Jag ser att Mormonlady har en artikel pa hennes hemsida dar de bestrider att Mormonkyrkan undanhaller obehagliga fakta. Som bevis for detta sa skriver dom om FAIRs nya websida dar de lankar till stallen dar kyrkan skriver om dessa obehagliga historia fakta.
http://mormonlady.se/undanhaller-kyr...toriska-fakta/
Dock verkar dom inte ha insett att detta tvartom ar bra bevis pa att kyrkan doljer obehaliga fakta och forsoker presentera informationen i basta mojliga dager dar de utlamnar viktig information.
Som exempel pa detta ar Profeten Joseph Smiths giftemal med underariga flickor. Manga ex-Mormon tappade tron pa kyrkan nar de upptackte att Joseph Smith hade sexuella relationer med de 14-ariga flickorna Fanny Alger och Helen Mar Kimball. For att overtyga dessa flickor att ha sex med honom sa anvande han sig av bade dodshot och loften om himmelska valsignelser.
For att bevisa att Mormomkyrkan inte doljer Joseph Smiths sexuella relationer med underariga flickor sa presenterade FAIR alla de stallen dar kyrkan skrivit om detta in sina officiella publikationer, namligen dessa:
June 1979 Ensign: Although little Don Carlos Smith died a short time later, Emily and Eliza continued to live in the Smith home, where, in the summer of 1842, both girls “were married to Bro. Joseph about the same time, but neither of us knew about the other at the time; everything was so secret” (Emily, “Incidents,” p. 186).
—Dean Jessee, "‘Steadfastness and Patient Endurance’: The Legacy of Edward Partridge," Ensign (Jun 1979), 41. off-site (emphasis added)
December 1978 Ensign: How a family accepts members who join it by marriage is, in some ways, analogous to how a Church accepts members who join it by baptism. The experiences of plural marriage make the analogy even closer....the Prophet Joseph Smith recorded a revelation to the Whitneys on plural marriage....The Whitneys gave their daughter into the system of plural marriage and received into their family other plural wives.
—D. Michael Quinn, “The Newel K. Whitney Family,” Ensign, Dec 1978, 42 off-site (emphasis added)
http://en.fairmormon.org/Mormonism_a...to_young_women
Sa Mormonkyrkan har endast publiserat tva mindre referenser till Joseph Smiths giftemal med minderariga. Dessa publikationer gjordes i kyrkans manadsmagasin pa 1970-talet och sedan dess har man tydligen inte namnt nagonting. Dessa referenser var ocksa valdigt vaga och ger inte nagra djupare inblickar i vad som hande. Till exempel sa namner dom inte att Joseph Smiths genom sina giftemal med Eliza och Emily kunde beslagta deras pengar som de hade arvt fran sina doda foraldrar. I vilket fall som helst sa namner Mormonkyrkan ingenting alls om de tva varsta fallen: Fanny Alger och Helen Mar Kimball.
Men jag ar tamligen saker pa att de som forsvarar kyrkan kommer att skylla pa medlemmarna. Tydligen har kyrkan ingen skyldighet att visa upp sin obekama historia utan enbart visa de positiva sidorna. Dom havdar att det ar medlemmarnas skyldighet att forska efter sanningen men samtidigt sa skrammer dom medlemmarna och sager at dom att enda lasa historiematerial som publiserats av kyrkan.
Jag avslutar med a citat fran kyrkans egna instruktionsbocker.
"To Lie Is Dishonest
For teachers: This chapter contains three sections that describe forms of dishonesty: lying, stealing, and cheating. You might consider dividing class members or family members into three groups. Assign each group one of these three sections. Ask the individuals in each group to silently read their assigned section and consider the forms of dishonesty described in that section. Then discuss the sections as a class or as a family. Ask how we can be honest in each of the situations described.
Lying is intentionally deceiving others. Bearing false witness is one form of lying. The Lord gave this commandment to the children of Israel: “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour” (Exodus 20:16). Jesus also taught this when He was on earth (see Matthew 19:18). There are many other forms of lying. When we speak untruths, we are guilty of lying. We can also intentionally deceive others by a gesture or a look, by silence, or by telling only part of the truth. Whenever we lead people in any way to believe something that is not true, we are not being honest.
The Lord is not pleased with such dishonesty, and we will have to account for our lies. Satan would have us believe it is all right to lie. He says, “Yea, lie a little; … there is no harm in this” (2 Nephi 28:8). Satan encourages us to justify our lies to ourselves. Honest people will recognize Satan’s temptations and will speak the whole truth, even if it seems to be to their disadvantage."
http://www.lds.org/manual/gospel-pri...nesty?lang=eng
