Any good sculptor will tell you that if you want to replicate the human form you have to know the skeletal framework, how muscles attach and how that lays the ground work for the skin. But when you are looking at another human being, although we know the bones are there, we seldom consider their importance.
When it comes to understanding the modern church the analogy is the same. The recent polygamy essays released on lds.org in October 2014 stunned many Latter-day Saints. So very little is mentioned about polygamy that it is easy to discount it as unimportant to our faith. However the moment you start researching plural marriage you find yourself overwhelmed. This is because polygamy underpins almost everything we believe and practice. It shapes our understanding of life’s ultimate purpose. It is our framework.
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