Mormons in brief
On The Juvenile Instructor, David G. asks for a little help with boiling Mormon History, 1830-1844, down to 150 to 200 words.
I’m currently drafting an encyclopedia article on Mormon history from 1830-1844. The essay is supposed to pick up right after the founding of the Church in April 1830 and conclude with the Martyrdom.We can only hope that Dave isn't an impressionable child — his post is an Internet "Kick me" sign. So far, he's gotten one rather restrained comment, from Ben:
‘Dem Mormons are crazy.' (summed it up in 3 1/2 words).
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BIGGEST LOAD OF HORSESHIT EVER COOKED UP BY ANY MAN. (The Church, I mean...not your blog.)
Sex, lies and golden plates.
By all means, let's help David G.out!
Joseph Smith cons 19th Century farmers in upstate New York that he sees God and angels visit him; he then starts polygamy and marries the following women under the guise of religion:
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
Wants to run for president of the United States and start a new world theological order; fails miserably; ‘translates’ the Book of Abraham with such utter falsity that it should be placed in a comic book rather than scripture (although belief in Superman is more plausible than Kolob);
burns down the Nauvoo Expositor newspaper, thus violating the constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression. Jailed for this act and is killed by miscreants. Infighting among Mormon hierarchy leaves the LDS church without a leader for years.
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