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westernstephanie
08/17/2016 UPDATED because it turns out I still have THOUGHTS:
When my friend lent me this book I asked if it was going to make me angry and she said no. My fuse must be shorter than hers, because it made me SO angry. I was ignorant to some of the ramifications of our current doctrine and practices when it comes to temple sealings. But after reading all the submitted stories from women and men it's hard to ignore the pain it causes many individuals, couples, and families.
In particular our policies can put young widows and their children (you know, the people the scriptures tell us to treat with extra care) in an awful position as women try to move forward and remarry within the faith. A widow must either attempt to cancel the sealing to her first spouse (and possible father of her children) or hope to marry a faithful LDS man who is ok with not being sealed to his wife and their children. Widowers, however, do not have to choose between their families. They are assured that they can have them all. It can be easy for us to say, "Well, I'm sure that stuff all gets sorted out up there," but these are issues that hurt families and limit choices now as well as make many people dread what might be waiting in heaven.
I wasn't sure how Carol Lynn Pearson could assert that we can just "get rid of polygamy" in a plausible or doable way, but she shared her vision and I think she's won me over to seeing how it could happen. She says, "This departure is inevitable, I believe . . . because polygamy bears bad fruit and has failed the test of Joseph's own words, of being 'virtuous, lovely, of good report and praiseworthy.' It has proved itself to be a destroyer."
When my friend lent me this book I asked if it was going to make me angry and she said no. My fuse must be shorter than hers, because it made me SO angry. I was ignorant to some of the ramifications of our current doctrine and practices when it comes to temple sealings. But after reading all the submitted stories from women and men it's hard to ignore the pain it causes many individuals, couples, and families.
In particular our policies can put young widows and their children (you know, the people the scriptures tell us to treat with extra care) in an awful position as women try to move forward and remarry within the faith. A widow must either attempt to cancel the sealing to her first spouse (and possible father of her children) or hope to marry a faithful LDS man who is ok with not being sealed to his wife and their children. Widowers, however, do not have to choose between their families. They are assured that they can have them all. It can be easy for us to say, "Well, I'm sure that stuff all gets sorted out up there," but these are issues that hurt families and limit choices now as well as make many people dread what might be waiting in heaven.
I wasn't sure how Carol Lynn Pearson could assert that we can just "get rid of polygamy" in a plausible or doable way, but she shared her vision and I think she's won me over to seeing how it could happen. She says, "This departure is inevitable, I believe . . . because polygamy bears bad fruit and has failed the test of Joseph's own words, of being 'virtuous, lovely, of good report and praiseworthy.' It has proved itself to be a destroyer."
I read this ebook because my husband purchased it. Lynn Packer (nephew of late Apostle Boyd K. Packer) is the journalist who was part of uncovering the fabricated histories of Paul H. Dunn.
in 1982 Lynn Packer was covering AFCO, a Utah-based investment fraud that eventually lost its investors $20 million. Paul H. Dunn, then a member of the LDS Church's First Quorum of the Seventy, was on the Board of Directors. Packer maintains that when Elder Dunn learned that the company was failing and fraudulent, he tried to distance himself to prevent embarrassment to the Church. He fabricated a back-dated letter of resignation from the board. This incident prompted Lynn Packer to fact check the rest of Dunn's history--specifically faith-promoting stories told by Dunn in books and at the pulpit.
The account seems pretty thorough, with quotes, sources, and checked facts all included. It made me think about where we draw the line when it comes to crafting a narrative.
If Lynn Packer sat on this book for so long, I do wish he'd taken that time to get an editor. This was a self-published ebook and MAN does it read like one. There were loads of typos, sections where the same texts/ideas repeated, and chapters on tangential subjects that didn't really fit.
in 1982 Lynn Packer was covering AFCO, a Utah-based investment fraud that eventually lost its investors $20 million. Paul H. Dunn, then a member of the LDS Church's First Quorum of the Seventy, was on the Board of Directors. Packer maintains that when Elder Dunn learned that the company was failing and fraudulent, he tried to distance himself to prevent embarrassment to the Church. He fabricated a back-dated letter of resignation from the board. This incident prompted Lynn Packer to fact check the rest of Dunn's history--specifically faith-promoting stories told by Dunn in books and at the pulpit.
The account seems pretty thorough, with quotes, sources, and checked facts all included. It made me think about where we draw the line when it comes to crafting a narrative.
If Lynn Packer sat on this book for so long, I do wish he'd taken that time to get an editor. This was a self-published ebook and MAN does it read like one. There were loads of typos, sections where the same texts/ideas repeated, and chapters on tangential subjects that didn't really fit.
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