Sister Wives

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

seems like Texas has a drawing power for cults...

Texas is a mighty big place.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

Texas is a mighty big place.

[ILG]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

They didn't invent it. It's been around since Bible times.

No. They invented it. They invented the idea that in order to get into the celestial heaven, you had to be polygamous. Way to browbeat people into it. No choice there.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by ILG

No. They invented it. They invented the idea that in order to get into the celestial heaven, you had to be polygamous. Way to browbeat people into it. No choice there.

This is true.

[Aquila]

As the Muslim population grows in the United States, do you feel we'll see a gradual increase in polygamous lifestyles?

[whoami]

I've only read about half the thread - but I think consenting adults of legal age should be allowed to live however they want. I can't see how a polygamous home would be any worse for children than a split home where the kid lives with Dad and his wife one week and Mom and her husband another week.

Forced underage marriages and reassigned wives and children are an entirely different matter though.

[onefaith2]

Originally Posted by Aquila

As the Muslim population grows in the United States, do you feel we'll see a gradual increase in polygamous lifestyles?

Do the Muslims practice such things as a whole?

[erika.baldock]

I think the whole polygamy thing is completely disgusting.

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by onefaith2

Do the Muslims practice such things as a whole?

Not sure if it is "as a whole". I know Islam permits a man to take four wives as long as he treats each equally. Hadiths have interpreted the prophet to allow additional wives if they are war brides or widows. Almost all Muslim countries allow polygamy. A small minority of American Muslims have "polygamous" living arrangements though only the first wife is "legally" a spouse in the U.S.

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by erika.baldock

I think the whole polygamy thing is completely disgusting.

lol

I know, it presents some issues. However, it was the normal structure of marriage for the majority of human history in nearly every culture. In ancient times no one would expect a man to be with one woman his entire life. In fact a man was not only permitted additional "wives", but was permitted "concubines" (mistresses/girlfriends). There were legal protections for concubines, but they were less than those of a wife. "Adultery" was strictly defined as a man having relations with a married woman. The concept was that she wasn't available, being the wife of another. Therefore in the ancient mind, a man could have wives and concubines and not be an adulterer.