Comments on: Shaking Polygamy http://www.asoftanswer.com/2008/04/10/shaking-polygamy/ an unseemly mix of politics and Mormonism Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:15:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: David B http://www.asoftanswer.com/2008/04/10/shaking-polygamy/#comment-4076 David B Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:32:29 +0000 http://www.asoftanswer.com/?p=1105#comment-4076 I see your point on indulgences, except that i'm thinking from the point of view of someone who's spent a decent amount of time in Europe--in Europe (at least the parts i know), it certainly *is* thought of by a decent chunk of people as a reason the Roman church is bad. The Mormon church simply has the disadvantage of having come of age at the dawn of the era of easy international communication. I see your point on indulgences, except that i’m thinking from the point of view of someone who’s spent a decent amount of time in Europe–in Europe (at least the parts i know), it certainly *is* thought of by a decent chunk of people as a reason the Roman church is bad.

The Mormon church simply has the disadvantage of having come of age at the dawn of the era of easy international communication.

]]> By: David H. Sundwall http://www.asoftanswer.com/2008/04/10/shaking-polygamy/#comment-4073 David H. Sundwall Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:48:08 +0000 http://www.asoftanswer.com/?p=1105#comment-4073 I don't seriously expect the issue to go away but it so overwhelmigly defines our outside identities. I don't think indulgences is the best example as I never hear discussed except in historical terms. As far as I can tell it doesn't define Catholocism as polygamy does Mormonism. I haven't seen an HBO series on it yet at least. I don’t seriously expect the issue to go away but it so overwhelmigly defines our outside identities. I don’t think indulgences is the best example as I never hear discussed except in historical terms.

As far as I can tell it doesn’t define Catholocism as polygamy does Mormonism. I haven’t seen an HBO series on it yet at least.

]]> By: David B http://www.asoftanswer.com/2008/04/10/shaking-polygamy/#comment-4062 David B Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:18:04 +0000 http://www.asoftanswer.com/?p=1105#comment-4062 The Roman Catholic Church practiced plenary indulgences in exchange for monetary donations for a couple centuries, and hasn't done so for nearly half a millennium--why should we expect that 110 years would be enough to get rid of the memory of polygyny? The Roman Catholic Church practiced plenary indulgences in exchange for monetary donations for a couple centuries, and hasn’t done so for nearly half a millennium–why should we expect that 110 years would be enough to get rid of the memory of polygyny?

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