Yet another religious cult raided

[Jester]

I think it's hogwash as well, which is why I'm not a Mormon. I doubt that Joe Smith Jr's visions were motivated by his subconscious desire to dominate and have sex with many women. Then again, he might have been a delusional sexual psychopath. But, historical evidence would indicate that he wasn't.

I'm not saying Joseph Smith was a delusional sexual psychopath, although I'm sure he was delusional, at the very least. Or a liar.

But, to establish widespread polygamy, in the sense that the Mormons practiced it, requires a certain concept of the role of women, one which is incompatible with the idea that they are free to decide things for themselves. That kind of situation tends to bring out the worst in men with authority, and if Joseph Smith was innocent on the charge of sexual abuse, I'll give you dollars to donuts that a great many of his descendants were not, and I suspect the worst of them are the ones who refused to give up polygamy, and instead retreat to compounds in the desert, safe from the long arm of the law and free to practise whatever religious tyranny they liked.

-Jester