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D&C 132  is the section of D&C (Mormon Scripture) that Joseph Smith explains the doctrine of Poligamy. Here is the whole thing, but it gets bad here: 50 Behold, I have seen your  a sacrifices , and will forgive all your sins; I have seen your  b sacrifices  in obedience to that which I have told you. Go, therefore, and I make a way for your escape, as I c accepted  the offering of Abraham of his son Isaac. Commentary: When he says "sins" remember that this revelation was given in 1843. In 1838  Oliver Cowdery wrote a letter  claiming  that Smith had an Affair with Fanny Alger. At least this seems to indicate that Oliver was still a descent guy, which seems weird. Some people claim that he was collaborating with Joseph Smith, and that the two of them made the whole thing up...    51 Verily, I say unto you: A commandment I give unto mine handmaid, Emma Smith, your wife, whom I have given unto you, that she stay herself a...

Reasons to agree Spiritual feelings, if no stronger than feelings you get when watching Pixar movies, should not over-rule logic.  Real spiritual guidance should not be ignored, but most  Mormons  report no more than mild warm and  fuzzies  when reading the book of Mormon, but often squirm when reading some of the  embarrassing  parts of the book. Those feelings of  embarrassment  are just as valid as feelings of enlightenment.  Of course, you should not disregard real spiritual answers, but you should be aware of confirmation bias, and ensure that spiritual guidance you receive is of a different nature than spiritual confirmation others receive to stay in their religions.  Reasons to disagree The Book of Mormon has many inspiring quotes.   The Book of Mormon has many inspiring stories. Score : # of reasons to agree: 3 # of reasons to disagree: -2 # of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 0 # of reasons to disagree with ...

Reasons to agree   "Teotihuacan arose as a new religious center in the Mexican Highland, around the time of Christ..."   Teotihuacan: Introduction" . Project Temple of Quetzalcoatl, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico/ ASU. 2001-08-20 . Retrieved 2009-05-17 Reasons to agree Mormons often say that 

Reasons to agree : +1 Latter-day Saint President John Taylor was right when he wrote: "Quetzalcoatl and Christ are the same being". The fact that south american cultures believed in a bearded white God named  Quetzalcoatl supports the story in the Book of Mormon.  Reasons to disagree :  -1 The Bible has enough problems with historical accuracy. If you are going to come along and start a new religion, and say that God has placed his official stamp of approval on this new religion, with new scriptures, the new scriptures should have less problems than the old scriptures, which have been around a long time so that errors of mankind can slip into the things of God... However the Book of Mormon has more archaeological problems than the Bible. There is no city in the Book of Mormon, that you can say existed in then and still exists now... I know, I know, Mormons will say you can't compare the two because the people who lived in cities, and kept written records, a...