1197: Book of Mormon Anti-Polygamy? (Michelle Stone 1 of 7)

Michelle Stone grew up believing polygamy was God's higher law. Her great-grandfather took a plural wife in Mexico in 1906, after the Manifesto, and as a young mom selling her mother's music she spent time in the homes of fundamentalist families. Then she studied the scriptures for herself and came to see the Book of Mormon as "the most anti-polygamy book of scripture" in the canon. In Part 1 of 7, Michelle, author of the Stoddard Award-winning paper "Constructing Helen: Absences, Ambiguities, & Adjustments" and a new PhD student explains why some fundamentalists now treat her as an enemy, how she answers favorite proof texts like Isaiah 4:1, why she thinks Ogden Kraut largely repeated Orson Pratt, and how the old RLDS view compares. Part 2 comes out Wednesday. Michelle's earlier interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZcOSsy3uNU&list=PLLhI8GMw9sJ5RtvVFnLNTTAHA1tfyib8T My Cousin Was a Serial Bomber: https://gospeltangents.com/2023/04/my-cousin-serial-killer-mark-hofmann/ Family Reactions to Mark Hofmann's Injuries: https://gospeltangents.com/2023/04/family-reactions-mark-hofmann/ Reviewing Murder Among the Mormons: https://gospeltangents.com/2023/04/murder-among-the-mormons/ My interviews with the Ericksons, mentioned in this episode: Independent Mormon Resources: https://gospeltangents.com/2026/01/2nd-edition-sister-wives-ericksons/ How Independents Claim Authority: https://gospeltangents.com/2026/01/independent-mormons-claim-priesthood/ Female Priesthood/Black Polygamists: https://gospeltangents.com/2026/01/women-bless-the-sick/ Fundamentalist Children/Mormon Legacy Ministries: https://gospeltangents.com/2026/02/raising-kids-in-polygamy/ -----------------------------------------------//----------------------------------------------- Buy a PRINTED TRANSCRIPT of this interview: https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-Tangents-Interview/ -----------------------------------------------//----------------------------------------------- SUBSCRIBE to the Gospel Tangents YouTube Channel for non-confrontational interviews on topics like polygamy, the race and priesthood ban, Heartland or Mesoamerican Book of Mormon Geography, the Hofmann bombings and forgeries, women and priesthood, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and much, much more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4clkuJcpGygxprWuwa5SVA/join -----------------------------------------------//----------------------------------------------- Gospel Tangents NEWSLETTER: https://gospeltangents.com/newsletter -----------------------------------------------//----------------------------------------------- Love it? Please DONATE to support our work: https://gospeltangents.com/product/donate-1/ -----------------------------------------------//----------------------------------------------- CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction 1:21 Raised Believing Polygamy Was of God 3:00 Post-Manifesto Polygamy in Her Family 4:21 Fundamentalist Friends & the AUB 5:27 Studying the Scriptures 7:01 Pushing Against Fundamentalism? 8:54 Section 132 Added in 1876 10:36 King Noah & Riplakish 13:35 RLDS Views 15:06 The Ericksons 17:13 Isaiah 4:1 & Ogden Kraut -----------------------------------------------//----------------------------------------------- WEBSITE: https://gospeltangents.com/ FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/gospeltangents PATREON: https://patreon.com/gospeltangents iTUNES: https://tinyurl.com/gospeltangents -----------------------------------------------//----------------------------------------------- Gospel Tangents is the best source for Mormon history, science, and theology. -----------------------------------------------//----------------------------------------------- Copyright © 2026, Gospel Tangents. All rights reserved.