As I continue to read,

'Under the Banner of Heaven', I continue to learn more about the history of the Mormon church, as the book is very revealing, well researched and scupulously documented. Seems Joseph Smith, the charismatic founder of Mormonism, who 'found' the golden tablets, before he lost them, was quite the ladies man. Following a beating and 'tar and feathering' after he was caught in bed with the very young daughter of an influential land owner, he decided that there is no way God would want him to be deprived of objects of his lust, so he shared the 'word of God' that not only allowed polygamy, but demanded it. The sheep didn't buy it, at first, and he had problems with the fathers of young girls with whom God had commanded him to have sexual relations with. SO, to get the fathers out of the way, FAR away, the Mormon 'mission' was established, to send them away and 'herd in more sheep', at peril of losing their, and their family's, immortal souls. Like I said earlier, when someone 'hears the voice of God' anything can, and will happen. Just another instance, of what happens 'Under the Banner of Heaven'. Gotta love them 'fundamentalist' leaders, and the sheep who follow, afraid to lose their immortal souls and burn in a lake of fire, for eternity.