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Infant baptism is a topic of concern, but isn’t baptism at an age when one is highly influenced by their parents and/or may not be making the choice based on true faith of concern as well? Is there a separate discussion on this topic? Also, if the prophets were not acting as prophets when they were in the position of prophet and were simply acting as human, without direction from high, would this not weaken their credibility as spoken of in the OT (of course, assuming the OT discussions surrounding prophets’ words were accurate)?
So could it be said that monogamy is ideal (when one is able to freely choose his/her spouse), because it provides the best emotional/psychological circumstances for the children and for the spouses involved? Interesting. Why then was it hidden for so long? Isn’t the concept of “hiding” something usually rooted in the “fear” of someone finding out the facts or what is actually so/true? Why would anyone fear, including those with authority, if it truly is/was the restored church and if Heavenly Father/God promised the keys of authority would no longer go into a state of apostasy? I had also recently heard that during the so-called time of practiced polygamy, while Joseph Smith was Prophet, there was a greater number of active men than there were active women in the church. Is that accurate?
I don’t understand why it is so important to prove DNA evidence for only Joseph Smith’s possible children. Isn’t there evidence that other Prophets had polygamous children in their polygamous marriages since the restoration? Isn’t that fact enough evidence that it occurred by a Prophet (s), in accordance with previous revelation and/or current revelation during their time of authority?
