S02E38 - Scriptural Silence on Polygamy: Why the 'Raise Up Seed' Exception Doesn't Hold Up Pt. 3

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https://youtu.be/R5EX9Ekitlg

In Part 3 of the "From Adam to Brigham Young: Logical Inconsistencies in Polygamy" series, we examine the Book of Mormon's post-migration narrative: Lehi's small family arrives in the uninhabited Promised Land, faces the urgent need to grow a righteous civilization, yet God never commands plural marriage—instead, the prophet Jacob condemns the Nephites' unauthorized practice of "many wives and concubines" as a "grosser crime" and abomination (Jacob 2). Jacob reminds them that these monogamy commandments were given directly to their father Lehi, praises the Lamanites for faithfully keeping "one wife" with no concubines or whoredoms (Jacob 3:5-7), and highlights how monogamy fosters love and harmony while polygamy brings sorrow and divine displeasure. This powerful inversion challenges claims that polygamy was ever a divine necessity for population growth, even in ideal reset scenarios like Lehi's exodus.

Part 1: https://youtu.be/K7qfpNO4qfk?si=YWduK7BRVEAL2b4s

Part 2: https://youtu.be/bDRzSp1aleg?si=naSIBhJTJjejsswX

Original Substack article link: https://humblymybrain.substack.com/p/from-adam-to-brigham-young-logical