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Wednesday Night Book Thread

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martinsmithy6/11/2009 9:20:34 am PDT

I heartily recommend Under the Banner of Heaven. A great book on the origins of Latter Day Saint-dom and its current radical offshoots (rejected by the mainstream church, to its credit).

My favorite “revelation,” - Joseph Smith, the founder of the church, was, like many men, attracted to lots of women. He interpreted this as a sign from God that he should be polygamous!