“The world is not a perfect place, and yes, every family and every individual, community, country has problems, but to use them to justify the abusive lifestyle you have been taught from birth to believe in, why, it’s just pitiful. Polygamy doesn’t work because male to female birthrates are 50/50 worldwide and there just aren’t enough females to support the lifestyle. Do the math, Baby, numbers don’t lie, if God wanted a man to have multiple wives, don’t you think God would have the intelligence to create 3 or 5 or ten females for every male? God isn’t stupid, honey, so apply some common sense and get on with your life.” -blissiseasy123-
Justifying Polygamy
First of all I do not use the problems in other people’s lives to justify my lifestyle. I justify my lifestyle choice by
A. We live in America where all men are entitled to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
B. I dare say the life style I live offers more liberty than any other lifestyle in the world and it makes me happy.
C. I feel that my lifestyle is not only a better way of living but also commanded by God.
Does God intend for us to live Polygamy?
Secondly your right, God isn’t stupid. Which is why he probably didn’t make the mistake of assuming that just because males and females are born at around the same rate then they will procreate equally also. Between lower life expectancy higher death rates higher homosexuality rates and the guys that just don’t want to be married, 31.2% of the male population in the United States never gets married.
This means that a lot of women, 25.8% of women in the United States to be exact, are just out of luck and out of marriage. Also 9.6% of women are currently widowed? That’s a whopping 35.4% of American women who are without a husband at any given time. Even if most of those women made a conscious decision not to be married the small percentage of them who want to but cant, allows more than enough women for the few people who actually decide to live polygamy.
So you see the numbers weren’t lying you just weren’t reading them properly. As for whether or not God wants man to have multiple wives, we cant just pick up the phone and give God a call to ask him whether we should live plural marriage or not. So its left to each individual person to decide for themselves what they believe is right.
If you believe that polygamy is not intended by god? Well than don’t live polygamy. Simple as that! In the same way I believe that God does intend for us to live polygamy so I choose to live it.
This Article was written in response to blissiseasy123’s comment on my last post Before You Condemn Polygamy, Realize This. It was originally intended as a comment but became to long winded and so I decided to make it into a blog post.
November 12, 2007 at 3:32 am
Not too long ago, my 85 year old father, a staunch Lutheran I might add, and I got into a discussion about polygamy because of the stuff on the news about the FLDS. He told me a story about how when he was in the Navy he worked with two brothers, different Moms, same Dad that came from a polygamous family with 4 wives. He thought it was really strange to begin with, but said that as he got to know them, he learned that that had equal or more Biblical knowledge as he did and said that the more he learned about their beliefs, the less wrong he thought it was. Sorry, that’s badly worded, but I think you get what I am saying here. The point being, maybe this lifestyle isn’t right for everyone, but if my 85 year old father doesn’t see anything wrong with it, maybe others should take a better look.
November 13, 2007 at 12:33 am
I am thoroughly impressed with your professional response. There is no hate in it and it is loaded with truth.
I choose to have more than one wife. Why? Well aside from the fact that God wants me to, it just makes sense.
My (super) wife can’t handle 5 jobs and 6 kids. A sisterwife shares the joys and responsibilities. Simply putting it, a second marriage can make the first marriage a happier one and both women are far happier and spiritually whole.
What’s the problem here? People need to drop their bigotry and see the light.
November 20, 2007 at 1:19 pm
I think there is no right or wrong answer as to whether ‘GOD’ wants one to live in polygamy or not.However since it is not condemned in the bible should one choose to live in this way they should not be penalised.
Take divorce for instance in Matthew (i have forgotten the chapter!)the Pharisees ask Jesus if it is allowed.His answer to them is it was not God’s intention but because of the hardness of your hearts it was allowed in the time of Moses.This begs the question,are we saying divorce is ok or not?The answer is no its not ok and it should be avoided except in extreme cases eg wife has committed adultery.
Applying the same line of thought or principle ,Polygamy is not wrong in any shape or form provided one enters in it for the right reasons.If a man has virtue like David or Moses then yes let him go for it but I dont think it is for everyone out there christian or non christian.Lets teach one another the right principles and ways to go about this matter soberly.
November 29, 2007 at 4:44 am
Actually, in general the ratio of the male’s size to the female’s size in a species, is proportional to the number of females per male that is normal in that species. Which is to say, the more the male is bigger than the female, the more female each breeding male will have. Human males are bigger than human females by about 10%, so biologically that suggests that humans are mildly polygynous by nature.
God isn’t stupid, for sure. But I don’t think he intends for each person to have one and only one partner.
December 4, 2007 at 11:48 pm
I posted a similar article a few years back:
http://www.historycarper.com/wordpress/?p=20
December 9, 2007 at 2:49 am
Maybe God will wish for you to live it, and maybe he will not, but it is an ennobling principle, if one truly desires to be ennobled.
