"I don't think the revelation that Joseph Smith received came from Christ," said John Llewellyn, a retired Salt Lake County policeman who once practiced polygamy but now campaigns against it. "I think it came from his Y (male) chromosome."
I want to know what changed. Maybe he practiced it in the beginning cause of family pressure/tradition?
Maybe he practiced it in the first place because polygyny makes for a better supported household (when one has a herd of kids)? I would think that the "revelation from god" was his way of sanctioning his lifestyle choice.
Well, there's very little to support it in the article, but based on what I've read about (say) Bedouin polygynists, it is a serious economic and emotional drain for a man to support several wives. If it wasn't for polygyny being something of a status symbol, I read, it would be even less popular.
Or it could just be personal reasons, I don't know.
I want to know what changed. Maybe he practiced it in the beginning cause of family pressure/tradition?
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(I was talking about Joseph Smith for some reason; go go reading comp!)
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Or it could just be personal reasons, I don't know.
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