ithink wrote:... I don't have time to rehash what I have researched on this topic and put it on this forum. But I have read this thread and there isn't a question posed that I don't cover.
There are two chapters from my upcoming book that you can take or leave, at my blog, which addresses all these questions. Comments are welcome:
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http://burntchild.blogspot.ca/p/polyand ... n-sun.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I think you outlined and filled in the essential matter there pretty succinctly.
It's really something to ponder the strain this whole matter has injected into the church and what an ongoing impediment it poses to missionary work. It never goes away. If the church were to disavow polygamy, once and for all, it would open a Pandora's box as to what was real about The Restoration and what wasn't. This certainly brings into question sections of The D&C. Would the Lord's one true church be hamstrung by such an ongoingly contentious matter as this? Certainly, there are blessings at work within the church. Could this just be something attendant to any group of unified Christians seeking righteousness? It's a vexation!
I wonder how many members in my ward who are mature in the gospel have come to some private understanding of what it all means, but they don't talk about it, because they want to avoid contention. I suspect there are a few.