As far as the wives of Joseph Smith, the comments are accurate. The Church has references for at least 34 wives. And regarding Brigham Young, he did make several comments regarding black people that were not flattering. Like many people, the time in which he lived influenced some of his personal beliefs. The overall message has a hateful tone, but I fail to see where the content is false.

I’m not sure how your comment got approved as it is full of false information and attacks on the Church… If you dislike it, leave it be.

You have so many poor, hateful arguments here. It’s sad.

I think you are exactly right. I was born into the church but left ,due to rampant gossip ,I admit as a teenager I tried to push peoples buttons but all they did was ,well kick me out and be done with it.I wasn’t ex communicated due to the pleadings of my mother ,but my father and I stopped going .Then of course to show all those people that thought i drank and smoked and was with my girlfriend before marriage,I set out to prove them right ,and guess who got hurt ,Me! So,as my son got older he started not wanting to go to church with my mother ,because I knew the church was true ,Joseph Smith is my cousin ,so it is deeply rooted in my Fathers Mothers side.When I came back to church after playing in Heavy metal bands and really doing things I would later regret I git a job in the Film industry and made more money then ever ,but was not happy and still had a son that needed a father to go to church with him,I had all the world could offer yet I felt empty.So I came back and I could not get enough information on everything ,The Savior and what He did for us all and all the history of the church because me ancestors were everywhere.But as I started to come upon those questions about ,well you know them all ,Plural marriage ,the translation and how ,mountain meadows and on and on.And when I asked about these things in church ,here in Calif. ,I was told not to worry about it,they were not important and has nothing to do with my salvation,well that made me really want to know ,so I bought over 4 thousand books ,all the old ,not published anymore books ,but because I Had (i have since been in a car accident and my wife who was sealed to me and still is left me because she thought I would be disabled the rest of my life ,and sold our house when i was in a coma for 4 months) But,one thing that was a true blessing is when I was in then hospital and they were operating I think the second of 6 operations ,I died ,I went up through the ceiling of the hospital and stopped ,waiting for a light to go in to something ,but my Grandfather ,who is the Patriarch of the family holding the priesthood ,he appeared with a bright light behind him and he said I was going back,that I had not completed the covenant I made with the Lord before I came here ,it was in my Patriarchal blessing,he said the covenant 3 times and said that it was very important to complete this before I return to Him ,and back I went ,so here I am ,and now I know why I am really here and that ,even though it satisfied me to find out the truthfulness of all things ,I wasn;t fulfilling one of the most important reasons I am here at this time ,so ,the moral is you can spend years searching out these things and hopefully find the right answer ,but is that why we are really here ?
so I spent years and years reading and praying and reading and praying ,and in the end ,the answer gramps gives is frustratingly correct!I researched everything and drove all over the country to find things out for myself.It all has a purpose ,all those things that people ,some people think should be talked about in church or conference ,either has been,because I have every single conference on book ,tape c.d. and have gone through them all ,the early ones did address those subjects,it’s been done and they move on to bringing Gospel to the people and baptize and so on.As one who has been on both sides of the fence ,but know ,even after going through losing every material thing ,except t of my books and other ,and a few other things ,I lost everything and my Son who I came back to church for ,left the church a week after I ordained him an Elder . The Gospel is all I have ,and believe me ,it still isn’t easy,in fact my life is …..well it ain’t good ,but if I didn’t have the Gospel in my life and the power of the Priesthood to help me and to help others ,which is basically all I do ,SERVE ,I do things now I never thought i would do ,but I am always glad to help others ,do my Family History ,which after 12 years have 4 lines from my son to Adam and EVe ,and Temple work.So,there are answers that do explain everything ,I promise you ,I spent years and years and too much money buying old books ,but one thing I found out ,This is the restored Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and the only one with the Authority to act in the name of Jesus Christ and bring people unto HIM,and if you can’t find answers ,look,but look in the right places ,don;t go down a path that you know will tell you nothing but plant a seed of doubt that is dangerously co authered by the father of all lies.Seek out good books,if you want a few titles ,let me know.There is not one thing that I have not read about ,but the book that I always do read and find something there I never read before is in The Book of Mormon! Good luck and God bless you.

The Gospel Topics essays are helpful, as is going to Church landmarks such as Nauvoo, Adam-Ondi-Ahman, visitors’ centers, and Temple Square. There are also the Joseph Smith Papers and other documents and writings about the early days of the Restoration. It isn’t the Church’s fault if people choose to not learn.