is marrying off 15yr olds and multiple wifes a big deal?

[Guest man]

Well, I have mixed feelings about alot of this, but to me, marrying at 13 is really no big deal, I know of other Christian couples that have married at 13, had kids by 15, and are still together 40 years later. So to me that is really not an issue:>) Way back when girls did marry very young, and at least they know who the father of their children are. 13 year old kids ARE having sex these days...maybe not with men, but with boys who will never take care of them anyway. At least these Mormons are taking care of thier wives.

In a world where homosexual marriage is okay and gays are adopting kids, what does our government really have against polygamy? Perhaps tax issues...that's a whole lot of dependants to be able to get a tax rebate on if it were legal...

Just my take...

That's just it........what these people are doing is not legal.

As for the 13 year old who was married........these 12 and 13 year olds in this sect are not married. The man who got them pregnant is sleeping with several different girls.

You can't even compare the children in these sects to kids who aren't..........it's just not possible. The only thing that makes them the same is that they are little children. 12 and 13 year old kids........ones having sex with other kids......the other is being raped by old men.

[ALTACALL]

ok! Well what I was really asking for were biblical reasons that it is so bad for 15yr olds to marry and that it is bad to have multiple wives!!!???????

Either you are VERY young in the Lord, don't read much or need a great deal of bible study to ask a question like that.

That is an opinion, not a biblical verse showing a reason...

Of course it is

[ALTACALL]

Bigamy=: the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another

ty sir

i belive that you should only marry once and if your spouse dies you can marry again...if you divorce i belive to remarry would be adultry....or if you marry someone divorced

sorry i am logged in under my wife lol...this is merin

Now I see why merin and Hey There would get along so well

[ALTACALL]

ok! Well what I was really asking for were biblical reasons that it is so bad for 15yr olds to marry and that it is bad to have multiple wives!!!???????

Either you are VERY young in the Lord, don't read much or need a great deal of bible study to ask a question like that.

are those the only choices?

Probably not but they are probably all true

[BFP]

Well, I have mixed feelings about alot of this, but to me, marrying at 13 is really no big deal, I know of other Christian couples that have married at 13, had kids by 15, and are still together 40 years later. So to me that is really not an issue:>) Way back when girls did marry very young, and at least they know who the father of their children are. 13 year old kids ARE having sex these days...maybe not with men, but with boys who will never take care of them anyway. At least these Mormons are taking care of thier wives.

In a world where homosexual marriage is okay and gays are adopting kids, what does our government really have against polygamy? Perhaps tax issues...that's a whole lot of dependants to be able to get a tax rebate on if it were legal...

Just my take...

Back in the days when people married at 13 the life expectancy was around 50. Children of 13 do not have the emotional or intellectual maturity for understanding or being able to deal with the complexities of marriage and child-rearing. Can you imagine a couple at the age of 13 marrying in today's culture. It's completely absurd.

But they don't live in todays culture. There is a huge difference. Life expectancy has changed, yes, but not due to the age of maternity. It is much more difficult for a 40 year old to bear children than a teenager, and much more risky.

[Ovedya]

Well, I have mixed feelings about alot of this, but to me, marrying at 13 is really no big deal, I know of other Christian couples that have married at 13, had kids by 15, and are still together 40 years later. So to me that is really not an issue:>) Way back when girls did marry very young, and at least they know who the father of their children are. 13 year old kids ARE having sex these days...maybe not with men, but with boys who will never take care of them anyway. At least these Mormons are taking care of thier wives.

In a world where homosexual marriage is okay and gays are adopting kids, what does our government really have against polygamy? Perhaps tax issues...that's a whole lot of dependants to be able to get a tax rebate on if it were legal...

Just my take...

Back in the days when people married at 13 the life expectancy was around 50. Children of 13 do not have the emotional or intellectual maturity for understanding or being able to deal with the complexities of marriage and child-rearing. Can you imagine a couple at the age of 13 marrying in today's culture. It's completely absurd.

But they don't live in todays culture. There is a huge difference. Life expectancy has changed, yes, but not due to the age of maternity. It is much more difficult for a 40 year old to bear children than a teenager, and much more risky.

Back in the day when 13 years of age was considered "of marrying age" infant mortality was around 50%. Also there was about a 60% chance that the young mother would not survive the birth. Today infant mortality in developed countries is less than 20% and less than 10% for the mother. Not only is that due to medical advances, it has a lot to do with the physical maturity of the mother which, in most cases, is over the age of 18.

[ALTACALL]

We need to remember that the Church of LDS started poligymy it does not practice it. It is splinter groups that refuse to give it up. Do not think I am a LDS or support it, I am merely pointing out a fact.

They turn a blind eye to it. They know it is practiced in certain areas, but they do nothing about it. It is still a part of their "scriptures" and doctrine, although they do not speak on it. They have not removed it, or renounced it and one would have to be curious as to why, because they have changed, altered and/or edited the B.O.M. many, many times since it first came out. The only reason that the LDS church, as a whole stopped the practice was so that they (Utah) could attain statehood.

that's what I said, but it hasn't come up yet. If it weren't for the law..........

[ALTACALL]

THIS IS HEYTHERE-

I would consent for my 15 year old to marry a man if I felt that is what God was calling me to do. Not a man with other wives... that is not what we believe. Its adultry.

A 40 year old man?

Hypothetically, yes.

ok heythere.... you overlooked a critical part of my question... and that was the AGE of the man whom she was to marry, and your daughter's willingness. would you consent to your teenager marrying a man old enough to be her dad or grand-dad? do you even think your daughter would WANT to marry him? and if she did NOT want to marry him, but YOU thought God wanted her to, would you sign that consent form and coerce her into such a marriage?

I would never coerce my children to do anything. If God wanted her to do it, she would know.

Hyperthetically you are an flds

[Ovedya]

Merin,

Would you let your 12-year-old daughter marry a 40-year-old man?

[ALTACALL]

that was heythere

Why don't you 2 stop using each others e-mail. It's very confusing