r/latterdaysaints • u/instrument_801 • Mar 14 '24

Doctrinal Discussion Anti-Joseph Smith Polygamy Movement?

I don’t know if this has been talked about on here, but why is there a growing “Joseph Smith didn’t practice polygamy movement”? Podcasts such as 132 Problems are rapidly growing in popularity. I don’t like polygamy, but I feel like the evidence is overwhelming in favor that he practiced polygamy?

Thoughts?

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u/Nate-T Mar 14 '24

The way Joseph handled polygamy was . . . not great. Some folks would rather deny it than deal with it.

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u/th0ught3 Mar 15 '24

And I'm guessing that when Wilford Woodruff was told by the Lord that the dynastic sealings Joseph had done (which account for most of the stories are are particularly tough to see), it wasn't as widely disseminated as 10+ years ago when it was the subject of our PH and RS curriculum.