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Did you know... that the Mormon practice of polygamy was first inspired in 1831 when Joseph Smith said Jesus wished his followers to marry Native Americans to make their descendants white?

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Weather or not polygamy started with Joseph Smith is highly controversial

1. Some large fraction of LDS do not believe that Joseph Smith practiced Polygamy. 2. DNA refutes such claims. 3. The Joseph Smith Papers seems to refute such claims. To get started, see: A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnBUfIDl0gE B. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Jn7wbAvuY — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:600:C581:F960:9F33:94B3:C7DE:1E96 (talk) 08:02, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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