How does the LDS church justify deliberate deception at mormon.org
References:
[1] Official LDS website; mormon.org; Joseph Smith biography: "Devoted Husband and Father"
http://mormon.org/beliefs/joseph-smith#a_devoted_husband_and_father
[2] LDS Gospel Principles, 2010, Ch 31
http://www.lds.org/manual/gospel-principles/chapter-31-honesty
Q: What does it mean to be completely honest?
A: To become completely honest, we must look carefully at our lives. If there are ways in which we are being even the least bit dishonest, we should repent of them immediately.
I don't see what all of the excitement is about here. It says Joseph "wrote to his wife Emma...". Should it say, Joseph wrote to his wives Emma? Joseph was not distracted "from his responsibility to his wife and children". DNA tests have proven that Emma was the only woman or wife, to bear Joseph's children, so "his wife and children" is entirely appropriate and grammatically correct again. So what is the real point?
ReplyDelete"The heavy burden of leading the church did not distract Joseph from his responsibility to his wife and children."
DeleteIntentionally deceptive statement.