TOTAS: Defending Joseph - When the best defense is the worst offense

Special guest Radio Free Mormon! Sometimes when your revered Prophet is discovered to be doing things that are unorthodox or inexplicable or downright abominable - you have to provide explanations for how those things are really just fine. There is something at the root of those explanations. In this episode, I am joined by award-winning podcaster RFM as we explore some of these defenses offered for Joseph and what they demand of our rational and compassionate selves. Sources: Article by Benjamin Park: https://professorpark.wordpress.com/2... Revelation of marriage ceremony to NK Whitney: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/pap... Joseph Smith Letter to Whitney Family inviting them to visit secretly and avoid Emma: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/pap... Land deed to 17 YO Sarah Ann Whitney for property within a block of Joseph's Mansion: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/pap... Joseph Kingsbury Journal Entry about pretend marriage and blessing: https://archive.org/details/journal-o... Marriage certification for pretend marriage, performed by Joseph: https://archive.org/details/journal-o... Blessing for Sarah Ann, written by Joseph: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/pap...