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It looks as if several states will begin recognizing Gay marriages.....

Whats next? Of course the next battle with be for Polygamous marriages and it will eventually pass... trust me who would have ever thought Gay Marriage would.....

So. Polygamy is no longer against the law... it's not forbidden in scripture.... what would you tell a member of your church or circle of friends that wanted you to marry them.... would you, yes or no?

If no,, what scriptures would you give them to show them they are going against Gods ordinances.....

of course your cant use the "breaking the law" argument anymore.....

Just thought it would make for interesting exchange of ideas.. trust me it is coming in our lifetime.....

You can show scriptures against Gay marriage where it is forbidden.. can we do the same for Polygamy?

and NO I DO NOT BELIEVE in Polygamy.. just up late and thinking too much

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Since Branham taugh polygamy what the deal and also had two homos that managed him for years. Ask anyone that knew them. They finally left started a work in Prescott that wound up being raided by the cops.

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What What What,, slow down brother... I have never met you but surely there is a fair side to you somewhere,, no matter your disdain for Bro. B..... what are you saying about him being homosexual,,, brother you have lost me

are you saying Bro. B practiced Polygamy

I know he said sinners would be better off with it to slow down the divorce rate but he said it was not for the Christian man

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Read the post. I NEVER said Branham practiced polygamy he taught it. And he was NOT a homo but you ever hear of Gene & Leo on the tapes.

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He didn't say Branham was homosexual but that his ministry was led by 2 that went that way.

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Let's just take a poll to rename AFF "Apostolics Against Branham". Every other thread is about him anyway, so let's just turn the whole thing over to being an anti Branham site. Whaddy'all say? :D

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They were homos when they were managing his meetings they didn't turn that way later. It was later they had a commune and were molesting boys.

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Oh man... and Bro. Branham sanctioned that?

I heard my Pastor.. Bro. Brown tell me that he and Bro. Branham talked about Leo.. and that Bro. BRanham told him the reason he let him stay around is because "this is as close to God as he will ever get"

and Bro. Branhams weakness was being to forgiving and overlooking people

I was also told by Bro. Brown that Bro. branham told him "dont ever let Billy Paul get ahold of the money, it will ruin him"

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Sarah Branham.. wanna go there?

Did you ever meet her?

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Waaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy too late.

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Just cuz it's legal doesn't mean you have to do it. I don't *have* to drive just because I have a driver's license, it's just legal for me to do so if I choose.

FWIW, polygamy itself is not illegal. Multiple partner "marriages" are. Just like homosexuality is not illegal. And just like homosexual marriage being legal won't change anything in your bedroom, neither would polygamous marriages being legal. It's your bedroom, you do what you want there, just like the rest of the world. Just please don't tell me about it.

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Which Brown? Branham knew they were homos and did nothing that is a fact.

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I do remember Sarah but she was young and then she married and I have been unconnected.

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Bump. Which Brown?

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People have not given up the fight....there is an amendment going on the November ballot.

What needs to happen...is for a few judges to be replaced. Judges are not meant to legislate from the bench. That is what they have done. The people of California have voted on several propositions throughout the last few years only to have that same court throw it out.

I tend to agree with you....the spirit is here.

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she sent out a letter that blew my mind.... accusing Billy Paul and Joseph of robbing her inheritance.. she lives as a pauper now... she tells in the letter about Bro. Branham talking to Meda on his way home to preach on TRAIL OF THE SERPENT... she heard the conversation and he was going home to name names and expose even members of his own family for perverting his message... it was a pretty interesting letter

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Bob Brown, over in Florida

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Interestingly enough, several articles came out today saying that a slim majority of the PEOPLE in California now favor Gay Marriage for the first time. IF that is the case changing judges would be irrelevant?

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oohhhhhh boy.

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Every woman in the arrangement WOULD have her own husband.... but scripture says nothing about the man having is OWN wife

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I expect the same kind of judgment that hit Sodom to come to California. Saints there should be alert and praying about it.

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So goes Calif. so goes the rest of the Nation.

Listen, just last year we voted overwhelmingly NO gay Marriage, and

So did most other states BUT obviously this can be side stepped

to fit the liberal agenda. So be ware, it's coming your way too

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Originally Posted by Joelel
Well Doc,If you are a Doc I can't believe you would even ask a question like this.

If it's a sin to be gay then it's a sin to marry gays.

1 Cor.6:9: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,(Homosexuals)10: Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God

If a man had more then one wife,he would not be her own.

