by Dan Wees | Aug 19, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“I was sealed to Joseph Smith by Willard Richards 9 March 1842 in Newel K Whitney’s chamber Nauvoo, for time and all Eternity … Sylvia my daughter was present when I was sealed to Joseph Smith.” Patty Bartlett, affidavit (1869), see Todd Compton, In Sacred Loneliness:...
by Dan Wees | Aug 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Patty Bartlett-Sessions-Smith-Parry: 10th Wife of Joseph Smith. Married 9 Mar 1842 at age 47 (Joseph Smith, age 36)… This is the second marriage of Joseph Smith to an older woman, and the first time the wife was more than 10 years older. Joseph Smith married...
by Dan Wees | Aug 17, 2018 | Miscellaneous
The PIC is a page from “HR magazine” (2016). Three of the five cities are in densely populated LDS areas, and another is in the backyard, one state away… Best (and Worst) Paying Cities for...
by Dan Wees | Aug 17, 2018 | Miscellaneous
As outlandish as the story of Noah and the ark is, the journey of the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon is even more bizarre. As the story unfolds, the brother of Jared is commanded by The Almighty to construct eight barges in which to travel to America: The Promised...
by Dan Wees | Aug 16, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Remember to erase all archaelogical, genetic and linguistic evidence of your existence when I...
by Dan Wees | Aug 16, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Christianity does not have a corner on ‘goodness,’ nor can it claim this virtue originated in Christ. Nevertheless, the LDS church has canonized his words in the Book of Mormon: “[G]ood cometh of none save it be of me.” Book of Mormon – Ether 4:12 (Salt Lake...