Episode description
Episode description
Many have asked the question: Did Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith have sex with his polygamous wives? During his lifetime, Joseph Smith engaged in polygamy (which was illegal in the state of Illinois) and his wives consisted of women who were underage, women who were single, women who were widowed, and women who were already legally married. What is the evidence for his sexual relations with them? Additionally a number of the brethren were also commanded to live polygamy, what is the evidence for sexual relations in those unions? Were any children born in polygamy during the prophet’s life? Join us for a unique LDS Discussions episode where we explore these topics and answer these questions.
00:10:50 The purpose of polygamy from the scriptures - Book of Mormon Jacob 2:27-30
00:14:05 List of all 35 of Joseph Smith’s wives
00:19:45 Color coded list of the wives and sexual relations with Joseph Smith
00:26:55 Fanny Alger was Joseph Smith’s first “polygamous” wife
00:32:45 Lucinda Pendleton Harris was the first polyandrous wife
00:38:20 Zina Huntington was already married and was seven months pregnant
00:45:30 Presendia Buell didn’t know if her son was Joseph’s son
00:49:42 Levirate Marriage with Agnes Smith, Joseph Smith’s sister-in-law
00:58:44 Sylvia Sessions Lyon thought her daughter was actually Joseph Smith’s
01:01:15 How can the Mormon polygamy deniers explain this away?
01:12:40 Elizabeth Durfee helped Joseph arrange new plural marriages
01:19:00 Did Emma Smith push Eliza R. Snow down the stairs?
01:22:26 Clip - Emma Smith did not attend Relief Society through all of 1843
01:30:06 Sarah Ann Whitney had a fake or “front husband” after she married Joseph Smith
01:38:00 Joseph Smith visited Flora Ann Woodworth often
01:54:50 Lucy Walker answers the question of why Joseph Smith didn’t have children in polygamy
02:05:36 Helen Mar Kimball was only fourteen years old
02:25:50 Desdemona Fullmer dreamed that Emma was going to poison her
02:36:40 Malissa Lott’s testimony that she slept with Joseph Smith
02:46:10 Human Trafficking in Mormon history
03:03:10 Children born into polygamy
03:08:52 The final count for who Joseph Smith had sex with and who he did not
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