1865 portrait of Brigham Young, 2nd president of the Church of Latter-day Saints, founder of Salt Lake city & the first Governor of Utah. Young had 57 children with 56 different wives (5624×4242)
1865 portrait of Brigham Young, 2nd president of the Church of Latter-day Saints, founder of Salt Lake city & the first Governor of Utah. Young had 57 children with 56 different wives (5624×4242)
Brigham Young said in Journal of Discourses Vol. 10, page 110 “Shall I tell you the law of God in regard to the African race? If the white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of Cain, the penalty, under the law of God, is death on the spot. This will always be so.”
I don’t know why anyone would want to honor such a horrible human being.
Then_Version9768 on
Couldn’t keep his pants on, you say?
gen_wt_sherman on
Just barely one child per wife? Rook numbers
Trajann_Valorus on
He also wanted to bring slavery to Utah and was a big fan of it, I think he changed his tune in 1861.
ThinWhiteDuke00 on
Extremely competent but evil individual.. Mormonism wouldn’t have survived without Young and the current LDS Church is basically his creation (there was multiple splits in the aftermath of Joseph Smith’s death).
His media tagline at the time was the “American Moses”.
Spiritual-Driver8926 on
Cult leader, child rapist, murderer, etc, too bad that is what most people see and hear about Utah, thankfully alot of us are much more, and we do not want to be associated with him or his teachings, followers!!
Unkle_Argyle on
Not sure i exactly remember how he became intertwined with Joseph Smith, but those two sure got themselves into some pretty interesting things. Personally speaking I find it a bit sad how their teachings have kept on and keep growing. I’d be embarrassed to celebrate that man.
12washingbeard on
Former nfl quarterback Steve young is a descendant of Brigham young as well.
Sunflower-23456 on
Bro was FUCKIN
superluminal on
A leader of generational, religious trauma.
OtisDriftwood1978 on
It’s not feasible to have an actual relationship with 12 children, let alone 50+.
stengbeng on
Well you know what they say, if you’re gonna brig em, you better Brigham young
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‘Gotta say, Brigham rocked the Abraham Lincoln look way before it was cool. But seriously, this dude’s influence on American West history is wild.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_Massacre
Brigham Young said in Journal of Discourses Vol. 10, page 110 “Shall I tell you the law of God in regard to the African race? If the white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of Cain, the penalty, under the law of God, is death on the spot. This will always be so.”
Source (on BYU’s website): [https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/JournalOfDiscourses3/id/4266/](https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/JournalOfDiscourses3/id/4266/)
I don’t know why anyone would want to honor such a horrible human being.
Couldn’t keep his pants on, you say?
Just barely one child per wife? Rook numbers
He also wanted to bring slavery to Utah and was a big fan of it, I think he changed his tune in 1861.
Extremely competent but evil individual.. Mormonism wouldn’t have survived without Young and the current LDS Church is basically his creation (there was multiple splits in the aftermath of Joseph Smith’s death).
His media tagline at the time was the “American Moses”.
Cult leader, child rapist, murderer, etc, too bad that is what most people see and hear about Utah, thankfully alot of us are much more, and we do not want to be associated with him or his teachings, followers!!
Not sure i exactly remember how he became intertwined with Joseph Smith, but those two sure got themselves into some pretty interesting things. Personally speaking I find it a bit sad how their teachings have kept on and keep growing. I’d be embarrassed to celebrate that man.
Former nfl quarterback Steve young is a descendant of Brigham young as well.
Bro was FUCKIN
A leader of generational, religious trauma.
It’s not feasible to have an actual relationship with 12 children, let alone 50+.
Well you know what they say, if you’re gonna brig em, you better Brigham young