The Bible specifically allows for it. The only "rule" written about it is that it's wrong to marry two sisters since they'll compete for attention.
Nearly every Biblical patriarch was a polygamist. God blessed them and multiplied their children because of it. Some of them were even commanded by God to take more wives.
Is polygamy a sin if the Bible endorses it and there's not a single verse in the Bible that condemns it?
2007-06-08 18:51:49 · 11 answers · asked by naz 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To patreone 07,that's ridicoulous.The verses was talking about marriage,not polygamy.
2007-06-08 19:02:55 · update #1
To J:
Adultery is having sex without marriage.
Polygamy is marrying to woman at the same time.
2007-06-08 19:07:28 · update #2
It doesn't. It also doesn't say that slavery is wrong..only slavery of Jews is wrong. That's why Christians have to pick and choose what they want to follow and ignore the rest.
2007-06-08 19:12:22 · answer #1 · answered by yp_plum_new_york 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
J was confused, he thinks polygamy is adultery. but it is not when you legally and spiritually marry a second wife. the bible didnt say you cant marry more than one. the 32 bible scholars of the highest eminence backed by 50 cooperating denominations decided the rule for the christians. it's weird becos they changed their own law. did god tell them to? lol. lol. lol.
2007-06-08 19:00:25 · answer #2 · answered by vida 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know. I would have to assume that it was written in the New Testament..however I am not familiar with it and am to tired to look it up tonight. Some of Paul's writings in particular seem to (in my opinion) go beyond what Christ taught...at least according to the Gospels.
2007-06-08 18:55:52 · answer #3 · answered by Poohcat1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Try the one in the New Testament where it says that every man is suppose to have one wife. May God Bless U.
2007-06-08 18:58:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Didn't guys like Solomon and David have scads of wives? Maybe all that changed after Noah hit dry land....
Frankly, I'd prefer to be one of a dozen husbands, this would cut down on the florist bill.....
2007-06-08 18:59:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
before, polygamy was allowed. probably because there were not much people back then and the people needed to multiply. but now, having many wives is prohibited. one reason is it can cause you to sin. solomon had many wives, which pushed him to sin- how? he had given in to his wives' pagan beliefs.
and if you study the ten commandments thoroughly, you will find that it is implied there.
2007-06-08 19:04:59 · answer #6 · answered by hellofriend! 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"That's why a man will leave his father and mother and will remain united with his wife and the two will be one. So they are no longer two but one." Mark 10:7-8
2007-06-08 18:54:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Keep reading. Get a concordance and look up marriage. It will tell you all the verses on it. Your ignorance is showing.
2007-06-08 19:00:56 · answer #8 · answered by Sweet Suzy 777! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wait,someone who thinks and read the Bible at the same time?
Must not be a Christian.
2007-06-08 18:56:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
But there is still man's law.
Its called Dogmatic law.
"Whatever you hold true on earth I'll hold true in Heaven"
2007-06-08 19:22:08 · answer #10 · answered by LadyCatherine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