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==[[File:Polyamorous.png]]Polygamy==
Joseph Smith claimed an Angle with a flaming sword visited him three times between 1834 and 1842, and told him to construct [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism%20and%20polygamy polygamy into Mormon teachings]. The UnNamed Angle told Smith the goal of Polygamy was to increase the population of The Church and replenish Earth. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints eventually banned polygamy in 1890 and ex-communicated polygamists which led to the creation of The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamentalist%20Church%20of%20Jesus%20Christ%20of%20Latter-Day%20Saints ''Fundamentalist'' Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints] which still practices Polygamy to this day.
Modern Mormon teachings claim Polygamy was intended for Joseph and hierarchal members of The Church ''only'', and not specifically his followers.
Polygamy is still a polarizing and controversial topic in modern Latter-Day Saints teachings.
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