Joseph Smith's Secret Polygamy 🛐

Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, secretly married over 30 women. I once sang songs about he would mingle with Gods in heaven. These included teenagers, foster daughters, and women already married to other men. Many of these relationships were hidden, coerced, and even justified with threats of damnation or stories of angels with drawn swords. His polygamy ultimately fueled dissent, the Nauvoo Expositor, and his death at Carthage Jail. This video unpacks the darkest side of Mormon history: Joseph Smith’s polygamy cult.

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A few resources I mention in the video:
*My video about polygamy in heaven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTWUsn_QxVc&t=2s
*My book, How to Leave the Mormon Church: https://www.amazon.com/How-Leave-Mormon-Church-Rebuilding-ebook/dp/B0CRWQRHDV
*No Man Knows my history (book on Joseph Smith’s life): https://www.amazon.com/No-Man-Knows-My-History/dp/0679730540
*In Sacred Loneliness (polygamy book): https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Loneliness-Plural-Wives-Joseph/dp/156085085X
*CES Letter, a common document used to debunk the Mormon church: https://read.cesletter.org/polygamy/
*Church produced essay about polygamy #1: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/plural-marriage-in-kirtland-and-nauvoo?
*Church produced essay about polygamy #2: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/joseph-smith-and-plural-marriage?lang=eng
*List of wives and a short explanation: http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/
*Website with info about Joseph Smith’s polygamy: https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/
*Full text of the Nauvoo Expositor: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/nauvoo-expositor-7-june-1844/2
*Polygamy still in Mormon scripture: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/132?lang=eng
*Wikipedia list of Joseph Smith’s wives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Joseph_Smith%27s_wives
*Article with compilation of angel with a drawn sword quotes: https://ensignpeakfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Encouraging-Joseph-Smith-to-Practice-Plural-Marriage-The-Accounts-of-the-Angel-with-a-Drawn-Sword.pdf
*One page PDF of wives: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/232920611951695526/
*Records of marriage affidavits from the church website: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/record/915fc5f1-4f65-4131-800a-4eaee3604f3c/4cc58b5c-66ca-4a20-9e0c-c7a558a46efa?view=browse
*Evidence of sexual relations: https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/common-questions/plural-marriages-sexual/
*Lawsuit against Joseph Smith over Maria Lawrence: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/introduction-to-state-of-illinois-v-js-for-adultery-and-fornication/1
*William Law interview: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Interview_with_William_Law._March_30%2C_1887
*Nauvoo Expositor explained: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauvoo_Expositor



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