What's so wrong with polygamy?
 

What does the Bible say about it?

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Did I say there was something wrong with it??

Ask someone with a real strong opinion on it - like my wife!

Multiplied in-laws.

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And brothers, sisters, and.........:heeheehee

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Jesus clearly spoke against polygamy when He said, "No man can serve two masters."

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Wouldn't they all be related after a while?

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Anyone who has lived with multiple women knows that they have a tendency to sync up on the Mother nature week...imagine 5 wives and all of them have pms at the same time :girlytantrum no thank you :heeheehee we used to serve as foster parents and there was several times that we had multiple teenage girls in the house...never failed that they would all sync up...but I wasn't married to them...I could send them to their room...lol

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:heeheehee:heeheehee:heeheehee

Imagine five "honey do" lists.

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marriage is the mirror of the love between God and the church. God has one bride, and as believers, we should mirror that same truth. In fact, the office of bishop in scripture demands that polygamy not be the issue.

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If I had a few sister/wives, I'd make them clean the house and do the cooking. I'd oppress them like Sarah did Hagar!

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Ouch!

Honey can you pick me up a new whip on your way home from work, I already worn this one out on your other wives!

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:groan

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:thumbsup

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Bless your heart. Did that seem sincere?

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I think Adam and Eve speaks just as plainly regarding one man and one woman being God's plan same as it speaks volumes about Adam and Steve not being God's plan.

Just because God tolerated it doesn't mean he approved of it.

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Looks like it might be wrong for bishops and deacons - - not sure about the rest of you guys!

1 Timothy 3:2
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;

1 Timothy 3:12
Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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I'd say that bishops and deacons are to serve as examples before the congregation:

1 Peter 5:3
Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.

If they were to only have one wife... certainly all Christian males should be a husband of one wife should they marry.

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I aint touching what the bible says about it, but I can sure tell you what is wrong with polygamy...

to start with MULTIPLE HONEY DO LISTS

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How can we make gay marriage legal yet not allow polygamy?

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I think it's coming.

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I think it is coming also. As long as it is between consenting adults, I do not see an issue with it.

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Just a few more deadbeat dads not paying child support after they divorce wives #8, 9, & 10?

Just a few more single moms raising kids alone after dad has gotten tired of wives 2, 4 & 6?

Just a few more kids running the streets, getting in trouble, while dad works because mom decided she didn't want to compete with other women for dads affections so she moved on?

Shall I continue?

This is simply a lust issue...nothing more...

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I think there was a time polygamy, and or concubines were necessary to populate the earth. Boys were needed to carry on the family name, and business. A lot of women died in childbirth, infant mortality rates were high. That is not the case any more.

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The time to populate is now. It need not be by polygamy, or concubines, though.

With the exception of the Muslim population, most all of Europe in declining, and even the US is hardly replacing themselves. If you exclude the first generation immigrant population we are in decline I think.

So, we Christians in the Western World have two choices - OK Three

#1. Convert Muslims in a big way. This is not happening - more are converting to the Muslim faith than from it in western countries.

#2. Start having babies. Not happening now - kids infringe on our ease of life - they are anything BUT a "Blessing from the Lord" to most Christian people.

#3. Cease to exist

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Do you think teen pregnancies have gone down? And of course, abortion is legal. Do you have statistics?

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We actually had a thread on this... I'll look for it later.

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We do know the people on the TV show 20 kids and counting or whatever the title is, are doing their part.

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Men couldn't treat their wives equally under the law - thus it was changed to One.
Those today would rather have more than one, but cannot for the NT. Am I right??

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When and where was it changed? I think one could say the New Testament discourages it, and even forbids it for ministers.

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I Corinthians Chapter 7 on Marriage?
So you see it as not a prohibition, but only discouraging such acts. I for one tend to see it better for a man to have more than one wife.
With that, it could hinder him from performing his duties in the ministry ( if he is involved ). Unless he was not preaching..

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Please note, polygamy was illegal in Rome in NT times. One would expect Paul would prohibit polygamy in the NT church. Question is, would Paul have prohibited polygamy if it weren't illegal?

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It might be a lust issue for you, for them it is a religious issue. They should be free to practice their religion between consenting adults the same as you are.

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Is it still part of their religion?

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our society already practices plural monogamy so why shouldn't they allow plural marriages? I for one would not want, nor desire more than one wife. The bickering and fighting would drive me insane (more so than I already am).
I just think it is foolish of our society to continue looking at marriage and divorce and remarriage as being okay but look at these people with multiple spouses at the same time as freaks.
BUT if they are going to allow it they need to allow it BOTH ways. Multiple wives or multiple husbands. Otherwise it will be a discrimination lawsuit waiting to happen.

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I could "see" multiple wives... Multiple husbands? Uh - no!

Lol!

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if they make it legal for one they will have to make it legal for the other or else it will be fought by every 'equal rights' movement out there.

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Sure, I understand that, but outside the homosexual or bi-sexual communities I doubt there will be much demand!

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you might be surprised at how many woman might want more than one husband.