Eclorian

I have recently started going back to church after about a 12 year sabbatical, I stopped attending church at about age 16. Since I have returned I have learned A LOT of things I did not know about Joseph Smith's history. This is one of the things I have reflected on a great deal, not knowing the full story. I did read in one account, that Joseph Smith was bound to a lot of women whose husbands were not worthy to enter the temple, and there is no evidence that any of these unions was ever consummated. So I was pondering over this one day, and just trying to figure out in my mind, exactly why our Heavenly Father would command something that is so obviously against the cultural mindset. It was very strange how it came to me, it was just me pondering, and then BAM, it hit me. I've read multiple scriptures from time to time about building God's kingdom. If you think about the impact plural marriages had on this church, and I mean the positive impact, doesn't it just make sense that the more offspring that are produced, the more likely those children will grow up to be faithful members of the church. We have no evidence that Joseph Smith ever consummated any of his temple sealings, but we know that Brigham Young and perhaps any other members who actually practiced plural marriage would have had lots of children. So if a person were to look at it from this viewpoint, if God did command plural marriage to Joseph Smith, and he was so aghast at the idea, (which we know from multiple accounts that he frowned on it a great deal), perhaps Joseph Smith felt that sealing himself to these women was fulfilling his responsibility, and wouldn't it be safe to say that God knew this would happen and that his successors would practice it with more vigor, thus building his church up with greater numbers? This is just my thought on the subject, and I do believe that Joseph Smith was a prophet. Feel free to add onto or comment!:)