Thread by @talking_scourge

@Truthaholic47 Ok, here we go.
1. You attempting to say JS sued his position to marry "young girls" is an old attempt, one used by many. Keep in mind, for example, the standard age of consent in the state of Delaware at the time: 7. If you're going to claim to be a scholar, then do your hw 1/

@Truthaholic47 on the historical context. While he did indeed marry at least one 14 year old, possibly two, the majority of actual scholars (not people such as yourself, who sit spreading parroted views they found on the internet) do not believe these marriages to be polyamorous. He married 2/

@Truthaholic47 many women, of all ages, for different reasons. If he was using his position to gain sexual favors, he sure failed, considering that a number of them were not polyamorous (though some were, as was completely legal under God's law). Your attack on King David displays a lack of 3/

@Truthaholic47 understanding of the Bible. Since the beginning, God has commanded his servants at times to take more than one wife. Abraham. Isaac. Israel. Jacob's sin was found in that he "lusted" after Bathsheba, whom he saw bathing on the roof, and then sent her husband away to die. 4/

@Truthaholic47 The fact that he practiced polygamy, though, was not the problem. Again, by failing to view the past in context, but allowing your modern views to pollute your view, you are failing to approach the topic as a scholar, and succeeding at approaching it a typical anti-mormon. 5/

@Truthaholic47 Next, the Sadducees' stupid question to the Lord. Once again, you are not looking at the historical context. Under the Lesser Law, or the Law of Moses (remember: the Lord was ready to make them His covenant people, with all the blessings that pertain to that title. When Moses 6/

@Truthaholic47 descended from the Mount, he found them with the golden calf. He smashed the tablet upon which was found that higher law, ascended again, and came down with the ten commandments, and then instituted the Law of Moses, a guide to lead Israel hand-in-hand), eternal marriage 7/

@Truthaholic47 did not exist. The higher blessings with which the Lord wanted to bless Israel were withheld, and at the time of the Lord, the situation still had not changed. So as a response to the Sadducees, who did not even believe in resurrection, and were attempting to trip the Lord up, 8/

@Truthaholic47 came the response that their marriages were of no effect. They were marriages found beneath a lesser law, ones that were in effect only for the duration the Sadducees found themselves upon the earth. Their marriages would not hold up after this life. 9/

@Truthaholic47 Additionally, it is very likely that these Sadducees pulled that story from the apocryphal text Joseph and Aseneth, wherein Sara is married to 7 brothers, each dying on the wedding night. However, in the story, she is then married to the EIGHTH brother, this time not by the 10/

@Truthaholic47 hand of man, but by the archangel Raphael. It is likely that their forgetting the end of the story, that a heavenly being was sent to perform the ceremony to the final brother, was the reason that Christ said they erred, "... not knowing the scriptures..." 11/

@Truthaholic47 Moving right along then, to your claim that the keys to eternal marriage are actually only applicable to sin. I refer you to Matthew 16:19. Context: Peter has just identified Christ as the "Son of the Living God". Christ turns around and says, "Blessed art thou, Simon 12/

@Truthaholic47 Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of 13/

@Truthaholic47 the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." No reference at all to sin. Christ promises Peter the sealing power, be it for marriages, famines, pestiliences, sin, 14/

@Truthaholic47 whatever it may be. Lastly, you wanted to talk about baptism for the dead. First, the toss-up: Paul discusses it in the Bible. In speaking to the Corinthians about the resurrection (they had been questioning it, so this whole chapter touches on it), Paul uses the baptism for 15/

@Truthaholic47 the dead as a reasoning point, saying, "Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?" The fact that baptisms were completed for the dead was not up for the discussion here: it was so common that 16/

@Truthaholic47 Paul was able to refer to it as a teaching point. Additionally, that baptisms for the dead were completed by the ancient church is common knowledge among scholars. It was forbidden by the Council of Carthage in 397, though small offshoots continued to practice it. 17/

@Truthaholic47 As I've said before... I encourage you to study for yourself and not parrot things that people say online about the church. I'm done talking on this thread. I've spent more than enough time, and speaking to you has convinced me that you are just one more person seeking to 18/

@Truthaholic47 disprove or discredit the Church or modern-day prophets using the same tactics found on any anti-mormon website. The answers I have shared with you today are not hard to find, if you look for yourself, but the fact that you haven't tells me that the extent of your search for 19/

@Truthaholic47 truth ended with an anti-mormon website, or book, or video, or whatever. You claim to be a scholar and a theologian, but refuse to do your own leg work. So I encourage you to step it up. I've given you many reasons to truly soften your heart and open your eyes to the truth, 20/

@Truthaholic47 but doing so is ultimately your choice. The truth IS found in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and if you choose to actually SEEK it, instead of seeking half-baked arguments that disprove it, you will find the truth. Alternatively, you're welcome to remain 21/

@Truthaholic47 in darkness, to gnash your teeth and to try and fight against the Lord's anointed on the earth. We have addressed many concerns. I have shared quite a bit to think about, and you should read the original 100 page article. NOTHING has disproven the Church, the BoM, or the 22/

@Truthaholic47 prophets in these modern days, despite what many anti sources try to tell you. There is MUCH room for discovery, and seeking to find the truth the Lord has revealed on this earth will only enrich your life. I invite you to truly come unto Christ. Have a good night. End/

@Truthaholic47 Excuse me, *it is possible that these Sadducees...

@Truthaholic47 *freebie, not toss-up