If you ask a Latter-day Saint woman what she keeps on her metaphorical faith “shelf,” there’s a good chance polygamy will be there.
I hold that 132 is a mixed bag.
Which makes it hard to completely throw out.
It contains a baby (verses 4 to 33) in dirty bath water (most of the remaining parts of the section.)
The dirty bath water of polygamy likely came in Joseph's dark moments like during Liberty Jail.
Trauma leads to escapism.
Error is nearly always mixed with truth to make it stick.
It was not just women that were victimized by polygamy.
Polygamy resulted in thousands of forced bachelors within the church as there were slightly more men than women in Utah while it was practiced.
The men that practiced it were also burdened by it.
I hold that 132 is a mixed bag.
Which makes it hard to completely throw out.
It contains a baby (verses 4 to 33) in dirty bath water (most of the remaining parts of the section.)
The dirty bath water of polygamy likely came in Joseph's dark moments like during Liberty Jail.
Trauma leads to escapism.
Error is nearly always mixed with truth to make it stick.
It was not just women that were victimized by polygamy.
Polygamy resulted in thousands of forced bachelors within the church as there were slightly more men than women in Utah while it was practiced.
The men that practiced it were also burdened by it.