Honest Mormonism in a Parallel Universe

 
Top Left Photo
This is a current display at the LDS Conference Center depicting the Book of Mormon translation process.

Top Right Photo
This is a current display at the LDS Salt Lake Temple Square North Visitor Center depicting the Book of Mormon translation process.

Bottom Photos
Based on the actual historical record.  As reported by witnesses and documented by scholars and historians.  And acknowledged in obscurity by the LDS church.

"Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat and put his face in the hat"
'A Treasured Testament' - Ensign July 1, 1993; Elder Russel M. Nelson
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1993/07/a-treasured-testament

Bottom Statement
This is a reference to the standard of honesty taught by the LDS church in Chapter 31 of the Gospel Principles Manual.



"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."

Credit idea for panel to the author of A Letter to a CES Director

The Mormon God Doesn't Need Plates

References

1 Nephi 4:10-13

10 And it came to pass that I was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban; but I said in my heart: Never at any time have I shed the blood of man. And I shrunk and would that I might not slay him.

 11 And the Spirit said unto me again: Behold the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands. Yea, and I also knew that he had sought to take away mine own life; yea, and he would not hearken unto the commandments of the Lord; and he also had taken away our property.

 12 And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me again: Slay him, for the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands;

 13 Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes. It is better that one man should perish than that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief.

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"Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat and put his face in the hat"
'A Treasured Testament' - Ensign July 1, 1993; Elder Russel M. Nelson
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1993/07/a-treasured-testament

Secret Combinations as Taught in LDS Temples

Ether 8:19 (The Book of Mormon)
For the Lord worketh not in secret combinations, neither doth he will that man should shed blood, but in all things hath forbidden it, from the beginning of man.
The Guide to the Scriptures (lds.org online)
"Secret Combinations"

• The father of lies stirreth up the children of men unto secret combinations:2 Ne. 9:9;
• I must needs destroy the secret works of darkness:2 Ne. 10:15;
• Judgments of God did come upon these workers of secret combinations:Alma 37:30;
• Gadianton did prove almost the entire destruction of the people of Nephi:Hel. 2:4–13;
• Satan put it into the hearts of the people to form secret oaths and covenants:Hel. 6:21–31;
• The Lord worketh not in secret combinations:Ether 8:19;
• Nations that uphold secret combinations shall be destroyed:Ether 8:22–23;
• They did reject all the words of the prophets, because of their secret society:Ether 11:22;
• From the days of Cain, there was a secret combination:Moses 5:51;

Ceremonial Details including the secret handshakes, passwords, and signs.

Hidden camera footage including all the secret handshakes, passwords, and signs.

The Many Wives of Joseph Smith; Visualized

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References:

Marriage Details are from wivesofjosephsmith.org

Which has compiled genealogical research from the following sources:

[A] familysearch.org  (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City)

[B] Mormon Polygamy: A History, (Van Wagoner, Signature Books, Salt Lake City, 1989)

[C] Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, (Newell & Avery, University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 1994)

[D] In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith, (Compton, Signature Books, Salt Lake City, 1997)

[E] Doctrine and Covenants, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City)

Additional Panel References:

[1] "Utah Struggles With a Revival of Polygamy", NY Times, 8/23/1998, James Brooke
[2] Polyandry definition at wikipedia.
[3] Henry Jacobs' mission call; "Zina and Her Men", FAIR LDS Conference, 2006
[4] David Sessions mission call, wivesofjosephsmith.org, Patty Bartlett Sessions Biography
[5] Desdemona Fullmer quote, wivesofjosephsmith.org, D. Fuller Biography

*The cameo silhouettes were created by mormoninfographics for presentation purposes.

Other Resources
Black and White version of this chart for printouts, download here.
Full Rez image from above here.

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Detailed Wife Information available at wivesofjosephsmith.org

Wife	Date	Age	Husband*
Emma Hale Fanny Alger Lucinda Morgan Harris Louisa Beaman Zina Huntington Jacobs Presendia Huntington Buell Agnes Coolbrith Sylvia Sessions Lyon Mary Rollins Lightner Patty Bartlett Sessions Marinda Johnson Hyde Elizabeth Davis Durfee Sarah Kingsley Cleveland Delcena Johnson Eliza R. Snow Sarah Ann Whitney Martha McBride Knight Ruth Vose Sayers Flora Ann Woodworth Emily Dow Partridge Eliza Maria Partridge Almera Johnson Lucy Walker Sarah Lawrence Maria Lawrence Helen Mar Kimball Hanna Ells Elvira Cowles Holmes Rhoda Richards Desdemona Fullmer Olive Frost Melissa Lott Nancy Winchester Fanny Young	Jan 1827 1833 1838 Apr 1841 Oct 1841 Dec 1841 Jan 1842 Feb 1842 Feb 1842 Mar 1842 Apr 1842 Jun 1842 Jun 1842 Jul 1842 Jun 1842 Jul 1842 Aug 1842 Feb 1843 Spring 1843 Mar 1843 Mar 1843 Apr 1843 May 1843 May 1843 May 1843 May 1843 Mid 1843 Jun 1843 Jun 1843 Jul 1843 Mid 1843 Sep 1843 1843 Nov 1843	22 16 37 26 20 31 33 23 23 47 27 50 53 37 38 17 37 33 16 19 22 30 17 17 19 14 29 29 58 32 27 19 14 56	NONE NONE George W. Harris NONE Henry Jacobs Norman Buell NONE Windsor Lyon Adam Lightner David Sessions Orson Hyde Jabez Durfee John Cleveland NONE NONE NONE NONE Edward Sayers NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Jonathan Holmes NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE