March 27 — Three Nights’ Public Discussion, p. 8 “We are accused here of polygamy, and actions the most indelicate, obscene, and disgusting, such that none but a corrupt and depraved heart could have contrived. These things are too outrageous to admit of belief; therefore… I shall content myself to reading our views of chastity and marriage, from a work published by us, containing some of the articles of our Faith.” — John Taylor, 1850 (more…)
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John Taylor’s Polygamy Lies
Posted in Polygamy, Polygamy & Mormon Church Leaders, tagged Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France, John Taylor, Three Nights' Public Discussion on 03/27/2026| 3 Comments »
Eternal Marriage Requires Polygamy
Posted in February, Polygamy, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged D&C 132, false prophet Joseph Smith, polygamy on 02/05/2026| 1 Comment »
February 5 — Doctrine and Covenants 132:16-17, 32 “Therefore, when they are out of the world they neither marry nor are given in marriage; but are appointed angels in heaven, which angels are ministering servants, to minister for those who are worthy of a far more, and an exceeding, and an eternal weight of glory. 17 For these angels did not abide my law; therefore, they cannot be enlarged, but remain separately and singly, without exaltation, in their saved condition, to all eternity; and from henceforth are not gods, but are angels of God forever and ever. 32 Go ye, therefore, and do the works of Abraham; enter ye into my law and ye shall be saved.” (more…)
If Plural Marriage Isn’t True, Faith is in Vain
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, November, Polygamy, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Deut. 17:17, false prophecies of Orson Pratt, Journal of Discourses 21:296, polygamy on 11/16/2025| 2 Comments »
November 16 — Journal of Discourses, vol. 21, p. 296 “…the very moment that they are admitted to be true, it brings in plurality of marriage, and if plurality of marriage is not true or in other words, if a man has no divine right to marry two wives or more in this world, the marriage for eternity is not true, and your faith is all vain, and all the sealing ordinances and powers, pertaining to marriages for eternity are vain, worthless, good for nothing; for as sure as one is true the other also must be true. Amen.” – Orson Pratt, Salt Lake City, July 18, 1880 (more…)
Brigham Lied: God Didn’t Fight Polygamy Battles for Mormon Church
Posted in Brigham Young, False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, Polygamy, tagged Brigham Young, false doctrines of Mormonism, Journal of Discourses 5:167, Mormon god didn't protect Mormons on 09/23/2025| 5 Comments »
September 23 — Journal of Discourses 5:167 “Brother Heber has been prophesying. You know that I call him my Prophet, and he prophesies for me. And now I prophesy that, if this people will live their religion, the God of heaven will fight their battles, bring them off victorious over all their enemies, and give to them the kingdom. That is my prophecy. I said amen to all that brother Heber prophesied, for it is true; and he may say amen to all that I prophesy, for it is also true.” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, August 30, 1857 (more…)
Joseph Smith’s Invitation to Polygamy
Posted in Polygamy, tagged joseph smith, Nauvoo Roots of Mormon Polygamy on 04/07/2025| 7 Comments »
Deuteronomy 17:17 “Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.”
April 7 — Joseph Smith’s Invitation to Polygamy. Nauvoo Roots of Mormon Polygamy 1841-1846 A Preliminary Demographic Report, p. 12 “An Invitation from the Prophet To Marry Plural Wives
Although he insisted that the practice of polygamy remain secret, Joseph Smith introduced his teaching about plural wives to thirty families of his close followers among the 15,000 Mormons living in and around Nauvoo.[38] When he denied from the pulpit having plural wives, at least 100 other polygamous adults sitting in the congregation knew about the secret doctrine. … (more…)
Polygamy Requires Subservient, Passive Women
Posted in Polygamy, tagged Daniel H. Wells, Deuteronomy 17:17, Journal of Discourses 4:256 on 12/14/2022| 7 Comments »
“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.” Romans 15:13
Journal of Discourses 4:256 “I say to the sisters, seek to have confidence in your husbands, and believe that they are capable of leading you…and be faithful, humble, and obedient to them. Their feelings should not be concentrated in you, but your feelings should be in them, and their’s should be in those who lead them in the Priesthood. … This is the order, and if order is maintained in this thing, you will see the beauty of it…
That should be a satisfaction to you, and it will be, if you are inspired by the right spirit and feeling. … the more they identify their interests and become subservient and passive in the hands of this Priesthood here, they will be, both men and women, the more satisfied and happy in this life…” — Daniel H. Wells, Delivered in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, March 1, 1857. (more…)
Mormon Polygamy Denials 2021
Posted in Polygamy, tagged Doctrine & Covenants, everlasting covenant, false doctrines of Mormonism, False Prophecies of Joseph Smith on 08/10/2021| 3 Comments »
I wrote this article as a companion info sheet for an earlier study of the US Government and Mormonism. In light of the scripture changes made by the Church this week (March 1, 2013) I made some amendments reflecting the latest denial of the Church’s history with polygamy, and have included it here.
