tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577433100233207637.post3502283298071410257..comments2023-01-27T12:49:52.871-08:00Comments on Confessions of an Elder: Part 7 - A Case for Joseph Smith; A Case Against PolygamyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08527302146988002738noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577433100233207637.post-15477728952092416342016-02-01T16:38:00.067-08:002016-02-01T16:38:00.067-08:00You write: "However, doesn’t it make much mo...You write: "However, doesn’t it make much more sense that Joseph's anger towards the Nauvoo Expositor was because it published an absolute lie that Joseph was engaging in polygamy even with young girls. Consider your own response to a false vicious attack on your morality by a local newspaper under similar circumstances and in 1844." But previously you said, "He was opposed to the destroying of the press of the Nauvoo Expositor, but the council overruled him by vote and he told them they were the cause of its destruction, but he would be held personally responsible for it; and I often heard Joseph contend against measures in council, and sometimes he would yield to them.”<br />Was Joseph really angry at the publisher of the Nauvoo Expositer and wanted to destroy it, or was it the members of the council who pressed for its destruction? Did members of the council want it destroyed to stir up anger against Joseph? Did they want it destroyed because they were afraid that if it continued pursuing the roots of polygamy they were in danger of being exposed? For example, was John Taylor afraid further probing or investigation would reveal his secret works? Mjensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413555610140837902noreply@blogger.com