I am not saying all mormon do this. but somewhere in utah, there are men that marry up to 20 or more wives.?

Question

Why would someone do that? why would a wife, let her husband marry that many women. That seem insane. what do think?

Answer 1

are you kidding me that's it I'm joining the Mormons

Answer 2

In the olden days, when a few real Mormons really did have plural wives, things were pretty good. The rule was that each woman had to have her own house and be completely provided for by the man. Because of having sister-wives, many women were more free... for instance some went off to study medicine, while some chose to stay home with the kids. Utah women were the first ones in America to get the vote. Women in plural marriages could potentially have a lot more freedom because of their sister-wives.

It's funny how many people see ploygamy as a man's dream and a woman's nightmare. It was really the other way around. An INCREDIBLY huge responsibilty for the man, designed for the welfare of women, especially since there was a derth of righteous men.

Also, note that the permission of the first wife was always necessary before a second wife could be added into the fold, so to speak. Each wife got to have a say about that.

Sometimes I wish the days when plural marriage were practiced hadn't ended, because I love my sisters and best friends. If they could have married my husband as well, we all could have enjoyed his great kindness, as well as each others company, and they would have been married to a good man instead of living in sin with men who don't support them emotionally or spiritually.

Answer 3

Mormon is usually a nickname for a member of the LDS church. I have no clue what you would call the FDLS or another "mormon" sect. They practice polygamy.
As for why a wife would want her husband to marry all those women, I am not sure if all the women have a choice, same goes in places like Saudi Arabia.
I am not FDLS so I can not speculate. I highly doubt you will find any FDLS on here.

Answer 4

The LDS have abolished polygamy many many decades ago. As with all religions, there are offshoot cults that exist. Just as the protestants were considered a cult of catholicism back when, and the branch davidians are considered a cult of christianity now, there will be cults that retain or interpret differently from another religion.

Yes, in AZ, I think, there are a bunch of polygamists that live there. Obviously, some women were trained to accept this sort of lifestyle. Of course, having been taught that the word of god supports this may have some bearing.

Answer 5

I am surprised at how many times people ask this. No Mormons do that. Any Mormon man who does that gets kicked out of the Mormon church. The people who do that are break-off groups with no affiliation to the Mormon church.

As to your other questions: I don't know ANY man who would be dumb enough to take a second wife!! I know what kind of a wife I am, and my husband would have to be seriously masochistic to need another....

Answer 6

LDS church president Joseph F. Smith in 1904 would say to stop polygamy so after that members of the church would stop practicing it. If they did not stop it then they would be excommunicated from the church. There is not a lot of people that still practice polygamy here in Utah. However in Hilldale they practice it you might of heard of Warren Jeff's before. Also there is some smaller groups that practice here in the valley such as the Kingston clan.

Answer 7

These are not LDS, but they are of a splinter group off the LDS church. There are a couple of them around that feel Wilford Woodruff sold them down the drain with his "revelation".
They do that because they want to hold to Joseph Smith's "true teachings".
The wives have little to say about it and they are common law wives as far as the law of the land is concerned and thus eligible for welfare, medicare and any other form of social assistance possible.

Answer 8

Here's the deal, in the United states one person can only legally be married to one other person. The man in this situation has kids with several of his other "wives" and they collect a lot of money from the government to help them being single mothers.

Answer 9

ANY member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) who practices plural marriage is excommunicated from the Church. The whole "Mormons practice polygamy" accusation is a misconception.

In 1998, President Gordon B. Hinckley made the following statement about the Church's position on plural marriage:

"This Church has nothing whatever to do with those practicing polygamy. They are not members of this Church. . . . If any of our members are found to be practicing plural marriage, they are excommunicated, the most serious penalty the Church can impose. Not only are those so involved in direct violation of the civil law, they are in violation of the law of this Church."

Answer 10

It is a totally different way of life. To most of us it seems insane indeed, but to those who are brought up in the faith it is natural and expected.
To my way of thinking, there are more people (read women) to take care of the household chores, to take care of the children, and you don't have to sleep with the man every night.
But none of that means that I believe in it or think it is right. I'm just saying it is different, and it is hard to know how women in those situations feel, it may be a blessing, it may be a curse.

Answer 11

There are NO Mormons that do this. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would be excommunicated if they practiced polygamy. The only people that do this are wierdos in southern Utah, Arizona, Colorado who are not affiliated with the Mormon church.