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MikeWaters · 05-01-2007, 04:23 PM

The fundamentalists, they felt charged to continue polygamy so that its practice would not be lost on earth. I think the people who orginally broke up did so in sincerity.

Here is my question, could we conceptualize God as actually having a purpose for these people. In other words, these people were actually following God's will. And the people who ex'ed them were also following God's will.

So as a followup, if polygamy for some reason was restored to the LDS church, what would happen to the polygamists? Would they be folded into the church should they want to rejoin? And would this serve any useful purpose.

Highly speculative and not likely to happen. But interesting thought experiment.

05-01-2007, 04:23 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Two separate but parallel tracks of Mormonism The fundamentalists, they felt charged to continue polygamy so that its practice would not be lost on earth. I think the people who orginally broke up did so in sincerity. Here is my question, could we conceptualize God as actually having a purpose for these people. In other words, these people were actually following God's will. And the people who ex'ed them were also following God's will. So as a followup, if polygamy for some reason was restored to the LDS church, what would happen to the polygamists? Would they be folded into the church should they want to rejoin? And would this serve any useful purpose. Highly speculative and not likely to happen. But interesting thought experiment.