Polygamy
Polygamy: Then and Now
Polygamy is a common, well-buried secret that is often hard to leave and still exists throughout the country today. Usually, when one thinks of polygamy, the mere idea seems unreal. The idea of having more than one spouse disgusts some people. How can someone want to be married to more than one person? Sure, you can sit there and say that you “love” all of them, and that may be true, but to divide yourself up among them in order to spend time with everyone is almost insane. How do those wives want to share their husband with other women? It seems what you hear most about today is spouses cheating on one another, so why would someone want to free willingly let that happen?
First thing is first, where do you even see polygamy? Polygamy is mainly associated with Mormonism and the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. It all started with Joseph Smith. Smith was born in 1805 in Sharon, Vermont (Oliver, Branch, and Walker). According to the religion, he prayed his first prayer at age 16, and he saw Jesus and God the Father in a vision (Oliver, Branch, and Walker). About seven years later, the angel Moroni (the son of the prophet Mormon) gave him two golden tablets inscribed with symbols, which he translated into the Book of Mormon in 1830 (Oliver, Branch, and Walker). The Church of Christ was founded on April 6th of that same year and was the first church for the religion. Four years later the church changed its name to Church of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) (Oliver, Branch, and Walker). On June 27th, 1844 Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum die in a gunfight at a jail where he and others are being held on charges of treason. They were attacked by a mob. Joseph did manage to kill two gunmen and wound another with a small pistol, which was smuggled in earlier (Oliver, Branch, and Walker).
Merriam-Webster defines polygamy as “marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time.” Polygamy
Polygamy is a common, well-buried secret that is often hard to leave and still exists throughout the country today. Usually, when one thinks of polygamy, the mere idea seems unreal. The idea of having more than one spouse disgusts some people. How can someone want to be married to more than one person? Sure, you can sit there and say that you “love” all of them, and that may be true, but to divide yourself up among them in order to spend time with everyone is almost insane. How do those wives want to share their husband with other women? It seems what you hear most about today is spouses cheating on one another, so why would someone want to free willingly let that happen?
First thing is first, where do you even see polygamy? Polygamy is mainly associated with Mormonism and the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. It all started with Joseph Smith. Smith was born in 1805 in Sharon, Vermont (Oliver, Branch, and Walker). According to the religion, he prayed his first prayer at age 16, and he saw Jesus and God the Father in a vision (Oliver, Branch, and Walker). About seven years later, the angel Moroni (the son of the prophet Mormon) gave him two golden tablets inscribed with symbols, which he translated into the Book of Mormon in 1830 (Oliver, Branch, and Walker). The Church of Christ was founded on April 6th of that same year and was the first church for the religion. Four years later the church changed its name to Church of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) (Oliver, Branch, and Walker). On June 27th, 1844 Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum die in a gunfight at a jail where he and others are being held on charges of treason. They were attacked by a mob. Joseph did manage to kill two gunmen and wound another with a small pistol, which was smuggled in earlier (Oliver, Branch, and Walker).
Merriam-Webster defines polygamy as “marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time.” Polygamy