Polygamy: The Early Mormon Conspiracy

Thank you for watching! Please like, share, and subscribe. As always, I hope that you won’t just believe what I say, but will take the time to look at the evidence and make your own decision. If you have additional reasons to add to the list, please share in the comments. And yes, I know I missed a word on the list at the end. But I had already recorded and edited everything when I found out, and I didn't feel like doing that again for one word. If you’d like to help me keep making these videos, I’d be honored if you would consider a monetary contribution: - Venmo: J-Pear-78 - Bitcoin: bc1q0ymtjutecqtp55g8xnwfsaqrue7qeqrlhejlem Notes: Church’s original Doctrine and Covenants condemned polygamy: - https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/doctrine-and-covenants-1835/259 Joseph’s denials: - https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-26-may-1844-as-compiled-by-leo-hawkins/13 - https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1842-june-1844-book-3-15-july-1843-29-february-1844/123 Emma’s denials: - History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, vol. 3, pp. 355–356. Hyrum’s denials: - Still available on Church History Library: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/daa151c4-7bae-49d0-8cef-d281a70f1d32/0/32 - Deleted from the printed History of the Church: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-e-1-1-july-1843-30-april-1844/356 Brigham Young’s speech disparaging Hyrum: - https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/23abc600-ff59-4c69-ad9f-85dd32e55db2/0/1 JS Papers Historical Introduction to section 132 and polygamy: - https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/revelation-12-july-1843-dc-132/1#historical-intro On the lack of children: - Website of Dr. Ugo Perego, the population geneticist who did the work on Joseph’s DNA: http://www.josephsmithdna.com/ - Transcript of interview with Dr. Perego on LDS Perspectives podcast: https://ldsperspectives.com/2016/10/26/dna-detective-work-ugo-perego/ - News article covering a presentation from Dr. Perego: https://www.deseret.com/2016/6/13/20590178/joseph-smith-apparently-was-not-josephine-lyon-s-father-mormon-history-association-speaker-says/

Is the LDS Church still altering history to support Brigham Young and the polygamy narrative, at the expense of Joseph and Hyrum Smith? Look at the evidence and decide for yourself. Thank you for watching! Please like, share, and subscribe! If you’d like to help me keep making these videos, I’d be honored if you would consider a monetary contribution: - Venmo: J-Pear-78 - Bitcoin: bc1q0ymtjutecqtp55g8xnwfsaqrue7qeqrlhejlem Notes: Original page cited by Whitney Horning which was later deleted: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/minutes-and-discourses-6-9-april-1844-as-reported-by-thomas-bullock/33 Deleted page saved by Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20230303190426/https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/minutes-and-discourses-6-9-april-1844-as-reported-by-thomas-bullock/33#source-note Bullock’s notes without the last day of the conference, as they currently appear on the JS Papers website: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/minutes-and-discourses-6-8-april-1844-as-reported-by-thomas-bullock/1#source-note Still available on Church History Library: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/daa151c4-7bae-49d0-8cef-d281a70f1d32/0/32 Deleted from the printed History of the Church: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-e-1-1-july-1843-30-april-1844/356

What secrets did Brigham Young write to Willard Richards after Joseph Smith was dead? Endowment contradictions? Polygamy secrets? As with much of LDS history, it depends on who you want to believe. But the edits to the letter by the Church are extremely suspicious. If you’d like to help me keep making these videos, I’d be honored if you would consider a monetary contribution: - Venmo: J-Pear-78 - Bitcoin: bc1q0ymtjutecqtp55g8xnwfsaqrue7qeqrlhejlem Notes: Brigham Young’s original letter: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/58a1b50f-c250-4190-82c8-5123218b6d19/0/1 Volume 5 no 17 of Times And Seasons: https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/NCMP1820-1846/id/8314/rec/4 (not very user friendly—will have to poke around a bit before you find it) The text of William Smith’s broadside printed in the Warsaw Signal can be found here: http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/IL/sign1845.htm#1029 The edited version of Brigham’s letter in the LDS Church history can be found here: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-f-1-1-may-1844-8-august-1844/291

