Ep 124 – BM pt 4 Polygamy Post-Bennett w/Johnny Stephenson

Naked Mormonism Podcast

Bryce Blankenagel

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

4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2018

⏱️ 81 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

On this episode, we’re joined for part 2 of Johnny Stephenson’s interview on Mormon polygamy. Bennett’s expose printed in the Sangamo Journal, and later History of the Saints, altered Mormon polygamy from that time forward. Johnny walks us through how the expose affected the doctrine of polygamy and gives us a few insights into the real-world impact of practicing celestial marriage using first-hand accounts.

Show links:
Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com
Twitter @NakedMormonism
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311
Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism
Music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.com/
Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/
Legal Counsel http://patorrez.com/

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I am Ryan McKnight. I'm Kara Santa Maria. I am Christopher Smith. Hi, I'm Andrew Torres. This is
0:06.7	Naked Mormonism. The Serial Mormon History Podcast.
0:16.3	We are joined once again by Johnny Stevenson.
0:21.9	Where we last left off, we covered the history of Mormon polygamy and polyandry leading up to the Bennett meltdown.
0:30.7	And now listeners, hopefully if you've listened to the previous few episodes, the Bennett meltdown is fresh on your mind because we're going to be talking
0:37.9	about it and how it impacted Navu polygamy. And we're also be talking about a number of the
0:44.1	subjects that were impacted directly through this practice of polygamy. So we have a lot to talk
0:50.0	about. Johnny, welcome back and thank you so much for joining me again. Sure. So where do we want to pick
0:55.8	up? We have kind of a lot of floating points out there from the last time that we spoke. And I think
1:01.7	that it kind of, you know, relating to what happened and transpired with Bennett and his expose,
1:06.7	a lot of things shifted. And you made a couple of illusions in our last conversation that he began, that Joseph began
1:13.8	marrying just Virgin-wise at this point.
1:16.0	And that kind of plays into this whole narrative.
1:18.0	So let's pick up there.
1:19.7	Where are we going with this, Johnny?
1:21.5	Okay.
1:22.3	There's two things that were going on early in Navu.
1:25.3	One was baptism for the dead, where Joseph was developing the sealing power.
1:31.1	And this was a doctrine that was strange to people.
1:35.9	It was new and innovative to them.
1:39.8	Joseph was basically saying that, you know, we need to form this link of people, a chain back to
1:49.6	atoms so that everybody is leaked together somehow. And Joseph Smith said that this would be
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Bryce Blankenagel, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Bryce Blankenagel and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.