Well... when you get a bunch of older guys together - some in need of the "roter-rooter job" if you know what I mean, bathroom issues are best left undiscussed.
And, come to think of it, our household has 3 guys and 1 lady, and we're still outvoted, sometimes. Weird.
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And, come to think of it, our household has 3 guys and 1 lady, and we're still outvoted, sometimes. Weird.
Pssst, a little secret to reveal to y'all. Women rule!
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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
"Multiple husbands?" Can you imagine the confusion? Of course... there would be a better chance that I would be able to find the remote or my tools when I need them if there were more guys around here. And, the garage would stay the way I wanted it. There would be some advantages.
What if you have no sons, brothers, etc.........make your daughters work? <gasp>!!
Anyway, y'all try it out and tell us how it works out for ya. The multiple wives I mean.
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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
That's just what we want them to think! (Or is that just what they want us to think!)
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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
The pharmacutical companies sales might increase. Just saying...
Multiple husbands??? Not in one house! Each man wants to be the king of his castle.
Someone said years ago about a scripture about 7 women to one man in the end times. Could the ecomony induce it?
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Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.
I don't think we can paint a broad picture of polygamy as being lust in every instance.
I know of a situation wherein a wife had a friend at work. They were like sisters separated from birth. Soon they were best friends and became inseparable. The husband had never seen his wife so happy. The woman and the husband were also becoming close friends. Both the women helped him handle the chores, shopping, and with the kids. Well, as it turned out, one evening the three of them had an "intimate encounter". The relationship between the three of them began a two year love affair, the woman even living with them. When the wife's mother found out about it she rebuked her daughter and demanded the love affair end, or she'd tell all. At first the couple wanted to stand by their love for the second woman. But the second woman didn't want to be the cause of a rift in the extended family. The second woman decided to leave one day and called off work, packed up, and left. She quit her job and moved out of state with a member of her family. She left a moving letter professing her love for them and explaining why she chose to leave, begging for their understanding. The couple was heart broken. You'd have thought someone died. For weeks they tried to contact her, to no avail. They never saw her again. Today they admit, right or wrong, they both fell in love with her and a day doesn't pass that they don't think about her. They say they had never been happier or felt more free, more themselves. They've grieved the woman's leaving like a death or divorce.
It's like some tragic European love story.
Considering this, I can't say that a relationship with multiple partners is always "lust". Sometimes there is deep emotion, closeness, and what they profess is love.
Maybe if they could have legally married and been accepted, things might have ended differently. But most likely not.
My biggest concern is the closeness involved. Two people trying to live as one fails almost half the time. Add one other will of a human being, and people are more than likely to experience deep heart break.
Polygamy...Sin? I'll let God be the judge. But I'd strongly admonish against such a complicated marriage for the emotional well being of all parties involved.
Frankly, if a couple wants this sort of thing, society need not embrace polygamy. It's not unheard of in the West for a man to have a mistress with his wife's knowledge. It's essentially the same thing as a concubine.
BTW the above scenario mentioned by Aquilla is immoral, adulterous, fornicating, lustful, sexual perversion which is completely unnatural and ungodly and damnable in the highest sense. (Just in case anyone was wanting me to "tell us what you really think." )
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"Resolved: That all men should live to the glory of God. Resolved, secondly: That whether or not anyone else does, I will." ~Jonathan Edwards
"The only man who has the right to say he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ." ~Dietrich Bonheoffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Preachers who should be fishing for men are now too often fishing for compliments from men." ~Leonard Ravenhill
Ask someone with a real strong opinion on it - like my wife!
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BTW the above scenario mentioned by Aquilla is immoral, adulterous, fornicating, lustful, sexual perversion which is completely unnatural and ungodly and damnable in the highest sense. (Just in case anyone was wanting me to "tell us what you really think." )
We agree. My only point was that deep feelings are possible in polygamous relationships.
My secondary point was that society doesn't need to embrace polygamy. If a couple is hell bent on open marriage, nothing is stopping them.
Here's a question that I think causes me to pause and wonder. My question is based on the following verse...
2 Samuel 12:7-8
English Standard Version (ESV)
7Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. 8And I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your arms and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if this were too little, I would add to you as much more.
In this verse David is rebuked for his adultery with Bathsheba. However in it we see that God states that He, Himself, gave David many things... including his master's wives, and if that were too little, God would have given David more of the same.
If polygamy is as terribly vile, immoral, and perverted as our Western society believes... why would God say something like this?
It's a fair question. I have my theory. What do some of you think?
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