I won't be answering these, only stating my questions that were never answered till I came to a Saving Relationship with my Savior, Jesus Christ. Feel free to answer any of them, if you're moved to, but be aware, I am fully aware of what the Mormon Apologist websites have to say on most of these questions. I went there to try and find answers after we had access to the internet. I will know if you cut and paste from their sites. Their answers still don't fully answer my questions.. and only brought up more questions that couldn't, or wouldn't be answered. They are in no particular order.
*Seeing as we have internet now, I will provide links with some.
My Questions
Why was it okay for a Prophet of God to marry 14 year old girls and promise them and their family that they will all (Her whole family) have eternal salvation for it? 'if you take this step, it will ensure your eternal salvation and exaltation and that of your father's household and all of your kindred.'
Located 1/3 of the way down
http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/JS_Polygamy_Timeline.htm
At what point in time is it okay, in any way shape or form, to scare anyone into marrying you by proclaiming that An Angel with a drawn Sword will kill you if you (The person proclaiming the proposal) don't follow through?
Zina Huntington Jacobs
Why was it okay for a Prophet of God to marry a Woman who was already married to another man? (Polyandry) Not only Marry her.. but also have sexual relations with her when It states in the Mormon Scriptures that a Plural Wive MUST be a Virgin.
D&C 132:61-63
Why, when a man went on a mission, to preach Gods work, was it okay for the Prophet to then take his wife for his own and say he was no longer worthy of her when he was obviously willing to leave his family to do Gods work? (She was married, a New bride, AND pregnant by her husband). One example listed below.
Zina Huntington Jacobs
Why were many of Joseph Smiths Prophecies not fulfilled?
Why, even after Joseph brought about the Word of Wisdom, did he still drink Wine till the day he was killed? Was he not required to follow the Word of wisdom as well? Early Church Members were disciplined for not following the Word of Wisdom.
History of the Church, Vol. 6, page 616
Why does Josephs version of the Egyptian Papyrus translation (book of Abraham found in the Pearl of Great Price) differ from those who can read Egyptian and both have a totally different interruption?
What would happen to a woman who never had the chance to marry a faithful man? Would she be in a lesser glory? Why if she was continually faithful? My Mother. I watched her be abused by her 3rd husband. Her 2nd husband cheated on her and his other 11 wives. Through no fault of her own and only because of her choice in men, would she be denied her right to live in the highest Celestial Kingdom with God? With no Husband to call her forth at the resurrection, would my faithful, loving, kind mother be judge according to the men in her life? How is this just?
Why, would many women, who were already married and sealed to Joseph Smith then choose to marry and be sealed to Brigham Young? Did Joseph somehow disqualify himself?
Joseph's Wives
Brigham's Wives
Why, if Brian got a "Burning of the bosom", that polygamy was true and he should live it, could never get God to answer him for who else he should marry? (What he wanted was for it to be right and last forever). In this case, the heart can't be trusted and he really wanted to do Gods will.
Blacks and the Priesthood. Why was it okay to shun the blacks in the first place and then later be okay to let them have the Priesthood? Does God really change his mind? How is that considered consistent?
It was Okay to live polygamy until the Manifesto and now it's not? How was it suspended in Gods Eyes?
When in the Bible was Polygamy ever okay or commanded to be lived?
How can Adam be God? Why would a Prophet of God Teach a Doctrine such as this that would require someone to put his own fully resurrected perfected body down and pick up another? Isn't that a form of Reincarnation?
Why was the Polygamist endowment different then the LDS endowment. Why were the "penalties" removed in 1990 by the LDS Church? When I went through the Manti temple, it was all the same except for the "Penalties" and some wording. (Blood Atonement) I lived my life in fear for years. Feared if I said something outside of the temple I would have my life taken. You did NOT talk about ANYTHING that went on in the temple. To this day, I fear saying anything because I have family that believe in the Blood Atonement Brigham Young tought. Will they take it in their own hands one day to save us from ourselves because we have committed Sins that Christs Blood can not cover?
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These are the questions I had while in Polygamy that were never answered. Then brought them with me after leaving Polygamy and joining the Mainstream LDS church. That are some of the questions I asked my Bishop, who sent me to my Stake President because be didn't know what to say and my Stake president couldn't answer them without me bringing up more questions that he couldn't answer. I was told, "Don't go there." and "Leave it alone." When I didn't, his response was, 'If you pursue this course, you will be filled with the spirit of the Devil and fall away from the Restoration.' Are we to fear truth? Is that how God works?
Matthew 7:7-11 "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?"
I asked God, and through him and his "Word", the Bible, all of these questions now have an answer. All Praise and Glory go to God. These questions, and more (as I then had many more arise joining the LDS faith) would have still been sitting on my "Shelf". Thank you for your goodness and Grace, Lord Jesus!
I am sending out a prayer for anyone who is quietly reading and searching for themselves. Please Lord, give them the courage to not stop. Help them continue searching till they find you. Help them come into a saving relationship with you and accept your divine Grace. In Jesus name, Amen.
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