Ep 116 – The Tongue is an Unruly Member

Naked Mormonism Podcast

Bryce Blankenagel

Ldschurch, Christianity, Latterdaysaints, Religion, Ldschurchhistory, Mormons, Religion & Spirituality, Mormonhistory, Bookofmormon, Mormonism, Josephsmith, Mormon

4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we take a bird’s eye overview of everything happening in 1842 and spend a bit of time focusing on the immediate fallout of Bennett’s public and vitriolic departure from the Church. We review some headlines covering the political movements of Joseph Smith’s Nauvoo Mormonism, briefly discuss his ever-expanding financial profile, and try to assess the massive fallout and cover-up campaign crafted to keep the practice of polygamy as acceptable for only the uppermost elites, while publicly denying that the practice even exists. Jo and Newell K. Whitney give some weird talks to the Relief Society about holding their tongues and not faulting the leadership for “err[s] in judgement”.

Links:

John C. Bennett biography
http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/john-cook-bennett

History of the Saints
https://archive.org/stream/historysaints00benngoog#page/n107/mode/2up

Bennett prior to Nauvoo
https://www.fairmormon.org/answers/Polygamy_book/John_C._Bennett/John_C._Bennett_Prior_to_Nauvoo

Relief Society Minutes
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/nauvoo-relief-society-minute-book/20#full-transcript

Ezekiel 14
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+14&version=AKJV

Warsaw Signal 1842
http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/il/sign1842.htm

“Joe Smith’s New Peeping Stone”
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22819237/the_lamoille_standard/

Life and Contributions of Newell K. Whitney
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6048&context=etd

NaMo Home Evening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwyNFZeL2OE

Zelph on the Shelf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBpMsj7sLzw

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Happy New Year to war, including to my many enemies, and those who have fought me and lost so
0:09.6	badly. They just don't know what to do. Love. I am Ryan McKnight. I'm Kara Santa Maria. I am Christopher Smith. Hi. I am Ryan McKnight.
0:21.4	I'm Kara Santa Maria.
0:23.0	I am Christopher Smith.
0:24.5	Hi, I'm Andrew Torres.
0:26.0	This is Naked Mormonism.
0:29.1	The Serial Mormon History Podcast. Bennett wrecked it all.
0:46.6	May of 1842 wasn't the first time that Bennett had shown some signs that he may not be the most upright kind of guy.
0:55.2	Now, let's be real for just a minute here.
0:57.8	If Joe gravitated towards John C. Bennett so much because of similar personalities,
1:03.6	Joe must have known at a subconscious level the possibilities that Bennett shared some of his flaws,
1:09.5	even if Joe never consciously acknowledged any of his
1:12.4	own character flaws. Possibly as a result of this realization, possibly due to Bennett
1:18.5	overstepping his boundaries in one way or another, Joe sent his trusted friend George Miller
1:23.8	to investigate Bennett's history in Ohio, where he was located prior to moving to
1:28.8	Illinois and attaining the office of quartermaster general of the Illinois militia.
1:34.0	George Miller's report wasn't good. More than a year before Bennett and Joe had their falling
1:39.0	out, Miller reported that Bennett, a claimed bachelor, had a living wife with children. This is from 1841.
1:46.3	Quote, his poor but confiding wife followed him from place to place with no suspicion of his
1:52.2	unfaithfulness to her. At length, however, he became so bold in his departures that it was
1:58.1	evident to all around that he was a sore offender, and his wife
2:02.7	left him under satisfactory evidence of his adulterous connections, end quote.
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