2007-07-20 09:40:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Another polygamy question.
Well, maybe. Polygamy did help them bring in more members by having tons of children, but I am not sure if it wouldn't have survived otherwise. They had dealt with a lot of persecution and instead of giving up they traveled across America to have religious freedom. I am not sure if they would have just given that up so easy. Even Mormons today are pretty fanatical about their religion.
For people who aren't sure how it all got stared,
Joseph Smith said that he had a revelation from god and God told him that they must be fruitful and replenish the earth.
2007-07-20 09:43:37 · answer #1 · answered by alana 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Because of reorganize church was started by Joseph and Emma sons. They don't believe in polygamy. I believe the Mormon Church would have survive without polygamy.
2007-07-20 19:16:49 · answer #2 · answered by Tinkerbelle2007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The church probably would have ultimately died out, or remain stagnant in Nauvoo, but Joseph would not have been assassinated because the Expositor would not have been destroyed, and the move to Utah would've been unnecessary.
Brigham may not have ever become a 'prophet', nor would Warren Jeffs have destroyed so many lives.
Stupid mob.
2007-07-21 00:47:39 · answer #3 · answered by Dances with Poultry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. I think that polygamy was an enticement into the religion - for men anyway. Isn't it funny how they were told that polygamy was important to their religion but when people started getting arrested for it they changed their minds about how important it was. Hmmmmmmmmmm. Was it God's idea or man's idea? I think I know the answer.
2007-07-20 16:46:37 · answer #4 · answered by Kaliko 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Interesting question. God gave us the commandment for a purpose, to raise up a people unto God. When it was ended, it had served its purpose. Since we did survive, it is pure speculation as to whether we could have made it without the practice. It forced another level of sacrifice onto the people. It proved whether they were willing to do whatsoever God commanded them. It was an ultimate sacrifice for some of them. The people that emerged from the practice were a people obedient to God and His prophet because of the hardships they had to endure. They proved to themselves that God would support them if they were obedient. Without that new level of sacrifice and obedience, it is possible that persecution and waywardness, straying from the faith, could have crept in and taken a large hold on the people.
I am grateful for the sacrifice of my ancestors that endured that hard time period. My family went to Arizona to escape the U.S. persecution caused by the practice of plural marriage. From there we successfully spread abroad.
2007-07-20 16:48:58 · answer #5 · answered by rac 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Probably -- although it is difficult to see why. The Book of Mormon does not condone polygamy, so it is not clear how it got started -- unless simply by condoning Joseph Smith's licentiousness.
2007-07-20 16:45:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think what saved Mormonism was going to Utah and not being under scrutiny by the laws of the rest of the land. For a long time, they could do what they wanted and their numbers grew. Being the majority population is what helped them last.
atheist (THINK)
2007-07-20 16:45:36 · answer #7 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The religion itself? yes.
The widows that federal law at the time wouldn't allow to own land, or otherwise reasonably support themselves? I don't know if they would have survived.
2007-07-20 16:46:40 · answer #8 · answered by daisyk 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope, there is plenty of other wierd and wonderful doctrines that have ruined it for them, lets choose - BLOOD ATONEMENT! or THE RACIST DOCTRINE OF THE MARK OF CAIN ! Wow the list goes on.
2007-07-22 06:30:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its all a cult
2007-07-20 16:45:33 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