Re: How Smith proposed to married women

Mike Sullivan wrote:
It's more complex than that. =A0 Joseph Smith, BY, Warren Jeffs, David
Koresh, and 
Jim Jones are simply men who desire power and influence in the same
manner that some great men of history have attained. =A0 I believe that
an aspect of seeking 
power is always ***ual, that most men of power are able to attract
teenbabes. 
Some of the great leaders of history have had babes on the side. =A0
Some of
the 
worst have not including Nixon, Reagan and Bush II (though I don't know
about Jeff 
Gannon or Condi) 
If the cult leaders like JS and BY would stick to women instead of
little girls, they wouldn't 
have any worse morals than your average rock star.
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
I totally agree, Mike!
Using ones power and status seems to get these guys what they want,
unfortunatedly!
However, if these things are done (not only to little girls) in the name
of God and 
by fear they would lose their salvation in the hereafter (in Mormonism
and their splinter groups) your "sealed" family), it's
going beyond morality, but imo, it being a crime and abuse. 
In addition, during early Mormonism, dissidents were in danger of having
their throats slit (and not just for revealing temple secrets)