Summary: <p>Most stories, especially the kind we tell in church and on television, have morals. They’re like horses that carry us to known destinations. But a few stories have the power to launch us toward the divine by invoking sheer horror: psychological, emotional, and cognitive. Joseph Smith’s polygamy is one of those storiesÑespecially for Mormons. But in order to ride this story, which will threaten at any second to buck us into a sand pit of denial or off the cliff of apostasy, we need to dismantle everything we think we know about how we can know anything.</p> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-18166-43" style="width: 100%;"><a href="http://sunstonemagazine.com/audio/SL15162.mp3">http://sunstonemagazine.com/audio/SL15162.mp3</a></audio> <p>Stephen Carter, D. Michael Quinn</p>
