mentalgymnast wrote:Would you point out where I've said this as a matter of fact and within a contextual framework? I readily admit that I weigh the evidence. That's not the same thing as ignoring it.
You have stated ignorance of Book of Abraham issues. That is ignoring evidences you know exist, but don't want to view them.
Again, as I put Sarah Pratt and Martha Brotherton together they look, to me, like peas in a pod. Or should I say two 'Consecratees of the Cloister'. That is if they ever made it that far in Bennett's order of things.
Again you give no specifics other then association. All of them also associated with Joseph and you trust and believe him. Again inconsistent. I don't judge any of them by who they associated with. I am interested in evidence of their claims.
I think there is something to be said about the influence of a powerful figure/character can have over others. Especially where secret sex is involved.
Joseph was having secret sex which you also know is true based on his supporters who knew him and some of his wives whom he was having this secret sex with.
Drum roll...time to bring Joseph into the picture and paint him with the same brush. The fact is, we KNOW what kind of person John C. Bennett was. But we then rely...well some folks do anyway... on people like him and his acolytes/disciples to describe for us the character of Joseph Smith.
We don't need to rely on them to see what kind of person Joseph was. We have his supporters for that, and you know they have established Joseph as a liar. Bennett's problem is going out on his own and doing what Joseph was doing without Joseph's approval. Joseph made sure people who did anything in the church did so with his approval.