The team discusses controversial allegations of sexual impropriety against Joseph Smith and John C. Bennett in Nauvoo, the existence of the Danites as a violent vigilante group, Bennett’s subsequent exposes of Mormonism after his excommunication, the succession crisis and various Mormon offshoots after Joseph Smith’s death, and questions around the authenticity of Mormon truth claims such as the golden plates. There is debate around the accuracy of some historical sources, as well as acknowledgment that early Mormonism contained cult-like elements such as polygamy and unquestioning loyalty tests.
1848: The Rise & Fall of John C. Bennett – Pt 1 w/ LDS Discussions Ep. 49
1854: Polygamy & Abortion in Joseph Smith’s Nauvoo – John C. Bennett Pt 2 w/ LDS Discussions Ep. 50
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Show Notes:
- The History of the Saints by John C. Bennett
- The Saintly Scoundrel by Andrew F. Smith
- In Sacred Loneliness by Todd Compton
- Year of Polygamy – History of Abortion in Mormonism
- Year of Polygamy – Podcast
- Year of Polygamy – Website
- 1842 Affidavits and Certificates
- Mormon Portraits by Wilhelm Wyl
- Sources for abortions in Nauvoo
- No Man Knows My History by Fawn Brodie
- Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith by Newell and Avery
- Sarah Pratt: The Shaping of a Mormon Apostate by Van Wagoner
- Mormonism Live! – Evidence that Joseph Smith practiced polygamy
- Nemo the Mormon – Happiness Letter
- William Law fearing the Danites
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