[taxcontrol]

Actually, it is very Christian .... assuming that you actually follow the teachings of Christ, who not only NEVER opposed or spoke against polygamy, but actually uses the parable of 10 Virgins in a polygamist marriage under existing Jewish law, and also states that Jewish law is not replaced but fulfilled. Further, King David's six wives were counted as a BLESSING FROM GOD.

A FAR better argument against polygamy is the demands placed on the man of the house and the difficulty in meeting those requirements. I would postulate that a man with 2 wives would have to bring in an income of over $140,000 per year in order to meet the financial burden of a large family. I would also postulate that a man that NEEDS to have his wife or wives working outside the home in order to support his family is failing his duties as husband, provider and spiritual leader of his family.

[wideawake]

assuming that you actually follow the teachings of Christ, who not only NEVER opposed or spoke against polygamy

The is the same reasoning used by those who advocate sodomy - that since Jesus never specifically condemned it by name in the Gospels, it is somehow permitted.

Every time Jesus discussed marriage, He discussed it assuming that a marriage exists between one man and one woman.

and also states that Jewish law is not replaced but fulfilled

There is nothing in Jewish law that legislates polygamy excpet for the interesting provision of levirate marriage - which was not compulsory nor even encessary polygamous.

Are Christians required to live by the laws of levirate marriage?

but actually uses the parable of 10 Virgins in a polygamist marriage

The parable has nothing to do with polygamy whatever.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Come now Christ never spoke directly to homosexuality either however He is GOD and did address it in the old testament. You need to quit pulling verses out of context to support your arguments. They are not biblical.

[JRochelle]

You are so misinformed.

Read your Bible. A man shall leave his mother(not mothers) and father and cleave only unto his WIFE. NOT WIVES.

[Albion Wilde]

Actually, it is very Christian .... assuming that you actually follow the teachings of Christ, who not only NEVER opposed or spoke against polygamy, but actually uses the parable of 10 Virgins in a polygamist marriage under existing Jewish law, and also states that Jewish law is not replaced but fulfilled. Further, King David's six wives were counted as a BLESSING FROM GOD.

Respectfully disagree with your theories. The New International Version and the New Living Translation both call those virgins "bridesmaids," not brides. And most plural wives were added one at a time, not in groups of 10 or more. Men's ability to perform hasn't changed that much since the old days, even the young ones.

Jesus' saying that he came not to replace the law but to fulfill it had to do with the promises of God to his people in Isaiah and elsewhere that a Messiah would come. Your theory is contradicted by most of the epistles, which explain over and over that legalism in following dietary and ritual laws is not the path to salvation, and that following Christ's teachings from the heart frees both the circumcized (Jews) and the uncircumcized (Gentiles) who follow him from the obligation to observe ritual minutiae.

And lastly, while King David's six wives may have been counted a blessing, they, too, were before Jesus' time. Jesus spoke of one husband and one wife. He overturned more than the tables of the tax collectors.

[Albion Wilde]

A FAR better argument against polygamy is the demands placed on the man of the house and the difficulty in meeting those requirements. I would postulate that a man with 2 wives would have to bring in...

There can be no better reason than desiring to please God in the way one lives.