Posted on 09/02/2007 8:35:58 PM PDT by monomaniac
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Those wives look like they’re about to beat up the hubby just as soon as the photographer leaves the house.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I could use some more nagging.
Running, ducking, laughing.
Or was the destruction of the basic civilized unit and ultimately the civilization the intent?
Nah, not that.
My wife said I could have another just as soon as she gets her Rolls, unlimited credit card and a beachfront condo.........
You want equal levels hearing loss in both ears?
Or are you hoping that when you duck the frying pan that gets tossed at you that it hits the other lady?
Actually, I would be open to legalize polyamorous relationships. In his book Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Heilein discussed several multipartner format. He made a good case for them under certain circumstances as well.
If we are going to abandon the current monogamous hetrosexual standard, lets at least open it up to more survivable forms and not just gay marriage.
Thats what I think too.. if gay marriage is legal then so should polygamy.
To play devil’s advocate even without the gay marriage issue, with the breakdown of the family unit in America and Europe I believe we need to let freedom try out some alternatives.
In the UK I was reading 50% of children are growing up with only one parent. And that usually means one mother, who has to work very long to afford the high rent/housing prices.. thus not much time left for parenting. And a very tired, stressed out parent.
"...certain ethnic or religious communities..." the Canuckistan Funda-Muzzies, mayhaps? Talk about a cautionary tale.
The legalization of gay marriage actually makes a better precedent for adult incest than polygamy. Why should I be able to marry my mother if she’s divorced? Or my father for that matter? Love, legal access to government benefits, protection from testimony, yada yada, all the same reasons given for gay marriage.
Don’t be surprised.
Although self-proclaimed “feminist” organizations claim polygamy would hurt women & benefit men — for the most part, the opposite is true. For every man with a second wife, there must be another that does without altogether. There won't be very many men willing to share wives.
Traditional marriage has been a cornerstone of society. Gay marriage and polygamy will prove to be very disruptive.
Just FYI (since it does not appear to be mentioned in any post on on the thread), that is a shot from HBO's "Big Love".
Are you sure the one on the far right is not a man?
Why would you use biblical sanction to prohibit or allow anything? The law is not your religious perogative?
Over time you will see what has happened in countries where it is legal - the end result is that not every man will be able to get married.
Rich and powerful men who has the means to take care of multiple wives will secure the young eligible women who are in their child-rearing years leaving behind the older unwanted women for the poor and uneducated.
Polygamy in the Bible always met with disaterous results. Even Solomon was corrupted bt his many wives.
That why is Paul wrote.
1 Timothy 3:12
A deacon must be the husband of but one wife and must manage his children and his household well
Titus 1:6
An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.
Ephesians 5:33
33However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Furthermore God only provided Adam with one wife
Genesis 2
But for Adam [h] no suitable helper was found. 21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs [i] and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib [j] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 The man said,
“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called ‘woman, [k] ‘
for she was taken out of man.”
24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Read in the NT what Christ says about marriage. Read what the qualifications for leaders of the church are. Read Genesis and God’s design for marriage is. Man warped it and turned it into a bunch of different things. Originally it was one man, one woman, for life.
Marriage is symbolic of the union of Christ and His Church. Christ being the husband who gives His life for the church and being the head of the church, the church being the Bride of Christ and co-heirs of eternity with Christ. There is only one church, the church universal, made up of all believers who believe the Gospel message. One savior, one husband, one Universal church, one bride of Christ.
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