the Doctrine & Covenants and the problems with most of the arguments attempting to justify the revelation, Joseph’s polygamy, and the resulting polygamy among many of the branches of Mormonism, some continuing to this day.
Special Guest: Elisha Lee
- Faith Unraveled Tiktok (Faith Transition Focused)
- Soul Unraveled Tiktok (Personal Journey Focused)
LDS Discussion Essay on Polygamy
- Part 1: An Introduction to Mormon Polygamy - 24
- 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 to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. |
| 0:03.6 | I am your host, John Delin. |
| 0:06.1 | We are here for another very exciting episode in the LDS discussion series called Joseph |
| 0:13.4 | Smith's polygamy revelation, Dr. and Covenants or DNC 132 for those who haven't joined |
| 0:20.4 | us previously and are just stumbling upon this and whatever way the algorithms serve it to |
| 0:24.8 | you. We are in the middle of what I think is a really important series where our friend |
| 0:31.9 | Mike, who has a website called LDS discussions at LDS discussions.com, has taken the time |
| 0:37.7 | to examine as a convert to the Mormon church. He has taken the time to provide an analysis |
| 0:45.3 | of, let's just say, 40, 50 Mormon church truth claims in a way that attempts to be as neutral |
| 0:52.0 | and as objective as possible so that people who are truly interested in understanding the |
| 0:59.0 | reality and the truth about the Mormon church or the LDS church or the church of Jesus Christ |
| 1:03.1 | of Latter-day Saints can do so in a way that doesn't feel angry or antagonistic. |
| 1:07.5 | And so we have done many, many episodes already. You can find this series on Spotify as its |
| 1:14.6 | own series under LDS discussions. You can find it on the Apple podcast app. There is a YouTube |
| 1:20.6 | playlist under the Mormon Stories podcast channel. And of course you can find it in the |
| 1:25.3 | traditional Mormon Stories podcast feeds, audio and video. And we hope that you are loving |
| 1:32.4 | this series and or are going to love this episode. So we're covering polygamy in at least |
| 1:38.2 | five parts, specifically Joseph Smith's polygamy, but also some other things in addition. |
| 1:43.8 | And we're doing that because that is one of the most important issues that people want |
| 1:48.2 | to analyze as they're trying to determine the truth and the reality about the Mormon |
| 1:52.9 | church. So we are now into what I believe is our second part in our five part series on |
| 1:58.9 | polygamy. And what we're going to be doing is a deep dive into DNC 132, which is basically |
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