monogamy and marriage developed to connect the father to the children
there will be witnesses that a baby came from a certain woman, but no witnesses that the father provided the seed for that baby unless he is married to the mother
it’s that simple
Just because it “evolved” doesn’t mean God didn’t create it.
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.PROFESSING THEMSELVES TO BE WISE, THEY BECAME FOOLS. (Romans 1:21-22)
According to the biblical account that WAS/IS “the Plan”.
But for centuries God “suffered” (allowed) polygamy - in the form of a man being able to have more than one wife (at a time).
Divorce for any cause was also “suffered” by God. Jesus said “because of the hardness of your hearts” - speaking of the people of Israel. Jesus went on to re-state the original plan and the NT goes on to uphold it without deviation.
I dunno?... the ancient Jews had multiple wives.
I do not believe Polygamy is a viable idea in modern culture, I am not a fan of Mormons (the new monogamous ones or the old and born again polygamous ones)after reading about how they were formed.
but if you look at the old testament of the Bible:
In Exodus 21:10, a man can marry an infinite amount of women without any limits to how many he can marry.
In 2 Samuel 5:13; 1 Chronicles 3:1-9, 14:3, King David had six wives and numerous concubines.
In 1 Kings 11:3, King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines.
In 2 Chronicles 11:21, King Solomon’s son Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 concubines.
In Deuteronomy 21:15 “If a man has two wives, and he loves one but not the other, and both bear him sons....”
There are a lot more verses from the Old Testament that allow polygamy, but I think that the above are sufficient enough to prove my point.
You mean the article doesn’t mention God’s role? What kind of science is this?
And what of other monogamous species? Or are scientists only supposed to look at animals that engage in same sex rape, incest, and rape rape?
Will say just one thing ... Am an Uneasy Rider on this thread.
I practice Mahogany(doesnt that sound kinky).
Kinda jives with the conclusion that the greatest danger to infants and toddlers is mommy’s boyfriend.
I believe God made man and woman to be what ever they have to be, that is why he laid down a few very specific rules, for instance for a man to lie with an other man as he would lie with a woman is an abomination.
There is no reason in the world for this to happen, on the other hand any one in their right mind should be able to see reasons for the plural marriages that took place.
Monogamy was “created” because it creates a familial environment that is the best platform for a mature, fulfilling, and happy life.
It gives the woman a sense of security. It keeps the man from bending to his natural will to have multiple (multiple) partners.
Each of the above individual instincts of the sexes, if not met or tempered, will lead to an unhappy, or unbalanced life.
Man is not monogamous, but Civilized Man is.
Indeed!
r/K Selection Theory, which in humans produces Liberalism/Conservatism. Restrict resources, and force competition to get them and you get the K-strategy, like in wolves - Competitive/aggressive/protective, monogamous, high-investment parenting, later sexualization of young, and loyalty to the competitive in-group. Make resources freely available and eliminate competition, and the r-strategy emerges, as in rabbits with free grass - cowardly/competition-averse, promiscuous, single-parenting, earlier sexualization of young, and no loyalty to in-group. One strategy produces quality in an environment where only quality survives, while the other produces sheer numbers, in an environment where even the most mentally and physically defective can get food.
People don’t understand how our grasping this information terrifies Liberals. If Liberalism is just the r-selected reproductive strategy in humans, then Liberals aren’t hyper-intellectual, or the future incarnation of mankind. They are just the bunny-people - rabbit like r-strategists within our species who are too stupid to even recognize that what is motivating their cowardice, promiscuity, single-parenting support, earlier sexualization of young, and lack of loyalty to in-group is base urges, and not their brains or morals.
Also, understanding that resource availability will skew the proportions of strategies can be powerful as well. Hell, just recognizing how different Liberals are, and viewing them as aberrant outsiders in our species, who are programmed to have no loyalty to our in-group, is helpful.
God did make it this way. because this is how He created the world. But understanding His mechanism helps fighting Liberals, because it strips them of even the faintest shred of intellectual support for their position, hoisting them upon their own evolutionary petard.
Look at all of the aboriginal tribes around the world that we have knowledge of that that had/have monogamy as the family basic.
College students sit in dorm rooms smoking weed to come up with hypotheses like these.
“... A new study comes to a startling conclusion: Among primates, including perhaps humans, monogamy evolved because it protected infants from being killed by rival males.”
I file this in the same folder where evolution explains my wife’s shopping habits. The omni-theory strikes again. Some of the things that pass as science these days, funded by taxpayer dollars, is astounding.
“Nevertheless you have expressed my inward conviction, though far more vividly and clearly than I could have done, that the Universe is not the result of chance. But then with me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man's mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy. Would any one trust in the convictions of a monkey's mind, if there are any convictions in such a mind?”
- Charles Darwin
Heavenly created or not, it provides such profound biological advantages to offspring that it is a superb idea.
However, do not fall into the trap of assuming that monogamy and marriage are the same thing. Because socially enforced marriage is “monogamy plus” providing far more advantages to the husband, wife and offspring than just monogamy.
Look at it biologically. “Basic reproduction” means that males have the prerogative to make offspring with as many females as possible. Females have the double prerogative to get the best sperm available, but with monogamous animals, the best provider male to help raise her offspring.
And when there are many males, these are not likely the same male.
However, socially enforced marriage offers the man the advantage of a guarantee that his DNA will go to at least *some* offspring; it offers the woman a guarantee that if she compromises on having the same sperm donor and provider male, that the provider will stay with her.
And if offers the huge advantage to their children that they will be raised on a “life success” track, instead of a more animalistic “survival” track.
However, marriage is not easy and requires two things to be successful. The first is that it *must* be socially enforced, that once married, both people must be regarded as “hands off” by other people.
And second, that the dowry, or involuntary marriage, is forbidden. These two things subvert the entire idea of marriage, such as marrying an old man to a preadolescent girl, and couples not marrying out of sexual attraction and breeding selection, but for other reasons, usually financial.