woundeddog Posted December 4, 2016 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 44 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,370 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 1,054 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/21/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/18/1868 Share Posted December 4, 2016 1 hour ago, Out of the Shadows said: them being married to multiple women (not to mention the concubines). and how did that work out for them?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezra Posted December 4, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 134 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 8,142 Content Per Day: 2.35 Reputation: 6,612 Days Won: 20 Joined: 11/02/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted December 4, 2016 3 hours ago, Omegaman 3.0 said: I do not think multiple wives is "true in all cultures". Sorry, but the numbers confirm the widespread existence of polygamy/ polygyny. According to the numbers 83% of societies (and let's not forget the Mormons and Native Americans before the White Man and even after). Polygamy is widely accepted among different societies worldwide. According to the Ethnographic Atlas, of 1,231 societies noted, 588 had frequent polygyny, 453 had occasional polygyny, 186 were monogamous and 4 had polyandry.[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyAngeL Posted December 4, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 23 Topic Count: 155 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,464 Content Per Day: 1.02 Reputation: 8,810 Days Won: 57 Joined: 03/30/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/12/1952 Share Posted December 4, 2016 5 hours ago, Out of the Shadows said: There is no Biblical prohibition against a man having multiple wives. Titus 1:6 Talks about men with positions in the church such as Bishop being the husband of one wife.  I'm pretty sure God meant that for all men. So just curious Shadows do you think it's OK for men to have more then one wife? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyAngeL Posted December 4, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 23 Topic Count: 155 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,464 Content Per Day: 1.02 Reputation: 8,810 Days Won: 57 Joined: 03/30/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/12/1952 Share Posted December 4, 2016 3 hours ago, MorningGlory said: Well, you're lucky, WD! I have a loose hymnal and a strong right arm right here! Don't mess with women from Texas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegaman 3.0 Posted December 4, 2016 Group: Graduated to Heaven Followers: 57 Topic Count: 1,546 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 10,320 Content Per Day: 1.41 Reputation: 12,323 Days Won: 9 Joined: 04/15/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/05/1951 Share Posted December 4, 2016 1 hour ago, Ezra said: Sorry, but the numbers confirm the widespread existence of polygamy/ polygyny. According to the numbers 83% of societies Thank you for doing the work of poving my point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisFirst Posted December 4, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 21 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 3,491 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 2,582 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/25/2016 Status: Offline Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 (edited) 7 hours ago, Ezra said:  The honest answer is that men -- if left to themselves and unredeemed -- desire as many wives as possible, and this is true in all cultures.  Maybe desire having many female relationships not necessarily many wives. That I can agree with. (Sorry guys) Edited December 4, 2016 by HisFirst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 5 hours ago, Out of the Shadows said: True the bible does not prohibit that, yet the bible is also not full of examples of some of the most well known figures of our faith twisting the heads off of kittens, but it is with them being married to multiple women (not to mention the concubines). Yes, but that doesn't mean that God was pleased with it or that the Bible is endorsing a polygamous lifestyle. The tells us it happened without any sort of approval coming from God for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted December 4, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 0 Topic Count: 905 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 9,644 Content Per Day: 2.02 Reputation: 5,831 Days Won: 9 Joined: 04/07/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted December 4, 2016 Hot topic. Not surprised. This is an age of serial monogamy... As some have mentioned, God's plan for marriage never changed. One man for one wife forever (til death or for life however you look at it). As some have pointed out it took only one generation for mankind to mess up God's plan for marriage in their life. No polygamy was condoned condoned by God. The passage that would seem to condone this was rather hyperbole used to express how evil it was what had done (2 Samuel 12:8). Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted December 4, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 0 Topic Count: 905 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 9,644 Content Per Day: 2.02 Reputation: 5,831 Days Won: 9 Joined: 04/07/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted December 4, 2016 From 1 Corinthians 6 and 7 we learn that sex and marriage are far more spiritual than most realize. Both are a spiritual intertwining and binding. This is what is so bad about fornication (sex outside of marriage). Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted December 4, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 0 Topic Count: 905 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 9,644 Content Per Day: 2.02 Reputation: 5,831 Days Won: 9 Joined: 04/07/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted December 4, 2016 No polygamous marriage was a happy marriage. Look at the constant turmoil in the house of Jacob and Leah and Rachel and the concubines. No man can rightly love a woman who has to share him with another. No woman will love a man deeply completely that has to share him with another. There can be no harmony. And after all, isn't the deck already stacked against successful marriages as it is? Two fallen sin natured people trying to make one harmonious life together is a fallen world... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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