132 Problems: Revisiting Mormon Polygamy

Please consider supporting this podcast:  Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems Lot's Wife Guest Post: Claiming Our Heroines – The Untold Story of Lot’s Wife http://wp.me/p2Jm0S-5WE Lot's Wife Sunstone Presentation (Session 162. Scroll down and click the play button below Session 162):  https://sunstone.org/audio-files-from-the-2014-salt-lake-symposium/

Please consider supporting this podcast:  Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems In God’s eyes are women people or property? Section 132 repeatedly refers to women as property. Is that consistent with the rest of scripture? What can we learn from Eve and other women in scripture? Is there a way to reconcile these two perspectives? Why does it matter? Scriptures: D&C...

Please consider supporting this podcast:  Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems Composer Janeen Brady (I Lived in Heaven, I'm a Mormon, When I Grow Up I Want to be a Mother) has written hundreds of songs for children, sold over 15 million albums, and raised a large family. She is also only two generations removed from LDS polygamy. In this fascinating interview she sha...

Please consider supporting this podcast:  Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems Many still believe this story and use it as a justification for Joseph’s polygamy. Where did this story come from? And does it hold up to scrutiny and what we know of God and the gospel of Jesus Christ? Notes: Gospel topic essay: Plural Marriage in Kirtland and Nauvoo Brian Hales’s list of...

Please consider supporting this podcast:  Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems A very personal episode. Our unique baptismal covenants are more important, inspired, and specific than I ever knew. They deserve our focus. As we come to better understand them and their inspired order, we can learn to better implement them and fulfill the covenants we make as disciples of...

Please consider supporting this podcast: Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems We look in depth at the story of Jacob and his wives, Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, and Zilpah. What were their experiences? Is polygamy a blessing or a curse? Why was Jacob a polygamist? And what was the real reason Jacob (and Abraham) were not condemned for their polygamy? Scriptures: Genesis 28 - 33 G...

Please consider supporting this podcast:  Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems An in depth investigation into the serious problems that show up in the very first verse of Section 132.  Scriptures: Judges 19 Helaman 11:23 Links: https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/concubine https://historytogo.utah.gov/blacks-utah-history/ https://www.mormonchronicle.com...

Please consider supporting this podcast:  Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems D&C Section 132 claims that Moses was a polygamist. We’ll study why people make that claim and investigate whether or not it is true. This episode surprised me! So much to learn!  Scriptures: Exodus 2, 4, 6, 18,19 Numbers 10-12

Please consider supporting this podcast:  Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems Section 132 claims that Isaac was a polygamist. We'll investigate that claim and try to understand where it might have come from. Scriptures used: Genesis 23 - 27

Please consider supporting this podcast:  Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems Isaiah prophesied that "seven women will take hold of one man." What does that mean? Is it proof that polygamy is of God and is in our future? Or could it possibly have a much more profound and important meaning that we could and should pay attention to? Join us for a deep dive into this on...

Please consider supporting this podcast:   Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems  This episode takes a deep dive into the 1852 special conference where polygamy and 132 were revealed. We’ll discuss what was asked of the Saints and consider their actual experiences, and we’ll compare the contrasting prophecies surrounding plural marriage as a means to discover...

Please consider supporting this podcast: Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/132Problems  A deep dive into the story of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar, which is the foundation for all claims of God ordained polygamy.   Genesis 11-22  Genesis 12:19 - various translations:  https://biblehub.com/niv/genesis/12-19.htm

Please consider supporting this podcast: Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/132Problems  We look at the totality of teachings on marriage in the revelations of the restoration and learn the history of the Doctrine and Covenants, including the original section 101.  Links:  History of the D&C:  https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Doctrine_and_Covenants_Editions https://www.chur...

Please consider supporting this podcast: Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/132Problems  What does the Book of Mormon have to say about marriage and polygamy? (It might just be more than you realized.)   Scriptures referenced:  Jacob 2:24-35  Jacob 3:5-7, 12-13  Mosiah 11:2-4  Mosiah 19:9-12  Ephesians 5:25 Mosiah 20:1-5  Ether 10:5-7  3 Nephi 26:6-1...

Please consider supporting this podcast: Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/132Problems  We're diving into God's establishment of marriage in Genesis, Moses, and Abraham. Where did marriage come from? What did God create and command? When did polygamy begin?

Please consider supporting this podcast: Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/132Problems  We're taking a deeper look at Jacob 2:30, the famous loophole to God's prohibition on polygamy.

The first episode in the 132 Problems podcast. I introduce myself and the podcast and explain my journey with polygamy.