More than anything my heart hurts for those caught in the web of lies the Church keeps spinning. The first purpose of this ministry is to glorify God by showcasing who He is and what He does for us. Our second focus is to warn others of the dangers when we don’t worship the God of the Bible. Unfortunately in this time of history there’s many organizations working overtime to turn people away from the One True God and Mormonism happens to be one of the biggest in recent history. Now, onto the article…
Jesus Didn’t Hide His Mission, but Joseph Did
Posted in False Prophecies of Joseph Smith, Polygamy, tagged Doctrine and Covenants 132 Intro, false prophet, Official Declaration 1, polygamy denials by Joseph Smith on 08/09/2021| 2 Comments »
Doctrine and Covenants 132 Intro “Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Nauvoo, Illinois, recorded July 12, 1843, relating to the new and everlasting covenant, including the eternity of the marriage covenant and the principle of plural marriage. Although the revelation was recorded in 1843, evidence indicates that some of the principles involved in this revelation were known by the Prophet as early as 1831. See Official Declaration 1.” (more…)
Jesus, not Polygamy, is the New Covenant
Posted in False Prophecies of Joseph Smith, Polygamy, tagged Doctrine and Covenants 132:4 34, false prophet, polygamy on 08/08/2021| 3 Comments »
Doctrine and Covenants 132:4, 34 “For behold, I reveal unto you a new and an everlasting covenant; and if ye abide not that covenant, then are ye damned; for no one can reject this covenant and be permitted to enter into my glory. 34 God commanded Abraham, and Sarah gave Hagar to Abraham to wife. And why did she do it? Because this was the law; and from Hagar sprang many people. This, therefore, was fulfilling, among other things, the promises.” (more…)
Apostates Become Eunuchs Mormon Dilemma 880
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, Polygamy, tagged blood atonement, Brigham Young, violence in Mormonism, Wilford Woodruff's Diary on 07/26/2021| 2 Comments »
Wilford Woodruff’s Diary, June 2, 1857, vol. 5 pp 54-55* “June 2, 1857: I spent the day in the office. President Young called in the afternoon also George A. Smith. We conversed upon various subjects…Bishop Blackburn was present—the subject came up of some persons leaving Provo who had apostatized. Some thought that Bishop Blackburn and President Snow were to blame. Brother Joseph Young presented the thing to President Young. But when the circumstances were told, President Brigham Young sustained the brethren who presided at Provo. He said they had done (right). The subject of eunuchs came up and Joseph said that he would rather die than to be made a eunuch. Brigham said the day would come when thousands would be made eunochs in order for them to be saved in the Kingdom of God.” – Wilford Woodruff [sic]
Mormon Lies About Polygamous Population
Posted in Polygamy, tagged George D. Smith, Handbook of the Restoration: A Selection of Gospel Themes Discussed by Various Authors, Nauvoo Roots of Mormon Polygamy, p. 553, percentage of polygamists in Mormonism, Stephen L. Richards on 04/01/2020| 4 Comments »
‘Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away.’ Deuteronomy 17:17
The Church has made a habit of tucking away lies in every piece of literature they’ve produced. Today we’re looking at how they couldn’t tell the truth about the number of people practicing their ‘new and everlasting covenant’.
Handbook of the Restoration: A Selection of Gospel Themes Discussed by Various Authors, p. 553 “The Mormon Church is not a polygamous society. In the early days of the Church the doctrine of plural marriage was introduced through divine revelation. The practice of plural marriage has never been general in the Church and at no time have more than 3 per cent of families in the Church been polygamous.” — Stephen L. Richards
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Utah Polygamy Close To Being Legal
Posted in Polygamy, tagged false doctrines of Mormonism, false gods, legalized polygamy, utah on 03/01/2020| 1 Comment »
Deuteronomy 17:17 “Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.”
ABC News “… SALT LAKE CITY — Polygamy wouldn’t be a felony crime in Utah for the first time in 85 years under a bill that passed the Legislature on Friday and appears to be supported by the governor.
Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for the proposal that supporters said will allow the 30,000 or so people living in the state’s polygamous communities to come out of the shadows and report abuses such as underage marriage by other polygamists without fear of prosecution…” (more…)
Polygamy is Part and Parcel of LDS Creed
Posted in Polygamy, tagged false apostle, Franklin D. Richards, Millennial Star v 17 1855 on 01/16/2020| 7 Comments »
The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star, Volume 17, No. 14, April 7, 1855, p. 212 “We are not ashamed to declare that we are polygamists. We are not ashamed to proclaim to the great nation…that is part and parcel of our religious creed.
