Why is polygamy wrong in the new testament?

Question

I can not find any scripture to suport the change in biblical policy. In the old testament many men were polygimist but now the church teaches that it is wrong. Were did it get changed?

Answer 1

My guess would be somewhere between Malachi and Matthew.

I know that's a flip answer, but it's basically true.

At some point between the OT and the NT, mores had started to change about polygamy. This is yet another example of the bible reflecting the culture it was written in, in essence contradicting itself.

Just because there was polygamy in the OT, doesn't mean people of the NT times felt the need to continue the tradition. They knew that cultures changed and that is reflected in the bible.

Answer 2

The point is very well made that polygamy isn’t a sin. But just because something isn’t sin, doesn’t mean it’s helpful. There were Bible characters that had multiple wives. And for people like King Solomon, it made good economic sense to support multiple wives out of abundance. But did it make good spiritual sense? The new covenant in the NT is likened to marriage. God doesn’t appreciate when we have multiple gods. We are 1 creation for 1 God. Marriage is a similar institution not of worship but mutual commitment. But the same principles apply. Our attention and loyalty can be divided. And we should take great care in our marriages. Outside of our relationship with God, it is the most important one in this life.

So why illegal? I would say more than anything, cultural precedence. How many times do people walk up to you after church with their 3 wives and show off their 15 kids? It doesn’t happen and if it did, you would feel awkward.

I believe marriage is defined in western society as prescribed by the New Testament that indeed the Biblical model is one man and one wife only. Our courts also mandate that you should legally be an adult before entering into a legal contract. So our idea of the institution of marriage has religious roots and has also become a legal one, not purely religious. If his assumption were so, then atheists would be banned from entering into marriage if it were strictly a religious institution.

Answer 3

When Utah went up for statehood, there was no way the rest of the people in the U.S. would accept a polygmist state. Walla...Old Brigham came up with the only solution. He had a "vision" that
God approved of monogomy only. Presto!
Utah got its statehood. Since there was only one party loyal to Brigham, he
picked out some names from a hat and they became Democrats. Everyone in Utah accepts that real power comes from that high prophet who lives high over State Street in the Morman Tabernacle, guarded over by a private army of security guards, most of whom are retired FBI Agents. So it doesn't matter who is in office from the governer on down. The house is usually republican, the Governer, Democrat.
The common text is not Biblical or New Testament at church, home , or prayer meeting. It is the teachings of the original prophet, Joseph Smith, and it is called the Book of Mormon.
there are some Morman holdouts for Polygomy or there were, until it was discovered there were many abuses of the
welfare system. Once that word got out
in Salt lake City, something had to be done and it has. More polygmous families are going further underground.
Utah is an amazingly tolerant state because of the missionary system, round Salt Lake City Mormans hover around being the majority but are surrounded by gentile more and more as the state gives generous incentives to business to move there, and the rank and file pay the taxes. Would it surprise anyone to know that even groceries get taxed state wide?
The state is almost reverent towards education, from K through university there is a generous attitude only partly based on the Morman tolernce toward their children. They have attracted a great deal of the startup, hightech, medical information, and credit card central facilitys for credit card transactions. The U.S. puts out a call for the red hot commodities fueling the new world economy and Utah is ready to fire up to full capacity in mining copper, coal, oil and uranium, They are an agricultural icon. Along with complicated, precision military systems that can recruit within the state. Culturally, Utah stands out on the Wasatch because of development of its own movies and dvds, and regular
live performances of plays, the dance and symphony orchestra. There is a small town(at least before the Olympics) feel that carries over into all aspects of life. It is a paradox to see world class sports and culture in a state that takes
its home values very seriously.
I come from an old Morman family that is no longer in the church but is a branch of the original Smith Family. They say you can never take the Morman out of anyone ever priviledged to winess. It must be true, I was practicing it before I ever read a line about Mormanism. Sodme of them get a little
puffed, insufferably so if you are a convert. When I visit a Morman Church I am welcomed like an old friend, which I am. My dress is a little non-conforming. I must look like an old artist,(partially true) or professor(true), only slightly crippled, and only at the edge of the fringe. It has been my priviledge to work and live among the Mormans and I go back there, to refresh the soul whenever I can. Also, crickets are good eating after marination.
I leave the discussion of beautiful Morman ladies to those who have that experience and better luck than the writer.

Answer 4

Jesus fulfilled Old Testament (Mozaic) Law and gave us a New Covenant. I'm not sure if/where polygamy is considered ok in the the Old Testament, but it's definitely not for this era.

Answer 5

It isn't Biblical policy, it is legal and cultural policy. Polygamy was not practiced in the New Testament, because it was not practiced in the post-Alexander Greco-Roman world.

Answer 6

i don't have a situation with polygamy in thought. basically like i don't have a situation with convertibles or Hawaiian holidays - they are basically not for me. Polygamy in practice is yet another tale. in many situations, that's one guy and various of alternative better halves. i hit upon this sexist, yet provided the events are all consenting and in contract, i don't think of that's going to be unlawful. of path, the inverse (one spouse, various husbands) would would desire to alter into criminal. the different subject concerns with the undemanding practice of polygamy is the style of boys who're forged out of their communities because of the fact they are opposition for better halves appalls me. I actual have a situation with the better halves who are not legally married to the husband gathering welfare because of the fact they are "single" mothers. (not that that's actual any distinctive than a monogamous woman who would not marry because of the fact she enjoys the monetary advantages of "single" motherhood whilst residing along with her boyfriend as though they are married.) finally, I actual have a situation with little ones being coerced into marriages that they does not choose on their very own. of path, none of those issues is a needed element of polygamy, yet they happen in many situations. the biggest situation with legalizing polygamy may be the social transformations and concerns we are going to would desire to make as a society. What do we do approximately taxation, newborn custody, divorce, kinship, inheritance, and group scientific wellbeing coverage, for starters? Getting via those subject concerns would be high priced and time eating.

Answer 7

Well, if you're more interested in right/wrong, rather than being a sin, you just need to watch the HBO show - Big Love. It should answer all the questions about why it's a bad thing. I watch it & my skin crawls throughout almost the entire show. But it's great for making me ask myself real questions, rather than relying on predjudice.

Answer 8

it's because the church is getting too involved with politics today. They do not really care what the bible says, just trying (unsuccessfully) to gain more power for themselves over the modern world. The same thing just happened with gay marriage not even a year ago.

p.s. as you might have guessed, i am atheist.

Answer 9

Doesn't adultery predate the new testament? It's included in the ten commandments and the law of Moses.

Answer 10

It didn't fit with the Catholics so they took that verse out along with thousands of other books from the Bible when they were rewriting the Bible. God has never said polygamy is not allowed. It just doesn't fit with modern society today.