I’m a believing Mormon woman with two young daughters. I’m also a psychologist with a Ph.D. from Brigham Young University. I’m encouraged by the church’s recent essay series on complex history issues and grateful for their progress toward transparency.
The newest essay on polygamy explains that Joseph Smith was directed by God to take plural wives — including 14-year-olds — and encourages readers to learn from stories of women who obeyed in spite of their initial repulsion to the idea: "Like [polygamy’s] participants, we ‘see through a glass, darkly’ and are asked to walk by faith."
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