Some members just don't care. They say that the question of polygamy doesn't concern them, or that it's irrelevant to them (because they've not been asked to practice it).
But when has God EVER commanded it? The answer is: NEVER. Confirm this by consulting the scriptures. You will be astonished to discover God had never commanded it, and yet, church tradition teaches this!!
And, God DID and DOES condemn the practice as an abomination and whoredom!! See Jacob 2.
I know it's uncomfortable to consider, but what if Joseph wasn't lying, and that the polygamy publicly taught by Brigham (8 years AFTER Joseph's death) was just a lie "to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms"? (Jacob 2:23)
At General Conference in 1852, Brigham unveiled polygamy as a celestial principle (in a gross, anti-Christ, Nehorian violation of scripture and Joseph's teachings). What would you have done if you were in the audience that day? Remember, up till that day, Brigham had been secretly practicing it! Joseph had always disavowed it, and DC 101 (1835-1844 editions) clearly disavowed it, by specifying that a man should have but one wife.
Perhaps you would have gone along with Brigham's perversion of the gospel, to get along? Perhaps you would have thought it too much trouble to relocate out of Utah, rather than subject yourself to the persecution Brigham would inflict on you.
Many thousands of horrified church members, when they heard Brigham outrageously institutionalize polygamy in General Conference in 1852, packed their bags and fled the state and the rise of the new cult of Brigham Young. Because THEY KNEW THE SCRIPTURES that repudiated polygamy and said a man should have but one wife. They discerned what was happening, and they didn't want to be a part of such abominations, where their church leaders would lift up their heads in wickedness in the bright light of day.
This partial description of Korihor in the Book of Mormon aptly describes Brigham's ambition and lust for power, women, and gain (my comments in parenthesis):
"...every man fared in this life according to the management of the creature; therefore every man prospered according to his genius, and that every man conquered according to his strength (or the "keys" he held); and whatsoever a man did was no crime (take as many wives as you'd like!!). And thus he did preach unto them, leading away the hearts of many, causing them to lift up their heads in their wickedness (by putting church approval on illicit and immoral sex!), yea, leading away many women, and also men, to commit whoredoms..." (Alma 30:17-18)
What a perfect description of what Brigham was doing!
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Those who actually believe in Christ accept correct doctrine, or the Truth. If you reject Truth in favor of something else, then you have dwindled in unbelief.
A "correct idea of his character, perfections and attributes" is "NECESSARY in order that any rational and intelligent being may exercise faith in God unto life and salvation." See Lectures on Faith, Lecture Third.
Do you feel the question of polygamy is something you should not put on the shelf anymore?
