Why 1820? Doesn't 1823 Make More Sense?

[tana]

On 12/6/2024 at 10:36 AM, webbles said:

What is the "LDS theory of plural wives in the hereafter"?  I don't see why 99.9999999% of the people have to pick a wife later.  Why do they need to pick a wife?

 

 

3 hours ago, webbles said:

I didn't say I don't believe that people will be polygamist in the hereafter.  I do believe that there are polygamist in the hereafter.

 

These two statements are incongruent. OK, so I did cut some of your content as to your personal preference regarding polygamy in heaven. I didn't feel it relevant. Let me restate then. 99.99999% of men who desire to live a polygamous style in the CK, will have to pick their wives later. They missed their chance in the mortal. So, Joseph, and a few others needing to pick theirs now in the mortal seems suspicious.

Edited December 8, 2024 by tana

[telnetd]

On 12/6/2024 at 8:44 AM, tana said:

Google says 100 billion people have existed on earth so far.

Who taught Google with knowledge to say that?

[webbles]

17 hours ago, tana said:

 

These two statements are incongruent. OK, so I did cut some of your content as to your personal preference regarding polygamy in heaven. I didn't feel it relevant. Let me restate then. 99.99999% of men who desire to live a polygamous style in the CK, will have to pick their wives later. They missed their chance in the mortal. So, Joseph, and a few others needing to pick theirs now in the mortal seems suspicious.

Why are they incongruent?

You assume that a lot of people will want to be polygamous.  Why?  Why isn't monogamy the default?  Joseph was commanded to practice it but he didn't teach very many about it so it doesn't seem that he thought it was the norm.  Even when it was openly practiced, it wasn't the majority.  Several of Brigham's children didn't practice polygamy.

Also, I suspect the vast majority of those in the Celestial Kingdom will have to pick at least one spouse in the hereafter.  Every child who dies before the age of accountability have to do that.

[tana]

100 billion does seem like a large number. That's what wiki says tho so, what do I know. From my perspective the numbers really don't matter, whether it's 10 billion of 10, if a person can find one wife or even many in the after-world, then why can't Joseph. Why did he need to do it in the now? I heard somewhere else that one reason might be is that he did it for the benefit of the wifee. Temporal and eternal. That would prob. be a more difficult position for a non-believer to argue against.