Posted on 06/25/2007 11:46:47 PM PDT by Lorianne
Polygamy is not adultery.
That’s not what the article is claiming.
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were adulterers?
They were Old Testament. The New Testament replaced that. See Matt 5:27-32.
That could be debated. But it is clear from the bible that polygamy was not God's design for marriage from the beginning.
Gen 2:24: A man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife (not wives) and the two (not three or four or more) shall become one flesh.
Gen. 2:24 was Old Testament as well. Also, there were several circumstances in the Mosaic Law the REQUIRED polygamy.
Strange that Jesus used a polygamist parable in the Parable of the 10 Virgins in Matthew 25.
It's highly unlikely that these people are Christians.
L
Yeah, and?
Also, there were several circumstances in the Mosaic Law the REQUIRED polygamy.
Please point me to these laws that require polygamy.
The parable of the 10 virgins is not a polygamist parable. Jesus was talking about the kingdom of heaven.
I agree. But the writer made a reference to Uganda being largely a Christian nation. Given the location of Uganda I would imagine that one would see mostly Animists and Muslims.
Then why didn't he just say that? "Hey y'all. I'm talking about Heaven now. So don't y'all think you can have 10 virgins a piece or anything."
Just asking.
L
But the 10 virgins bit does sound fun!
Trust me, it's over rated. Everything requires an explanation and training one isn't as easy as one would think.
L
It appears to me you are mistaken.
1 Timothy 3:2
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
So that is a specific qualifier for persons in the Role of Bishop.
It is not even a prohibition for those above the position of Bishop. Certainly not a prohibition of polygamy for the body.
Bishops perform a special role in the church (generic) and have some special job pre-qualification standards.
Could you reference within the new testament what it is you base your contention that polygamy is prohibited and adulterous?
W
See post # 7 for text of Genesis 2:24. Also see Matt 19:1-8. He repeats the Gen 2:24 text and reinforces it. Note the He says ‘..they are no longer two, but one...’ See Matt 5 for teachings on lust. If you are married to one woman and lust after another woman, He considers it adultery, (and He is realy the one whose opinion counts). So if you are married to two or more women you are committing adultery with at least one of them. He leaves no wiggle room on this.
If I own one car, and constantly think about ways to cheat my neighbor and get his, then I am commiting lust and covetness towards my neighbor. If I have one car, and then acquire another legitimately, there is nothing wrong with that.
I think the same would apply to polygamy. Nathan condemned David for lusting after another’s wife (to the point of sending him in to combat to get killed) when God had blessed him with six wives already. Nathan was a prophet of God — God apparently did not tell him that David had commited adultery with the five additional wives he had but had given him six.
I have talked with people from Turkey and Ethiopia who say that Christians also take additional wives in these countries.
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