1Cor.7
[2] Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

(Dr Vaughn)Every woman in the arrangement WOULD have her own husband.... but scripture says nothing about the man having is OWN wife

:clock

jl

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If I have one woman as my wife.. I have my OWN wife.... then if I choose another woman she is also my own wife.. she is not the wife of another.. she is my OWN wife... never says my ONLY wife

For example:

We are all in the candy store.... candy is everywhere but its not all mine until I buy this one piece.. that piece is MY OWN CANDY... and then i decide I want this piece to... I buy it and that piece becomes MY OWN candy,... not my ONLY candy.....

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Reminds me of Fiddler on the Roof, "This is mine, and this is mine, and this is mine, and this is mine and this is mine... [turns and sees Motel the tailor] well this is not mine" But Reb Tevye was speaking of his five daughters...

GOD BLESS!
Bro. Alex

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Churches can set their own standards and bylaws. The only thing that might be of question is if the church tried to force a polygamous family from attending services open to the public.

As for polygamy, various Christian groups have practiced it down through history for various reasons. Many of the so called Apostolic Modalistic groups down through history also practiced polygamy. Martin Luther allowed for it and even the Catholic church allowed for it on several occasions. The Pilgrims, though monogamous in marriage, lived in close quarters where intercourse was often had while sleeping in a room or even in the same bed with other couples in the family. Some of the beds the Pilgrims used were even equipped with a wooden board dividing adult beds to separate the two couples sharing that bed to offer some semblance of privacy. The point is…accepted social morals about marriage and love making fluctuate and have fluctuated down through history.

But biblically speaking, Paul appears to indicate that every man was to have his own “wife” and a bishop couldn’t have more than one wife. So biblically one could argue that according to the New Testament monogamy is God’s perfect will for man and should be the form of union ordained by the church.

Here’s a question I always had. Let’s say you’re a missionary in a country that allows men to have more than one wife. A man comes to church and is saved and the next service he brings his five wives and 12 children. In this culture a divorced woman has little hopes of ever honorably supporting herself without resorting to prostitution. Do you force him to divorce 4 of his wives? What do you do ask that he do with the children?

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In the same room? Right next to each other with a board separating them? Uhhhhhhhhh, I don't think I could go for that! Me and the pilgrim wife would have just had to find us a place out in the woods to partake of the marital blessing.

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all I can say is RUH ROH...... you done messed up now brother.. you know better than to actually think outside the box

Some nutcase would absolutely tell them to divorce.... and then have NO SCRIPTURE for doing so.....

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OMG.. OMG OMG... I am in the floor rolling Dr. RICO

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I'm serious Bro! I'd go the barn, a shed, a lean to, behind a big rock, anywhere but right next to another couple!!! YIKES!! :D

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In times like that lets hope you guys are more reserved like me and not toooo pentecostal in your emotions...lol

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Hehehe! True. Wouldn't want the whole village to know what was goin on, that's for sure! "What y'all doin behind that rock?!?!" "Nunya bidness! Get back in the house and go to sleep!!!" :toofunny

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Can you give proof of this comment or just something you heard?

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Yep right in the same bed. People slept very close and in very close quarters on the American frontier and their everyday living styles reflected that. The board was primarily used in adult beds to separate adult couples when they wanted privacy. During extremely cold winter nights the boards could be removed and they would sleep without separation to keep warm. The particular Pilgrim household featured in the documentary film my wife and I saw had a bed shared by the father and mother of the house on one side and their daughter and their son-in-law on the other. Apparently the family’s records and early pilgrim practice was more accommodating at times than I would have thought. I laughed and told my wife, “I couldn’t imagine having your in-laws on the other side of the board in bed right next to you. Talk about performance anxiety!” LOL

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No Michael, its true..

also the Father of Faith practiced it.. Moses practiced it... David practiced it.. Solomon practiced it.... and it was never forbidden by God except for the leaders of the church,,, because their focus needed to be on the church and not taking care of a large family

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I had read about that one in a book about ancient Christian practices while tryng to study out Oneness history on my own. Most of them were also Dualists, especially the Cathars. Take in mind though...just because they were Oneness doesn't make it right. It was just a practice that arose here and there.

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thank God for the outhouse

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This veiw is very disrecpectful of women. Are you saying that the women is to be treated like a piece of candy? The man can have all the candy he wants, but the woman can only have one piece of candy? That is the porblem with this way of thinking. A women should expect her husband to respect her enough, that he too ,is hers exclusivley.

Mutual respect, this is what polygamy is missing!

jl