We do this calmly, seriously, and understandingly; after due deliberation…we unhesitatingly pronounce our full and implicit faith in this principle, as emanating from God, and that under His direction it would be a blessing to the human family.” — Franklin D. Richards (more…)
LDS: If Jesus Denounced Polygamy, We Need a New Christ
Posted in Polygamy, tagged false apostle, George A. Smith, Jesus did not denounce polygamy, Journal of Discourses 13:42 on 12/11/2019| 3 Comments »
Journal of Discourses 13:42 “How appropriate it would have been for Jesus, descending as he did from a race of polygamists, to have denounced this institution of plural marriage and shown its sinfulness, had it been a sin! Can we suppose, for one moment, if Patriarchal marriage were wrong, that He would, under the circumstances, have been silent concerning it or failed to denounce it in the most positive manner? Then if plural marriage be adultery and the offspring spurious, Christ Jesus is not the Christ; and we must look for another.” — George A. Smith, Salt Lake City, October 8, 1869 (more…)
Monogamy Laid Foundation of STD’s
Posted in Polygamy, tagged false apostle Orson Pratt, Journal of Discourses, Monogamy foundation of evil on 10/30/2019| 3 Comments »
Journal of Discourses 13:195 “This law of monogamy, or the monogamic system, laid the foundation for prostitution and the evils and diseases of the most revolting nature and character under which modern Christendom groans, for as God has implanted, for a wise purpose, certain feelings in the breasts of females as well as males, the gratification of which is necessary to health and happiness, and which can only be accomplished legitimately in the married state…” — Orson Pratt, Salt Lake City, October 7, 1869 (more…)
Monogamy Degenerates Humanity
Posted in Polygamy, tagged Millennial Star Vol 15, monogamy degenerates humanity, monogamy is cursed, Samuel Whitney Richards on 10/26/2019| 2 Comments »
Millennial Star, No. 15, Vol. 15, April 9, 1853, p. 227 “… the one-wife system not only degenerates the human family, both physically and intellectually, but it is entirely incompatible with philosophical notions of immortality; it is a lure to temptation, and has always proved a curse to people.” — Samuel Whitney Richards (more…)
LDS Defies US and Contradicts Mormonism
Posted in Polygamy, tagged defying America, Edmunds-Tucker Act, January 6 1880, John Taylor, Salt Lake Tribune on 08/30/2019| 4 Comments »
Salt Lake Tribune, January 6, 1880 “The people of the rest of the country are our enemies…. We believe in honesty, morality, and purity; but when they enact tyrannical laws, forbidding us the free exercise or our religion, we cannot submit. God is greater than the United States, and when the government conflicts with heaven, we will be ranged under the banner of heaven and against the government…Polygamy is a divine institution. It has been handed down direct from God. The United States cannot abolish it. No nation on the earth can prevent it, nor all the nations of the earth combined…I defy the United States; I will obey God.” — John Taylor (more…)
LDS: Polygamy Stops Christian Whorehouses
Posted in Polygamy, tagged Christian whorehouses, false apostle, false teachings of Mormonism, George A. Smith, polygamy on 08/06/2019| 2 Comments »
Journal of Discourses 5:364 “A gentleman, with whom I came in contact while at Washington, made this objection against Mormonism. Talking about the institution of plurality of wives, said he, “It never will answer; it will break up all the whorehouses in the country; for women would not abide in such establishments and sustain them, if they could only have respectable and comfortable houses. This polygamy system will smash up that (Christian) institution altogether.” – George A. Smith, Salt Lake City, November 1, 1857
Polygamy the Most Holy Doctrine Ever Revealed
Posted in Polygamy, tagged joseph smith, polygamy the most holy revelation of God, The Historical Record 6:226, William Clayton on 06/29/2019| 2 Comments »
John 5:26 “For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself:.
The Historical Record 6:226 “From him [Joseph Smith] I learned the doctrine of plural and celestial marriage is the most holy and important doctrine ever revealed to man on the earth, and that without obedience to that principle no man can ever attain to the fullness of exaltation in the celestial glory.” — (Signed) William Clayton, Salt Lake City, February 18, 1874 (more…)
LDS: Anti-Polygamy Laws Unconstitutional
Posted in Polygamy, tagged anti-bigamy laws, John Taylor, Journal of Discourses, rights of men on 06/09/2019| Leave a Comment »
Journal of Discourses 14:267 “It is the violation of the natural rights of man that has deluged the earth with blood in all ages. These principles were enunciated also by Joseph Smith, he believed in them, so do we, in the right to think, in the right to speak, in the right to act, in the right to do all things that are right and good and proper, but not in the right to interfere with any other man’s rights, any other man’s religion, any other man’s principles. These are our views. God has planted them in our bosom, they will remain there eternally, for they are principles that dwell in the bosom of God.” — John Taylor, Salt Lake City, December 17, 1871 (more…)
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