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01-21-2008, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
What woman would ever want more than one man??????!!!!!  |
Was just saying if the roles were reversed men wouldn't like it either. 
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01-21-2008, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by cneasttx
Sheesh yourself ya silly, I was talking about in the polygamy cults. The men can have multiple wives but the wives cannot have more than one husband. It's all one-sided. |
Before polygamy cults, men of God practiced it all over the old testament and it was always one sided.
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01-21-2008, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by cneasttx
I dunno maybe he just commits stupidity.
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I dunno but thats kinda what I thought about this whole thread! I mean seriously do we even need to think about it?! HELLO!!!!!!!!!
Is there an award for who takes the biggest stupid pill?!
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01-21-2008, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Walkbyfaith7
Before polygamy cults, men of God practiced it all over the old testament and it was always one sided.
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That is my point, men wouldn't like it if it were reversed. All that property claiming and chest beating stuff. And some are probably not doing it because it is biblical.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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01-21-2008, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Sept5SavedTeen
Ahhh yes, I'm remembering the teaching on divorce and remarriage I was taught. If it's wrong for someone to be divorced and then to get remarried while the other spouse is alive, because it's adultery... But then again, does a man with three or four wives commit adultery?
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That is my question. The bible does promote polygamy as people of God normally practiced it. Is there any new testament believers recorded to ever practice this? If not, were we instructed to not do it?
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01-21-2008, 10:23 PM
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That is my question. The bible does promote polygamy as people of God normally practiced it. Is there any new testament believers recorded to ever practice this? If not, were we instructed to not do it?
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I don't believe the Bible "promotes" polygamy, as much as it simply records it.
As for me...I don't see it as particularly anti-biblical, however, I do believe that it falls outside of a man and woman becoming "one", and other principles for marriage encouraged in scripture. Personally, a polygamist would be someone I would not fellowship with, at least within our western culture, even if he claimed to be a Christian. I find it to be repugnant, for various reasons.
Foreign countries and different cultures might be a little easier to stomach, and certainly can't be helped. I just find it to be personally offensive, whether the Bible forbids it or not.
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01-21-2008, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
I don't believe the Bible "promotes" polygamy, as much as it simply records it.
As for me...I don't see it as particularly anti-biblical, however, I do believe that it falls outside of a man and woman becoming "one", and other principles for marriage encouraged in scripture. Personally, a polygamist would be someone I would not fellowship with, at least within our western culture, even if he claimed to be a Christian. I find it to be repugnant, for various reasons.
Foreign countries and different cultures might be a little easier to stomach, and certainly can't be helped. I just find it to be personally offensive, whether the Bible forbids it or not.
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A big amen on that.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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01-21-2008, 10:52 PM
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It's easy to disdain it in America, but it gets a little stickier in other countries where it's rampant and accepted by government. The sad part is that the first wife usually does not accept polygamy, but she knows it's a part of life. The women still get jealous of each other and have lots of hurt feelings. If a man only marries one wife, she is considered extremely fortunate.
Love is usually a non-existent emotion in these countries. Men are not taught that they can have feelings for a wife or children; marriage is merely for the sake of raising sons (and daughters, but this isn't as important), and for sexual pleasure for the man. Muslim men are allowed four wives; I don't really know if there is a limit for Christians in these countries.
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01-21-2008, 10:55 PM
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I think a house full of women married to one man would give new meaning to the show "Desperate Housewives".
Can you imagine the plot twists, backbiting, and comic possibilities?
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01-21-2008, 11:25 PM
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NO man can serve two masters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That should do it!!!!
Two mother-in-laws???????????????????????
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