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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 accounts (bottom of the essay):

Encouraging Joseph Smith to Practice Plural Marriage: The Accounts of the Angel with a Drawn Sword

Agency references:

D&C 76:27, D&C 29:36, Moses 4:3, 2 Nephi 2:26-27, Alma 12:23&26, Acts 26:14, Mosiah 27:13, Alma 14:10-11, Moses 6:31-35, Exodus 4:1-17, Luke 22:41-44, 

Elder Hales talk: Agency: Essential to the Plan of Life

Marriage references:

Matthew 19:5-6, 1 Corinthians 11:11, Ephesians 5:25, D&C 42:22, D&C 38:37, Matthew 1:20-21

* (I believe I said D&C 28:37 in the video. 38:27 is the correct reference)

Correction: This story was actually about my 8th baby. My first 6 were at the hospital, 7th was a homebirth, and babies 8-11 were unassisted homebirths.