Revised records? Teenage pregnancies? Shotgun weddings? All this and more in George Laub’s journals, which LDS Church historians describe as “a boots-on-the-ground view” of early Mormon history despite being written years later and then revised later still. If you’d like to help me keep making these videos, I’d be honored if you would consider a monetary contribution: - Venmo: J-Pear-78 - Bitcoin: bc1q0ymtjutecqtp55g8xnwfsaqrue7qeqrlhejlem Notes: BYU article on Young’s “transfiguration:” https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/the-mantle-of-the-prophet-joseph-passes-to-brother-brigham-a-collective-spiritual-witness/#footnote-192-backlink Original Journal: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/99e8a641-a854-428c-a9b2-e1fcad1e15b1/0/0 Revised Journal: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/bf25591b-611a-4d3c-a6d9-e320a4a1b538/0/0 LDS Historian Hepworth article: https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/blog/george-laub-journal-a-case-study-in-unique-library-resosurces?lang=eng BYU transcript: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1890&context=byusq Laub’s Family on FamilySearch: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KWJZ-1MX/george-laub-1814-1880

The pro-polygamous LDS interpretation of Jacob 2:30 is textually and contextually ludicrous. There are lots of alternate interpretations, like that of the bloggers here (https://oneclimbs.com/2017/01/05/a-proposed-reinterpretation-of-jacob-230/) and here (https://bookofmormonism.com/2022/01/31/jacob-230-raising-up-seed-and-the-polygamy-question/). Almost any interpretation is more likely than the standard LDS definition, but naturally I like mine the best. Let me know what you think in the comments. If you’d like to help me keep making these videos, I’d be honored if you would consider a monetary contribution: - Venmo: J-Pear-78 - Bitcoin: bc1q0ymtjutecqtp55g8xnwfsaqrue7qeqrlhejlem Notes: Jacob chapter 2 in the Book of Mormon: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/jacob/2?lang=eng Webster’s 1828 dictionary definition of “for:” https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/for

I start to tackle LDS Doctrine and Covenants 132, but spend the whole video on problems raised in the very first verse. If you want more info about some of the things I touch on here, check out Michelle Stone’s 132 Problems: https://www.youtube.com/@132problemsrevisitingmormo8. My earlier video about David and Solomon’s polygamy vs. Jacob 2 is here: https://youtu.be/Gdnq3iyYOvk. The pro-polygamy document referenced at the end is The Peacemaker, by Udney Jacobs. Thanks for watching! If you’d like to help me keep making these videos, I’d be honored if you would consider a monetary contribution: - Venmo: J-Pear-78 - Bitcoin: bc1q0ymtjutecqtp55g8xnwfsaqrue7qeqrlhejlem Notes: - LDS Doctrine and Covenants 132: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/132?lang=eng - LDS Gospel Topics Essay “Plural Marriage:” https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/plural-marriage-in-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints?lang=eng

Thank you for watching this video about the dubious origins of D&C 132, the Mormon scripture allegedly dictated by Joseph Smith that gave Brigham Young free rein for polygamy. Please like, comment, and share. If you’d like to help me keep making these videos, I’d be honored if you would consider a monetary contribution: - Venmo: J-Pear-78 - Bitcoin: bc1q0ymtjutecqtp55g8xnwfsaqrue7qeqrlhejlem Sources: - Joseph Smith quote re: only one wife: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-26-may-1844-as-compiled-by-leo-hawkins/13 - The Deseret News Extra that carried the announcement of polygamy and section 132: https://archive.org/details/DeseretNewsExtraSept141852/mode/2up?view=theater - Kingsbury’s copy of 132: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/revelation-12-july-1843-dc-132/1#source-note - Start of Kingsbury Temple Lot testimony: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/5988b31a-aa07-4a7e-bbfc-310690d422b1/0/31 - Biography of Kingsbury: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/joseph-corrodon-kingsbury - Kingsbury’s copy was given to Hyrum: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/5988b31a-aa07-4a7e-bbfc-310690d422b1/0/32

One big thing that convinced me to believe Joseph Smith was that the early LDS Church changed Smith’s journal to make it seem like he supported polygamy. If you’d like to help me keep making these videos, I’d be honored if you would consider a monetary contribution: - Venmo: J-Pear-78 - Bitcoin: bc1q0ymtjutecqtp55g8xnwfsaqrue7qeqrlhejlem Notes: Original journal: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1842-june-1844-book-3-15-july-1843-29-february-1844/123 Church History Draft: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-draft-1-march-31-december-1843/143#source-note Final history: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-e-1-1-july-1843-30-april-1844/118

I'm going to be making some videos about why I believe Joseph Smith about polygamy, and not Brigham Young or the LDS Church. This isn’t going to be high tech. I’m going for short, hard-hitting videos. Hope that it's at least interesting to you. If you’d like to help me keep making these videos, I’d be honored if you would consider a monetary contribution: - Venmo: J-Pear-78 - Bitcoin: bc1q0ymtjutecqtp55g8xnwfsaqrue7qeqrlhejlem