Mormon Apostle facts
While investigating facts about Mormon Apostles and Mormon Apostles Homes, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Sarah M. Pratt, wife of Orson Pratt who was an original apostle in the Mormon Church, claimed that Joseph Smith's polygamous marriages never produced offspring because Smith had his doctor, John. C Bennett, practice abortion "on a large scale" during their time in Nauvoo, Illinois.
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One of the most beloved church leaders in Mormon History, J. Golden Kimball, was known as the swearing-apostle because of his excessive profanity.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 8 of the best facts about Mormon Apostles Excommunicated and Mormon Apostles Seniority I managed to collect.
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Mormon Prophet and 12 Apostles exempted themselves from paying tithing 10% of gross income. Yet they require members to pay
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In 1961 a Mormon apostle prophesied that men would never get to the moon. 10 years later the Apollo 15 astronauts present the same apostle (now the president of the church) with a Utah state flag they took to the moon and back
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At the April 1879 General Conference of the Mormon church, then-Apostle George Q. Cannon argued that practicing polygamy decreases the temptation for men to engage in sexual acts with other men.
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In 1976, Mormon apostle Boyd K. Packer gave a lecture to the church in which he compared testicles to a "little factory" that produces "life-giving substances." He also told a story of how he once thanked a young missionary for assaulting a gay individual, saying "somebody had to do it."
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A Mormon apostle blamed the victim for rape
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Senator Reed Smoot, who co-sponsored the Smoot-Hawley act that exacerbated the Great Depression, was a Mormon Apostle and third in line to be the Mormon prophet
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