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MikeWaters · 05-03-2007, 04:28 PM

He said something to the effect that the orginal Mormonism as taught by the prophet, seer, and revelator Joseph Smith most fully tackles and conquers death.

Bloom's book is interesting. He talks a lot about Smith's religious genius, and how he reincarnated Gnosticism in a new form. He also talks about Smith's healthy sexuality.

I'm not sure thats most Mormons take on the topic. We like to think of polygamy as divorced from sexual desire.

But if we are honest with ourselves, our own marriages are motivated, at least in party, by sexual desire.

05-03-2007, 04:28 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	I liked the quote from Harold Bloom at the end of the doc He said something to the effect that the orginal Mormonism as taught by the prophet, seer, and revelator Joseph Smith most fully tackles and conquers death. Bloom's book is interesting. He talks a lot about Smith's religious genius, and how he reincarnated Gnosticism in a new form. He also talks about Smith's healthy sexuality. I'm not sure thats most Mormons take on the topic. We like to think of polygamy as divorced from sexual desire. But if we are honest with ourselves, our own marriages are motivated, at least in party, by sexual desire.