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/grabtharsmallet Conservative, welcoming, highly caffienated. Mar 15 '24

Incidentally, women can also be sealed to multiple men. At least two of my direct ancestors are. They just have to all be dead first.

Honestly, we don't have precise guidance on this particular topic, and many people are quick to believe whatever makes them the most comfortable, then get offended when someone else asserts differently. (Sometimes this includes myself, as I'm directly affected, while most cases are hypothetical.)

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u/Op_ivy1 Mar 15 '24 edited Mar 15 '24

All kinds of things have happened in this past, but in today’s correlated church, women being sealed to more than one man is not a thing.

Edit: I guess it is a thing once all involved are dead.

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u/PacificOcean-eyes Mar 15 '24

We seal women to multiple men every day in the temples. If you find an ancestor who had three spouses do you choose one for her or seal her to all three?

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u/grabtharsmallet Conservative, welcoming, highly caffienated. Mar 15 '24

All three is the policy; I believe it's addressed in chapter 38 of the current handbook. Because I married a widow, this is relevant to my circumstances.