You will not find a more spiritual or more devout member of the Church, unless it is President Hinckley. The one thing I can emphatically state about Brother Bushman is his sense of honor and honesty. If he wrote it in his book, it means that he did enough research to believe it to be true. His aim was not to destroy testimony by writing "Rough Stone Rolling" but to write an honest biography of Joseph Smith from a believer's perspective. The outcome is spectacular.
Tex, tread carefully in areas in which you do not have a lot of experience or knowledge. Did you know that Brother Bushman is the patriarch of the New York City stake and a former stake president? He is a very honorable man. If you have problems with what he has written, then I feel sorry for you. The facts are clear to me...Joseph did practice polyandry, and I personally think he went too far with the revelation. Does that diminish my testimony of him? No, it is easy to throw jabs from our 20/20 perspective.
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Originally Posted by Archaea
Richard Bushman, a member in good standing, and former Columbia professor, did everything he could to dilute it, but he was unable to deny the evidence. You attack him for sensationalizing, when it was just the opposite. He made it sound as boring as possible.
Good ole knee jerk reactions to works never perused by the Mex. By the way, I believe Mohammed's Sword of Islam needs a few more mullahs to behead infidels, you might wish to apply.
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