Windy Sydney

George Smith has written a book detailing the polygamous relationships of Joseph Smith and other church leaders in Nauvoo titled "Nauvoo Polygamy ...but we call it Celestial Marriage." He tells the truth, which is very refreshing, about the women, ages and stories of how he went about marrying these women.

The Salt Lake Tribune wrote an article about this book, and the masses have come out in the comment section to debate the information. I was pleasantly surprised at how many people were happy that the truth was coming out, and how many people are eager for the church to own up to the lies it has told in the past.

Here are a few of my favorites:

I was 28 before I knew Joseph Smith took plural wives. I guess they just forgot to teach it in seminary. Jesus wanted him for a sunbeam. -Gladstone

he did (in the truest sense of Americanism) destroy a printing press, found a church as himself not only the leader but prophet, president, and some say "king".
He raised a small army, had a vigilante group that would run his fallen followers out of town on his whim, married other mens wives when they were on missions for his church, lived a secret polygamous life, married a 14yr old, as well as a 58yr old, and lied about many of the wives to his first wife.
He wrote a book while stuffing his head into a hat, decided that Mississippi is where the garden of eden is located, (or was it Missouri?) and bankrolled his exploits through the "holy" law of tithing that happened to come into existence well after the founding of the church. -Goonsquad