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Critics' claimed motivations for Joseph's implementation of plural marriage

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• Did Joseph have "lustful motives" for practicing polygamy?
• Did Joseph Smith send men on missions in order to "steal" their wives?
• Did Joseph Smith practice polygamy for the purpose of monetary gain?

Did Joseph have lustful motives for practicing polygamy?

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• Question: Did Joseph Smith institute polygamy because he had a "voracious sexual appetite"?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith have a youthful struggle with unchastity?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith have a long history of "womanizing" before practicing plural marriage?
• Stephen H. Webb: "Evidence That Demands Our Amazement... Joseph Smith was a remarkable person"

Did Joseph Smith send men on missions in order to steal their wives?

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• Question: Did Joseph Smith send men on missions in order to "steal" their wives while they were gone?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith send William Law, Robert D. Foster, and Henry Jacobs on missions so that he could steal their wives?
• Question: Was Apostle Orson Hyde sent on a mission to dedicate Israel so that Joseph Smith could secretly marry his wife, Marinda Hyde, while he was away?

Did Joseph Smith practice polygamy for the purpose of monetary gain?

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• Question: Did Joseph Smith mismanage the estate of two orphans, Maria and Sarah Lawrence by marrying these sisters polygamously in order to use the marriage to enrich himself?