Join Lindsay as she talks with historian Corey Howard about the life of Phoebe Woodruff, first wife to Wilford Woodruff (President of the LDS Church during the Manifesto period).
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While Mormons busily multiply post hoc explanations for Smith’s behavior, Occam’s Razor steers us directly to the obvious, namely, that Smith was a sexual predator. He used his prophet-fish status in his tiny Mormon-pool to manipulate women into acquiescence. For the horrors of polygamy, read Carolyn Jessop’s book, “Escape.” For the ridiculousness of it, read Joanne Hanks’ “It’s Not About the Sex My A**.” Smith’s original, alleged “revelation” where God commands polygamy is found in Section 132 of the Mormon scripture book Doctrine and Covenants.
There is so much that is simply silly in your comment. Carolyn Jessop is talking about polygamy practiced in secret today by the FLDS, not what Mormon polygamy was like in the 19th century. Likewise with Joanna Hanks. These two groups have nothing in common and their practices were extremely different.
As for Occam’s Razor, it is clear that you don’t even know what Occam’s Razor is. It is not an excuse to justify your ignorant opinion. Occam’s Razor is a scientific principle that says the most likely cause for a scientific phenomena – like gravity – is most likely the correct cause. It is nota rule of science though (as any physicist will tell you) and it certainly isn’t a philosophical or historical tool like you’re claiming it is. Turns out that people and the reasons they do things are highly complex, not motivated by what you want them to be, and are extremely contextual and subjective. Occam’s Razor tells us nothing about history or humans.
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