FAIR is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing well-documented answers to criticisms of the doctrine, practice, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Difference between revisions of "Question: Were women put under "tremendous pressure" to accept a proposal of plural marriage?"
m (Bot: Automated text replacement (-{{FME-Source\n\|title=(.*)\n\|category=(.*)\n}} +{{FairMormon}})) |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | {{ | + | {{FairMormon}} |
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | }} | ||
<onlyinclude> | <onlyinclude> | ||
==Question: Were women put under "tremendous pressure" to accept a proposal of plural marriage?== | ==Question: Were women put under "tremendous pressure" to accept a proposal of plural marriage?== | ||
Revision as of 20:35, 27 June 2017
FAIR Answers—back to home page
Question: Were women put under "tremendous pressure" to accept a proposal of plural marriage?
Given that the Saints believed Joseph was a prophet, any command from him would carry significant weight
- No one was coerced or forced into marriage (see above). However, given that the Saints believed Joseph was a prophet, any command from him would carry significant weight.
- Despite this, the reported initial reactions are all negative: these women were strong-minded, and did not simply obey because Joseph told them to.
- Because of their distaste for the idea, many plural wives reported divine revelations that confirmed the truth of plural marriage. Joseph encouraged women to seek for such divine confirmation.
Notes