Should Joseph Smith have introduced Polygamy publicly?

[_grindael]

Anything that is eternal in nature is an eternal principle.

This is simply circular reasoning gone wild. What is "eternity" in terms of Mormonism? Were "intelligences" practicing polygamy? What were the gods doing before they became gods? How did two "intelligences" procreate? How did the first god become one? There are no answers in Mormonism, only speculation and this is a prime example of that.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

This begs the questions:
Why is marriage to multiple women an eteranal principle?

What's the point?

1. Anything that is eternal in nature is an eternal principle. If there are eternal polygamous marriages (and the Church has never denied this in any way) then polygamy would be an eternal principle. If Wilford Woodruff's sealing to his wives for eternity are valid, then polygamy is eternal.
But to be more direct, if polygamy is the form of marriage lived by Heavenly Father and the Council of the Gods as taught by early leaders, then it is even more directly eternal in nature.

2. The point is the same point as any marriage. There doesn't need to be a separate reason for polygamy from monogamy unless we believe polygamy to be "different".
The same covenants are made in a polygamous marriage as in a monogamous one. The same command is given to participants in a polygamous marriage as in a monogamous one.
There doesn't need to be a separate point if monogamous marriage is just step one in polygamous marriage. (Hard to be a polygamist without first being a monogamist.)

This is why talking to Mormons can get exhausting...

1- Why is marrying multiple women a necessisty forever?

2- What's the point in context of the grand scheme?

- Doc

[_Tator]

Doc you are still going to have to rephrase these two questions again in 5 or 6 more posts.

At least that's what I am predicting.