"The difficulty here is that I'm defending something that, to some degree, is indefensible. And I recognize that. I'm defending something that makes me extraordinarily uncomfortable. I remember on Bill Reel's podcast being asked, 'Would you want your daughter working in Joseph Smith's household? Given that Joseph Smith proposed to all these women [girls] in his household?' And I said, "No! I wouldn't."
-Jim Bennett
Mormon Stories, Episode 3
The following are some eye-opening highlights made by Jim Bennett in his 2021 Mormon Stories interview:
2021 Jim on Polygamy | Polyandry
You can view the entire unedited interviews that the above clips were taken from in Mormon Stories Episode 3.
Jim has made a lot of misleading and false assertions in the Polygamy | Polyandry section of his Jim Bennett Mormonism® Manifesto.
We will provide a line-by-line rebuttal to Jim's Polygamy | Polyandry claims and arguments soon but we wanted to share the highlights of 2021 Jim's views on the subject that are not reflected in Jim's 2018 Jim Bennett Mormonism® Manifesto.
"I want to be very clear. Polygamy is probably one the most difficult things for me to deal with. It is messy. It is difficult. It's impossible to deny that Joseph Smith did several things that are not just wrong but deeply disturbing. Particularly with regard to how he dealt with polygamy and plural marriage with his wife, Emma. It's clear that there's several incidents that he's not honest with her."
-Jim Bennett
Mormon Stories, Episode 3
"There's things that Joseph did that are really, sort of, profoundly wrong in the practice of polygamy."
-Jim Bennett
Mormon Stories, Episode 3
"I acknowledge that Joseph lied to Emma about some of the marriages."
-Jim Bennett
Mormon Stories, Episode 3
"The Church hasn't come to terms with polygamy...What we've done is just sweep it under the rug and pretend it's not there."
-Jim Bennett
Mormon Stories, Episode 3
