When is it OK for Mormons to lie?

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21. Mormons lie to their own children and church members

I'll never forget when I was about 12, a (Mormon) schoolmate told me that it was a myth that Mormons were polygamous -- the only one who had multiple wives was Brigham Young, he had four wives for some reason that she couldn't remember, but the rest of it was just a legend. She honestly believed this, it seemed to me.

In official church histories and publications today, Brigham Young is shown pictured with his wife Mary (his first wife and the only legal wife). They don't mention his 26 (or more?) other wives at all.

Most Mormons truly believe that Joseph Smith was killed by an anti-mormon mob of gentiles. They have no clue that the mob was in a fury about a pamphlet written by a Mormon elder who had just found out that Smith had secretly 'temple married' and had sex with his own wife, and the wives of dozens of other high ranking Mormon elders. Smith was killed because the depths of his betrayal of his own Mormon followers had just become known.

Mormons aren't the slightest bit honest WITH THEMSELVES about the factual and well documented history of their church and their founder. Dishonesty is at the very heart of their creed. Sad but true.