| Stage | Description |
| Stage 1 | Denial/Divert |
| Stage 2 | Ad Hominem |
| Stage 3 | Justify/Rationalize |
| Stage 4 | Diminish Consequences |
| Stage 5 | Acknowledge/Obey |
| *Bearing Testimony is the punctuation mark for each stage. | |
| Joseph Smith vs Warren Jeffs | The Wives of Brigham Young; Visualized | Joseph Smith; The Reluctant Polygamist |
![[Thumbnail] Joseph Smith vs Warren Jeffs](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i2ub3DVT9Tc/UFXz9-2ZSDI/AAAAAAAAFgM/SOGAY17CcMs/s200/JosephWarren.png) |
![[Thumbnail] The Wives of Brigham Young](http://www.afterallwecando.com/TheWivesOfBrighamYoung_Thumb.jpg) |
![[Thumbnail] Joseph Smith and the Angel with the Sword](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A9NuCoajlAs/UFX0JTSZssI/AAAAAAAAFgU/9CtdqZ_-DGg/s200/JosephSmithAngelSwordPolygamy.png) |
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 |
| References | Link | |
| 1 | Polygamy Doctrine is in D&C 132 | http://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/132 |
| 2 | 2013 Lorenzo Snow Manual Ch 5 | http://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-presidents-of-the-church-lorenzo-snow/chapter-5-the-grand-destiny-of-the-faithful |
| 3 | Wives of Joseph Smith Pedigree Chart | http://www.mormoninfographics.com/2012/09/the-many-wives-of-joseph-smith.html |
| 4 | Law of Consecration | http://lds4u.com/lesson5/templecovenants.htm |
| 5 | Translation Method | http://www.mormonthink.com/img/trans5.jpg |
| 6 | "creeds were an abomination" | http://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/js-h/1.19#18 |
| 7 | Blacks and the Priesthood | http://www.mormonsandnegroes.org/ |
| 8 | Joseph Smith @ Carthage Jail | http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/carthage/expositororder.html |
| 9 | Pre-1990 Temple Blood Oaths | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jyU97I12AQ |
| 10 | Polygamy: It's not about the widows | http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/polygamy_widows.htm |
| Facsimile #2 Examined |
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| Facsimile #1 Examination | Facsimile #2 Examined |
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| Joseph Smith's Interpretation | Figure | Modern Egyptological Interpretation |
| Abraham sitting upon Pharaoh’s throne, by the politeness of the king, with a crown upon his head, representing the Priesthood, as emblematical of the grand Presidency in Heaven; with the scepter of justice and judgment in his hand. | 1 | This
is Osiris Writing above figure: "Recitation by Osiris, Foremost of the Westerners" The "atef" crown also identifies him as Osiris |
| King Pharaoh, whose name is given in the characters above his head. | 2 | This
figure is female not male. Writing above figure: "Isis the great, the god's mother" |
| Signifies Abraham in Egypt as given also in Figure 10 of Facsimile No. 1. | 3 | This is a libation table (wine, oils, etc.) |
| Prince of Pharaoh, King of Egypt, as written above the hand. | 4 | This
figure is female not male. Writing above figure: "Maat, mistress of the gods." |
| Shulem, one of the king’s principal waiters, as represented by the characters above his hand. | 5 | This
is the deceased individual wearing the traditional cone of perfumed grease
and lotus flower on his head. Writing above figure: "The Osiris Hôr, justified forever" |
| Olimlah, a slave belonging to the prince. | 6 | Not
a slave, this is Anubis, guide of the dead, who is there to support the
deceased. Writing above figure: "Recitation by Anubis, who makes protection(?), foremost of the embalming booth,…" |
| Facsimile #1 Examination | Facsimile #3 Examined |
|
 |
Joseph
Smith's Interpretation
|
Figure
|
Modern
Egyptological Interpretation
|
Kolob, The residence of God
|
1
|
The
god Khnumu.
|
Stands next to Kolob
|
2
|
"Amun-Re",
god with two faces representing rising & setting sun.
|
God sitting on his throne, clothed with power and authority
|
3
|
"Horus-Re"
riding in his boat
|
Raukeeyang; also the number 1,000; The measuring of time of
Oliblish
|
4
|
Represents
Sokar, not a number
|
Enish-go-on-dosh; a governing planet
|
5
|
Cow
of Hathor, behind which stands a uzat-headed goddes holding a sacred tree.
|
Represents this earth in it's four quarters
|
6
|
The
four (4) sons of Horus, they can represent the four cardinal points of earth
|
God sitting on his throne, revealing through the heavens the
grand Key-words of the Priesthood
|
7
|
The
god "Min", an ithyphallic god; that is, a sexually aroused male
deity.
|
Contains writings that can only be revealed in the temple.
|
8
|
"grant
that the soul of Osiris Shechonk may live."
|
Ought not to be revealed at the present time.
|
9
|
"the
netherworld (below the earth) and his great waters"
|
10
|
"O
might god, lord of heaven and earth"
|
|
11
|
"O
god of the sleeping ones from the time of creation"
(Read in order 11, 10, 9, 8)
|
|
Will be given in the own due time of the Lord
|
12
|
"near"
and "wrap"
|
13
|
"which
made by"
|
|
14
|
"breathings"
|
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15
|
"this
book"
|
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16
|
"and
may this soul and its possessor never be desecrated in the netherworld"
|
|
17
|
"May
this tomb never be desecrated"
|
|
18
|
"I
am Djabty in the house of Benben in Heliopolis, so exalted and glorious. [I am] copulating bull without equal. [I am] that mighty god in the house of
Benben of Heliopolis… that might god…"
|
|
19
|
"You
shall be as that god, the Busirian"
|
|
20
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21
|
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No Annotation Given
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22
|
Writing:
"The name of this mighty god"
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23
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Figures
22,23; Baboons are adoring souls of that realm
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