Critical Thinking Assignment #3

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Name: Dammy Ojediran Meservy | Rel. 225 Critical Thinking Assignment #3: Contextualizing Facts Instructions Demonstrate your ability to add proper and accurate context to potentially shocking but true church history facts by responding to all of the questions following each scenario below. JOSEPH SMITH’S POLYGAMY Scenario #1 : Your friend Karley is struggling because of Joseph Smith’s polygamy. When you ask her what exactly it is about his polygamy she is struggling with, she says she’s always known that Joseph practiced plural marriage, but she didn’t know that HE MARRIED A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL!!! “That is just so wrong on so many levels!” she says. Questions : 1.1 What are three points of crucial context (historical or doctrinal) that Karley should know in order to neutralize the shock factor of this fact?  She should understand that the principle of plural marriage was taught privately and was not widely practiced.  She should also understand that it was never used for sexual relations.  She should also understand that another reason for this marriage was to permanently bind the families together. 1.2 What is a trustworthy source (or sources) you could recommend to Karley where she could go to get more accurate context about this? Be very specific (don’t just say “lds.org”  ).  One really good source I would recommend to her is the gospel library app, where there are church history topics, and there is a specific article that goes over everything. 1.3 Model it! Write a brief paragraph to Karley where you put Joseph’s marriage to 14 year-old Helen Mar Kimball into its proper context and thereby neutralize how shocking this fact sounds without context (please weave in your three points from 1.1 as you do so).

 I understand that this all seems crazy and that it should never happen. The thing about plural marriage was that it was not an openly taught principle back then. Joseph explained the principle to her parents solemnly, saying he had been commanded by God to do so. They were sealed for all eternity, and Helen made it clear that they would never have sexual relations. They were also sealed to link the Kimball and Smith families. Scenario #2 : Your brother is struggling because of Joseph Smith’s polygamy. When you ask him what exactly it is about his polygamy he is struggling with, he says he’s always known that Joseph practiced plural marriage, but he didn’t know that HE MARRIED 14 OTHER MEN’S WIVES!!! “That is just so wrong on so many levels!” he says. Questions : 2.1 What are three points of crucial context (historical or doctrinal) that your brother should know in order to neutralize the shock factor of this fact?  When Joseph married the other women, it was to support them and their families while their husbands were away on missions or died.  Joseph only married those women because God told him to.  None of those relationships had sexual relations 2.2 What is a trustworthy source (or sources) you could recommend to your brother where he could go to get more accurate context about this? Be very specific (don’t just say “google it!”  ).  Again, on the gospel library app, there are church history topics, and there is a specific article all about this topic, as well as plural marriage and polygamy . 2.3 Model it! Write a brief paragraph to your brother where you put Joseph’s marriage to other men’s wives into proper context and thereby neutralize how shocking this fact sounds without context (please weave in your three points of context from 2.1 as you do so).  All of these marriages were made to assist these women and their families. When I give it some thought, I realize that it seems fair, especially considering that these marriages were performed to assist those women whose husbands had died or were serving overseas. These marriages were also ordained and commanded by God in order to help protect those families. They had no sexual relations and were only done to help the saints and those who couldn't support their families.

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