Brigham Young preaches, "Children are now born who will live until every son of Adam will have the privledge of receiving the principles of eternal life." He also preaches, "The birth of our Saviour was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action." Traditional Christians are infuriated by this rejection (dating to Jul 24, 1858) of the Virgin Birth and Young's assertion that God has body capable of sexual intercourse. Repeated publications of such assaults on Christian orthodoxy leads to near hysteria in Protestant rhetoric against Mormons. (1)
-- 150 years ago - Jul 8, 1860
[Deseret] the Morrill Act (an anti-bigamy law) was approved by President Lincoln. (2)
-- 148 years ago - Jul 8, 1862
Snow, Erastus: Left Salt Lake City 8 July 1853. (3)
-- 157 years ago - Jul 8, 1853
1 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
2 - History to Go, Pioneers and Cowboys, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/pioneersandcowboys.html
3 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
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