The Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants are two completely different books. Something you would know if you actually read them as you claim you have.
Emma is his first wife
That verse doesn’t say what you claim it says. It talks about her “cleaving unto him” which is scripture speak for being united with him, not in a sexual sense. The verse also doesn’t mention her family at all.
If you’re going to go around mindlessly repeating anti-Mormon BS, at least get your easily verifiable “facts” strait.
I read it over thirty years ago, but I’m positive it referenced her family. More than likely the church has revised it to soften the language, possibly even more than once given the Mormon Church is constantly revising, trying to rebrand to keep pulling in more people to their pyramid scheme of tithing, so they can buy up ever more malls, newspapers, and land.
Let’s assume you’re right, though? Are you saying coercion is not evil? That women should be forced to “cleave a man” under duress? Especially a man with dozens of wives, many of which he married before his “first” wife? Some as young as fourteen?
That sounds blatantly evil to me. No real God would attempt to strip a woman of her free agency.
Edit: I was born into the religion. I was a member for decades before someone with a good heart offered to pay me to read what I had blindly believed based on the cherry-picked lessons I was given while growing up. I’ve probably baptized more people while I held the priesthood, alive or dead, than you’ve “visiting teached.” I’m not parroting anything.
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The Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants are two completely different books. Something you would know if you actually read them as you claim you have.
Emma is his first wife
That verse doesn’t say what you claim it says. It talks about her “cleaving unto him” which is scripture speak for being united with him, not in a sexual sense. The verse also doesn’t mention her family at all.
If you’re going to go around mindlessly repeating anti-Mormon BS, at least get your easily verifiable “facts” strait.
I read it over thirty years ago, but I’m positive it referenced her family. More than likely the church has revised it to soften the language, possibly even more than once given the Mormon Church is constantly revising, trying to rebrand to keep pulling in more people to their pyramid scheme of tithing, so they can buy up ever more malls, newspapers, and land.
Let’s assume you’re right, though? Are you saying coercion is not evil? That women should be forced to “cleave a man” under duress? Especially a man with dozens of wives, many of which he married before his “first” wife? Some as young as fourteen?
That sounds blatantly evil to me. No real God would attempt to strip a woman of her free agency.
Edit: I was born into the religion. I was a member for decades before someone with a good heart offered to pay me to read what I had blindly believed based on the cherry-picked lessons I was given while growing up. I’ve probably baptized more people while I held the priesthood, alive or dead, than you’ve “visiting teached.” I’m not parroting anything.