tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4749424911811197625.post7900296498398512729..comments2023-11-02T02:15:55.933-07:00Comments on Daughters of the Shadow Men: I am inclined to think that the truth lies somewhere in between the extremes of beliefGerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771917880182186281noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4749424911811197625.post-49271261208569142232010-08-07T09:19:08.294-07:002010-08-07T09:19:08.294-07:00In reference to Amrita's comment on a precedin...In reference to Amrita's comment on a preceding blog entry, that God's law is written in all our hearts, I would say that polygamy was one law the Mormon Church embraced that was not written on the hearts of the women, for example, who had a great deal of trouble accepting the inequality expressed in the right of the men to have 7 wives while the women had to be able to accept sharing one husband with so many wives. I also think that the many children that come from such unions questioned whether this was a practice that served their best interests. I do not think any former polygamous wife was going to fight for the return to polygamy. Many were probably relieved the US government stepped in and ended the practice. So here was an example of a church possibly going astray in their interpretation of what was God's law when it comes to marriage. If women were not equal under this law, the prophet who had the revelation introducing it was going to be seen as perhaps deceived as to what constitutes God's law. So every direction a church might take is going to come under scrutiny to try to determine whether it is a good direction or whether it is a violation in some way of God's law which would require it serving all the people well who are affected by it.Gerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771917880182186281noreply@blogger.com