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Originally Posted by ute4ever
Here is an idea:
Years ago, God commanded that the saints live the law of consecration, but it was later recanted because the saints were not ready for it.
Perhaps the law of polygamy is the same way, being more profound than we realize, insomuch that even our mortal prophets struggle with certain, um, side effects. As much as we tend to deify our prophets while still in mortality, the reality is they are subject to the same temptations and weaknesses as the rest of us.
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And the Israelites were given a lower law when they were a-whorin' while Moses was getting the original stone etch-a-sketch on Sinai. I accept that members of the church and its leaders fail to fully live according to the commandments of God.
When they do, they are punished for their lack of faithfulness and sometimes they are also given a lower law that will enable them to have a greater measure of obedience, but a corresponding diminished capacity to be blessed for their obedience.
I'm not willing to accept that God is going to passively stand by while His prophets are engaging in repeated gross sexual improprieties.