Class 11/3

Though it may be rather ignorant of me, I've not spent much time educating myself on the history of polygamy in the lds church. Sure when I have shared my mormon faith many of my friends have asked if I participate in polygamy, but my answer is always just a simple no, that is not what our religion is about. And the. I'll usually continue on into a deeper explanation of what our church and I believe, what we are, failing completely to acknowdgd anything about palygamy. My very basic understanding of palygamy in the church is that God commanded members to marry multiple wives because of a lack of lds men. It was for the soul purpose of producing offspring, and because it is a commandment to abstain from sex outside of marriage it was necessary to marry.