Where does it say in ;the Bible that a man CAN NOT have more than one wife? The law against polygamy notwithstanding where is there a Biblical prohibition? I am not interested in you opinion about what God intended or what the Neighbors preacher said. Give me chapter and verse saying a man CAN NOT have as many wives as he wants.
2007-03-30 09:38:37 · 8 answers · asked by Ted 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Come on Bible Thumpers.......can't you admit there is NO BIBLICAL prohibition against a man having as many wives as he wants.
Do add to and don't take a from is good enough.
2007-03-30 10:04:01 · update #1
To my knowledge it is not. Quite the contrary, there are several instances in the OT where polygamy is mentioned and even ordained of God.
2007-03-30 09:42:46 · answer #1 · answered by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"And He (Jesus) answered and said: "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said , 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the TWO shall become ONE flesh'? Consequently they are no longer TWO but ONE flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." " (Matthew 19:4-6)
But if you question why God permitted this in other time periods, the answer is given in verse 8 of the same chapter: "because of your hardness of heart...but from the beginning it has not been this way."
2007-03-30 16:51:16 · answer #2 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
God created Adam And Eve. Not Adam, Eve, Amanda and Catherine.
Anything other than what God intended is a perversion. God allows people to sin, that does not mean He approves it.
2007-03-30 16:46:49 · answer #3 · answered by Gui 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think we should have at least 2 husbands. There's too much work to be done around the house! More than one man and do....
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2007-03-30 16:49:25 · answer #4 · answered by Jeanmarie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't get me wrong, I love my wife dearly but having been married for more than 27 years I would have to wonder why any man would want more than one wife.
2007-03-30 16:44:51 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. E 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Eph:5 Clear says that when one man and one woman get married they become one flesh.
2007-03-30 16:55:33 · answer #6 · answered by rockinweazel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 timothy 3:2
2Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
2007-03-30 16:56:40 · answer #7 · answered by kenny p 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I can find you a few verses supporting it if you like.
OK.... A LOT
2007-03-30 16:41:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