Consider the fact that Mormons told the women in the visual illustration that they were lying, since “Joseph Smith only had one wife.” The LDS Church lies by 1) not educating the common Mormon people about the nature of Joseph Smith’s polygyny and polyandry, and 2) allowing gigantic “faith-promoting rumors” concerning polygamy to perpetuate, all to the benefit of people maintaining their belief in Smith as a prophet.

Read through JosephSmith.net, notice the lack of any information on Smith’s polygamy, and think about the following:

“Even sharing the truth can have the effect of lying when we tell only half-truths that do not give the full picture. We can also be guilty of bearing false witness and lying if we say nothing, particularly if we allow another to reach a wrong conclusion while we hold back information that would have led to a more accurate perception. In this case it is as though an actual lie were uttered.” (Robert J. Matthews, Ensign, October 1994, p. 54)

The full-length video is available on YouTube, Vimeo, iPod format, MPEG 2 (great for burning to DVD), and Windows Media. Individual videos are also available:

• Patty Bartlett Sessions
• Marinda Johnson Hyde
• Elizabeth Davis Durfee
• Mary Rollins Lightner
• Sylvia Sessions Lyon
• Louisa Beaman
• Eliza R. Snow
• The Partridge Sisters
• Lucy Walker
• Martha McBride Knight
• Sarah Ann Whitney

I also have posted one clip of a Mormon’s opinion on the illustration: