Apologetics Index » Polygamy http://www.apologeticsindex.org Apologetics Research Resources on religious movements, cults, sects, world religions and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:24:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 United Effort Planhttp://www.apologeticsindex.org/2596-united-effort-plan http://www.apologeticsindex.org/2596-united-effort-plan#comments Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:59:56 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=2596 The United Effort Plan property trust was created by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1942 on the concept of a “united order,” allowing followers to share in its assets.

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]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/2596-united-effort-plan/feed 0 Elissa Wall and Flora Jessop describe why they left the FLDShttp://www.apologeticsindex.org/2581-elissa-wall-and-flora-jessop-describe-why-they-left-the-flds http://www.apologeticsindex.org/2581-elissa-wall-and-flora-jessop-describe-why-they-left-the-flds#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:51:34 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=2581 With the trial of Warren Jeffs, the ecclesiastical head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) in full swing, countless media outlets are again paying attention to the plight of woman caught up in the polygamous cult.

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]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/2581-elissa-wall-and-flora-jessop-describe-why-they-left-the-flds/feed 0 Bountiful -- Research Resourceshttp://www.apologeticsindex.org/2527-bountiful-research-resources http://www.apologeticsindex.org/2527-bountiful-research-resources#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:56:27 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=2527 Research resources on the Bountiful, Canada polygamous cult -- part of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) cult.

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]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/2527-bountiful-research-resources/feed 0 Video: Stephen Singular Investigates FLDS Polygamistshttp://www.apologeticsindex.org/777-video-stephen-singular-investigates-flds-polygamists http://www.apologeticsindex.org/777-video-stephen-singular-investigates-flds-polygamists#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:00:15 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=777 New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award nominee Stephen Singular discusses his new book When Men Become Gods: Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear, and the Women Who Fought Back. [video]

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]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/777-video-stephen-singular-investigates-flds-polygamists/feed 0 Bountiful, B.C.http://www.apologeticsindex.org/684-bountiful-canada-polygamy http://www.apologeticsindex.org/684-bountiful-canada-polygamy#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:54:30 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/684-bountiful-canada-polygamy Tucked away in the shadow of fortress-like mountains of southeast British Columbia, the town of Bountiful has managed to somehow avoid the wrath of Canadian law for over 50 years despite openly practising polygamy.

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]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/684-bountiful-canada-polygamy/feed 0 Winston Blackmorehttp://www.apologeticsindex.org/685-winston-blackmore http://www.apologeticsindex.org/685-winston-blackmore#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:30:21 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/685-winston-blackmore Winston Blackmore was bishop of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Canada until Warren Jeffs muscled him and others out of the way to become prophet in September 2002. Jeffs then excommunicated Blackmore, splitting the community of Bountiful nearly in half — about 700 people continue to follow Blackmore, while about 500 follow Jeffs.

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]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/685-winston-blackmore/feed 0 Canada's polygamy dilemma: prosecution or tolerance?http://www.apologeticsindex.org/686-canada-bountiful-polygamy http://www.apologeticsindex.org/686-canada-bountiful-polygamy#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:01:31 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/686-canada-bountiful-polygamy The Bountiful case has wide ramifications for Canadian law: If British Columbia charges either or both of Bountiful’s leaders, Winston Blackmore and Jim Oler, with the criminal offence of practising polygamy and loses, it opens the door for the free practise of plural marriage in the guise of religion. If B.C. loses, it could even open the door to other repugnant practices, such as female genital mutilation. Certainly, Muslim groups are anxiously watching to see what happens.

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]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/686-canada-bountiful-polygamy/feed 0 Informal list of polygamous sectshttp://www.apologeticsindex.org/680-polygamy-sects http://www.apologeticsindex.org/680-polygamy-sects#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:56:01 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/680-polygamy-sects A list of polygamous sects -- most of them offshoots of the Mormon Church.

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]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/680-polygamy-sects/feed 0 Video: Lifting the Veil of Polygamyhttp://www.apologeticsindex.org/609-polygamy-documentary http://www.apologeticsindex.org/609-polygamy-documentary#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:25:26 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/609-polygamy-documentary Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, described plural marriage as part of "the most holy and important doctrine ever revealed to man on earth" and taught that a man needed at least three wives to attain the "fullness of exaltation" in the afterlife. While the Mormon church eventually rejected this doctrines, Mormon fundamentalists hold on to it. This documentary examines the legacy of Smith's teachings on polygamy.

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]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/609-polygamy-documentary/feed 0 Polygamy - Your Commentshttp://www.apologeticsindex.org/535-polygamy-comments http://www.apologeticsindex.org/535-polygamy-comments#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 15:51:41 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/535-polygamy-comments Post your comments on the polygamy entry at Apologetics Index.

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]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/535-polygamy-comments/feed 3 Polygamy : Polygamous Sects of the Mormon Churchhttp://www.apologeticsindex.org/123-polygamous-sects-of-the-mormon-church http://www.apologeticsindex.org/123-polygamous-sects-of-the-mormon-church#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2006 03:21:39 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=123 Chart of polygamous sects of the Mormon Church

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]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/123-polygamous-sects-of-the-mormon-church/feed 0 Polygamy - Introductionhttp://www.apologeticsindex.org/82-polygamy http://www.apologeticsindex.org/82-polygamy#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2006 02:52:58 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=82 Polygamy is a marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time.

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]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/82-polygamy/feed 3 Polygamy - Research Resourceshttp://www.apologeticsindex.org/122-polygamy-research-resources http://www.apologeticsindex.org/122-polygamy-research-resources#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2006 02:52:41 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=122 Research resources on polygamy

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]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/122-polygamy-research-resources/feed 0 Polygamy : What the Bible Sayshttp://www.apologeticsindex.org/121-what-the-bible-says-about-polygamy http://www.apologeticsindex.org/121-what-the-bible-says-about-polygamy#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2006 02:52:31 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=121 What the Bible says about polygamy

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]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/121-what-the-bible-says-about-polygamy/feed 0 Which groups practice polygamy?http://www.apologeticsindex.org/116-which-groups-practice-polygamy http://www.apologeticsindex.org/116-which-groups-practice-polygamy#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2006 02:52:21 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=116 Some of the groups in which polygamy is practiced

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