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Mormons confront uncomfortable history of church founder's polygamy Nov 11th 2014, 17:32, by Ed Pilkington in New York Joseph Smith said he was ordered by an angel to adopt polygamy and took up to 40 wives, putting his first wife Emma through an excruciating ordeal When Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, received a revelation in about 1831 in which he was commanded by God to break the law and take multiple wives, he at first resisted. He knew that if he embraced polygamy he would be castigated for it. But then between 1834 and 1842 an angel came down to him, no fewer than three times, urging him to get on with it. In the last such appearance, the angel brandished a sword and threatened to kill Smith unless he went forward and obeyed the commandment fully. Continue reading...

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