[geoffrey s]

Why are christians agoinest polygamy and some of the prominent people in the bible eg,Abraham,solomon hed more than two wifes

[mwolovi]

Originally Posted by geoffrey s

Why are christians agoinest polygamy and some of the prominent people in the bible eg,Abraham,solomon hed more than two wifes

because they did'nt want a headache naging, naging, naging
and kanyau under padlock with certain conditions,
so apply mathematics A
A+B=AB
so two is better than one.

[milanya]

Have you ever sat down and read the OT, I mean really READ? Those men who had more than one wife, trouble came with it. The two women bickered, competed and some even lead the men off course with God. That is why the priests in the OT were only to have 1 wife.

God never condemns polygamy in the old testament but he doesn't encourage it either. Marriage was instituted in the OT, "for this reason a man shall leave his mother and father and be joined to his WIFE" not "wives." In the OT polygamy is a tradition of the time period and culture but not an institution by GOd.

[youngben]

Originally Posted by milanya

God never condemns polygamy in the old testament but he doesn't encourage it either. Marriage was instituted in the OT, "for this reason a man shall leave his mother and father and be joined to his WIFE" not "wives." In the OT polygamy is a tradition of the time period and culture but not an institution by GOd.

Milanya, thats a very interesting statement that brings to fore a question that I had put through to christians in another thread but it faded away without being addressed. So in christianity who decides what is Godly and christian and what is not?? who makes this changes??

Looking at your statement, being that the "bible" is wholesomely God inspired, why are you interprating its contents differently as per the dilemma raised.

[kenyajuu]

I am really suprised that someone out there in this present day and age, who can access the internet (can use the computer) is still advocating for polygamy! That to me is going backwards, not forward

[chotadipo]

Originally Posted by kenyajuu

I am really suprised that someone out there in this present day and age, who can access the internet (can use the computer) is still advocating for polygamy! That to me is going backwards, not forward

You really don't get it, do you?

[chotadipo]

Originally Posted by milanya

Have you ever sat down and read the OT, I mean really READ? Those men who had more than one wife, trouble came with it. The two women bickered, competed and some even lead the men off course with God. That is why the priests in the OT were only to have 1 wife.

God never condemns polygamy in the old testament but he doesn't encourage it either. Marriage was instituted in the OT, "for this reason a man shall leave his mother and father and be joined to his WIFE" not "wives." In the OT polygamy is a tradition of the time period and culture but not an institution by GOd.

We have been through this before...the singular in the is case does not indicate an exclusivity on the number of women, but a severance of the bond between parents and child. Semantics ma yo!

[ndigila]

Originally Posted by youngben

So in christianity who decides what is Godly and christian and what is not?? who makes this changes??

To answer your question youngben, the apostles abolished the law in Acts 15 so that the Gentiles can receive the Gospel. They reduced it to abstaining from pollution of idols, fornication, from things strangled and from blood. That change was made once and no one has the authority to make any more changes.

The focus of the New Testament is how to live a life free from sin, preach the Gospel, take care of the needy and stay away from false prophets.

[mnyeusi]

Originally Posted by kenyajuu

I am really suprised that someone out there in this present day and age, who can access the internet (can use the computer) is still advocating for polygamy! That to me is going backwards, not forward

From a closer and deeper look into polygamy,there are both advantages and disadvantages.
However in the world of today,polygamy is out question.

[ATLian]

Originally Posted by milanya

Have you ever sat down and read the OT, I mean really READ? Those men who had more than one wife, trouble came with it. The two women bickered, competed and some even lead the men off course with God. That is why the priests in the OT were only to have 1 wife.

Milanya,

the Bible mentions in specifics very few men. And of those few men who are mentioned, even fewer are mentioned for having their multiple wives bicker and compete. That leaves millions of other men who were happily polygamous. I think you're using an exception here to try and justify a rule.

Also you are trying to judge an ancient mind-set with the present one. Right now there is no way you can be polygamous, not because it's wrong, but because you were brought up in a society and culture that is all about one man and one woman. If you lived 4,000 years ago, where polygamy was the norm, you would have absolutely no issue with being in a polygamous relationship. In fact you might be making fun of those friend whose husbands are too poor to have more than one wife. And if your husband was that poor guy who only had you as his one wife, you'd encourage him to get rich and marry more wives so you stop being the laughing stock of the village.

Originally Posted by milanya

God never condemns polygamy in the old testament but he doesn't encourage it either. Marriage was instituted in the OT, "for this reason a man shall leave his mother and father and be joined to his WIFE" not "wives." In the OT polygamy is a tradition of the time period and culture but not an institution by GOd.

In the OT, god had tons and tons of laws for all things from how you dress to what you can eat to how you can farm your land. It therefore makes sense to assume that if he had beef with polygamy, he would have specifically made a law against it. If polygamy was a major sin with him, like homosexuality, he would not have described as "good" all his great men who were polygamous (David, Abraham, Jacob, Isaac, etc, to name a few). I am absolutely certain that god was pro-polygamy.