Seeing he had a 13 year old wife. Not sure about Banghm' Young though.
Wasnt Mary 14 when she gave birth to Jesus and Joseph 30 at that time?
2006-10-26 08:41:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm sorry I might have heard wrong about his young wife. Upon further investigation I have looked at early records. Here is a list of his wives:
Emma Hale
Fanny Alger
Lucinda Morgan Harris
Louisa Beaman
Zina Huntington Jacobs
Presendia Huntington Buell
Agnes Coolbrith
Sylvia Sessions Lyon
Mary Rollins Lightner
Patty Bartlett Sessions
Marinda Johnson Hyde
Elizabeth Davis Durfee
Sarah Kingsley Cleveland
Delcena Johnson
Eliza R. Snow
Sarah Ann Whitney
Martha McBride Knight
Ruth Vose Sayers
Flora Ann Woodworth
Emily Dow Partridge
Eliza Maria Partridge
Almera Johnson
Lucy Walker
Sarah Lawrence
Maria Lawrence
Helen Mar Kimball
Hanna Ells
Elvira Cowles Holmes
Rhoda Richards
Desdemona Fullmer
Olive Frost
Melissa Lott
Nancy Winchester
Fanny Young
Nancy and Helen were 14. A few others were 16 and 17. So I sincerely apologize for being a year off the age.
However he might have still shown up on Dateline though.
2006-10-26 10:43:18 · update #1
Joeseph Smith set the example, and Bring'em Young followed it.
I don't know about Dateline, but he could be a Poster Child for AA.
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2006-11-02 14:31:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yep; one of the things the early Mormon church had going for it was the time period. They could run away from civilization and create their own refuge before anyine could come and stop them.
The difference between a cult and a reeligion is about 100 years, now the LDS is looked upon as a respectible religion insteaad of the cult it was back then. Of course they have dropped some of their more offensive practices.
2006-10-26 08:46:54 · answer #2 · answered by adphllps 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is easy to judge the past with rules created by our society in our culture today.
First, I would like proof that he married and had sex with a 13 year old. As of yet, it is only speculation. Second, even if it is true, wasn't that a common age to get married in frontier America. My grandmother married at 15, and that was only 90 years ago, and in Washington DC.
Why do we today feel we have such the corner on morality? Look around at the terrible things in the world and ask, are we really more moral today than in the 1800's?
2006-10-26 08:43:54 · answer #3 · answered by AT 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
No, becuase he was a Prophet of God who was leading the Lords church. He was not some wanna-be aposate.
Joseph's life was threatened many times and he lived thru many challenges until the Lord was ready for him to leave his earthly mission. Further, he was jailed and let go so many times becuase again, he was not finished with his mission.
Joseph was and still is..... a Prophet of God.
2006-10-26 08:51:30 · answer #4 · answered by SunValleyLife 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Emma Smith was born in 1804 and married in 1827 that makes her 23 jackass.
addition:
The plural marriage directive was not revealed until 1843. That cuts your list in half. Next, a lot of women claimed to be married to him after his death in search of celebrity. He was killed in 1844, hardly enough time since alot of the time between he spent in jails. doing research in anti-mormon websites will obviously not yield accuracy.
2006-10-26 08:44:46 · answer #5 · answered by Cafra 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Probably yes to the first question...
Mary's age wasn't mentioned in the Bible.
I can think of one other man that would be on dateline...marrying a nine year old and consummating the marriage...
Makes my skin crawl...
2006-10-26 08:44:51 · answer #6 · answered by Salvation is a gift, Eph 2:8-9 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Joseph Smith is a prophet of God. You need to obtain facts and use your spell check.
2006-10-26 08:58:33 · answer #7 · answered by Angel 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yeah, and bible-god would have been jailed for raping a virgin named mary.
2006-10-26 08:42:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