I received a comment on my blog, which, of course, I must address, because I usually do reply to my many Mormon fans. It is what makes me so popular, and leads people to compare me to Paris Hilton. Except, of course, my catch phrase is “That’s stupid,” instead of “That’s hot.” Do you think it will catch on?

JR at biglovemustgo@yahoo.com wrote:

I have a few questions regarding your statements above and why you have chosen to not label them as your own personal beliefs?

I would like to ask you to read the following statement and question that I have copied directly from you. And then please take the time to answer your own question….

It is true that today’s Mormons do NOT practice polygamy, and anyone who is caught doing so is excommunicated. But where the hell do they think it CAME FROM IN THE FIRST PLACE?

Best Regards,

JR

First of all, JR, did you notice that this is MY blog? Guess not. Did you want me to preface every statement with Natalie R. Collins thinks that…. I’d sound pretty silly. When I am quoting FACT I state that it is fact and give citations and links. When I am giving you my opinion, well, I expect you to be INTELLIGENT enough to realize that THIS is my blog. Of course I’m telling you what I think. If you don’t like it, don’t read it.

I’m not going to preface every statement with a disclaimer that THIS IS WHAT I THINK. That’s sort of a “duh” moment, don’t ya think?

Now, other readers, JR wants me to answer my own question. Tell me, readers, do you think JR has NOT really thought this out well? Hmmmm???

Here’s the question in question. Now please note that JR also included the first sentence of my statement (which, by the way, is MY OPINION, for those of you too dull to realize I am stating my opinion) which is a declarative sentence, and not a question. But since JR only asked me to answer my own QUESTION, that’s all I’m doing.

It is true that today’s Mormons do NOT practice polygamy, and anyone who is caught doing so is excommunicated. But where the hell do they think it CAME FROM IN THE FIRST PLACE?

Where the hell do they think it came from in the first place, JR? THE MORMONS! Joseph Smith. They were the ones practicing it. Brigham Young. He had like a GAZILLION wives. The Doctrine and Covenants? It’s in there, in black and white. To say that Mormons HAVE NO RELATIONSHIP TO POLYGAMY IS POINT BLANK RIDICULOUS. This is where it started. Then in 1890, they ended it. With a manifesto, rather than a revelation, which left it open to all kinds of creative manuevering and possibilities for future practicing of said polygamy.

There is only ONE reason people associate Mormons with polygamy, and that is because they used to OPENLY and FLAGRANTLY practice it, and they STILL BELIEVE it will be practiced in the Celestial Kingdom.

Did that answer my question? Boy, that did not sound right, but after all, JR DID ask me to answer my own question. Sheesh.

Now, I would note here that I suspect JR wanted me to say that polygamy came from God. Considering the God(s) Joseph Smith talked about had him translating the Book of Mormon with his head stuck in a hat, well, I think that just speaks for itself….

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