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Originally Posted by nyira
Most of the characters in the Bible are poligamous,even Jesus was polygamous at heart!(Remember the parable of the ten virgins).
In real life have seen polygamous families do better to the envy of many.I think man was created to love(marry) more than one woman,and if he marries one,still its okey,just like others decide not to marry at all and lead a holy life.The issue I have is why do christians demonise polygamy?.I think the issue should be Divorce,not polygamy.I applaud muslims in this regard.
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i can think of many reasons why i wouldn't want to be in a polygamous marriage. i'm sure you can already guess what reasons i would come up with. so instead, let me suggest a different perspective:
those polygamous marriages described in the bible, tukisema ukweli, are often battle zones and, based on the descriptions in the bible, result in calamities. eg look at how ishmael and hagar were pushed out of the picture so mercilessly. look also at the rivalries between joseph and his bros, to the extent that they sold him into slavery.
the issue in africa today is can a man be a good father and husband. too many men are absentees in the home. they bring the check home and vanish to some social obligation. or maybe the check they bring home is not enough for the different women's homes. so many kids grow up not really knowing the father or having meaningful contact with him, and not having the basic necessities. if a man is to be present in the life of his family (not just as a figurehead) then being a polygamist makes it difficult for him.
there are also those rivalries that play out between wives and their kids when the man shows favoritism to one wife and her children. men are human. so obviously this is going to happen much of the time. growing up in a home where you have to stab each other in the back to get daddy's attention is messed up. and many polygamous homes are characterized by that kind of thing. if there are polygamous families that are harmonious, then those are a few, and i applaud the mature people who make them work. lakini the key word in that sentence is 'few'.
watu wengi siku hizi don't have the patience to make one relationship work. so how will they make a polygamous marriage work?
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Originally Posted by nyira
Hakuna ambaye amesema yesu alioa.Nilirejerea tu lile funzo la wanawali kumi.Kwa nini hakuwa bikira mmoja tu aliyekuja kumlaki bwana arusi?.Ningependa kuelewa zaidi.
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aiii! nyira! that parable of the 10 virgins, you've really interpreted it in another direction!
about the numbers, read this:
for Christians & Messianic Jews - The parable of "The Ten Virgins"
and then this:
Jewish symbolism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The number five typified semicompletion. The dimensions of the curtain of the Holy of Holies were four ells by five; the altar in the court covered a surface of five square ells; and there were five pillars at the entrance to the Tabernacle."
"The number ten symbolized absolute completeness. The court to the Tabernacle was ten times ten ells long, and five times ten ells wide, and in the Holy of Holies the Ten Commandments were preserved."
Why are christians against Polygamy? -
10-12-2008, 08:37 AM
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