But nature certinly wishes for us to live pluraly, for all mamalian paterns are created this way. A mans cycles are much faster than a womans, he by nature is required to procreate more often than a female, whose nurturing instincts come to the fore.
A man by pure nature is able to take care of and love more than one woman, and the woman by pure nature is designed to be loyal to one man at a time.
What God wants us to do is individualy given, according to where we are at and our level of commitment to becoming as him.
December 29, 2007 at 7:56 am
Polygamy is in the Bible for men to have more then one wife, etc. As a Born again Christian we are taught that we are to have more then one wife. There is nothing wrong with having more then one, look at it this way, if you have one child, then another was born, would you love one child and hate the other? Or would you love them both equally? Loving more than one is the same way as loving more than one mate.
Now you talk about how many females are in the United States being only 10 square miles there can’t be as many females within the United States.
Word Definitions
Definitions have always been a point of contention when dealing with government agencies. This is especially true in the courtrooms of America. The classic example is President Clinton, during his impeachment trial, stating, “…it depends on what you mean by “is.” Fortunately, government definitions are usually available somewhere in the documentation they are using or referring too. Also, some of the definitions used by the IRS have been judicially resolved. With that in mind, take a look at the following terms:
1. The term “United States” means Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands and other “owned” territories of the U.S.
2. The term “State” (capitalized) means one of those places listed above.
3. The term “state” (not capitalized) refers to one of the 50 states or another country.
4. Now for a tricky one: The term “includes” or “within” means ONLY those items or places which are specifically listed after the word “includes” or “within.” IT DOES NOT MEAN items or places not listed.
Now are you talking about America or the United States…?
As for having more than one mate…
In biblical times there was nothing wrong with a married man having as many wives as he could afford, concubine and “common” prostitutes. Adultery was only wrong for a married women, since it violated her husbands property (and sexual) rights over her and his other wives or concubines.
In biblical times men were masters, and ruled over women and their children. Women had very few rights, and men often bought women from their families or at an auction usually at age 12.5. Women were owned property of a man. Father own women (daughters, wives, concubines, handmaidens, servants etc) and if you wanted to have sex with one of his property, then you had to ask him permission.
Adultery in biblical times did not mean what it means to us today. Clearly there was never a word said about the fact Hebrew men could have as many wives, concubines (breeders) and “other women” as they could afford. THIS IS NOT ADULTERY, in the Hebrew understanding of the Adultery Commandment of Moses. Adultery as understood by what Moses said was only wrong for married women, never a married man.
January 28, 2008 at 2:01 pm
i think some of us are missing the point here.I am in no way saying polygamy is wrong.But I refuse to accept (unless proven by the bible) that God actually would prefer us to live in polygamy.
I was raised in the lifestlye so it will wrong for me to come out and say it is wrong however I also was not taught to accept that God actually want us all to live like that bearing in mind there is nothing wrong with the idea.
God did not specifically say live in or out of polygamy unless if i missed it.
January 31, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Sheesh. Men. You gotta hand to ‘em. They write that fairy tale called the bible and do so to suit their sexual incontinence, while enforcing the double standard in women. And some silly woman put up with it instead of kicking these losers who can’t control their sex lives to the kerb.
Personally I earn more than enough to keep myself and more than most men I know. So, how about I get myself a bit of extra entertainment.. let’s see, one man for humour and conversation, another one to do the heavy lifting and a nice young one for purely for sex. Oh, and a fourth one – he can wash the dirty laundry and keep his brother husbands happy.
Yup that should do it.
February 6, 2008 at 11:57 pm
I had recently begun looking into the subject of polygamy and have enjoyed the comments here. I guess Big Love had an effect and made me want to know more. Thanks for each insight I’ve had the chance to read.
It amazes me the growing number of web pages devoted to this topic. I’m sure the new legal rulings in Britan will stir things up. Just FYI there is a new site I just found called http://www.my2wives.com. It’s very new but might be interesting in time too.
Thanks again for letting me share.
February 19, 2008 at 6:32 pm
I’m always amazed that people are still just “discovering” polygamy on the web.
The organization http://www.TruthBearer.org has been around for at least a decade if not longer and it’s mission is to get poly freedom
Another great info/reference site on polygamy is http://www.biblicalpolygamy.info
Blessings all !
February 28, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Look,
The bible is clear. Jesus came from a poly line. Davids wives were celebrated in the bible. What was condemned was how he acquired Batsheba. In the epistles it speaks of a man marrying one of his fathers wives. Paul condemns the son and wife, not the father.
Leprosy was visited on those who opposed moses second wife. Does that sound like it is forbidden in the bible? Like our Father hates it?
Are these the end times with “Forbidding to mary” that are spoken of.
I live in the US. I love my sister-wives. I hate having to hide my true christian faith. Where is my freedom of religion? My husband is a good and loving man, We live in a middle class home. My children go to school with your children. You know which of your children’s friends are jewish, hindu, catholic, muslim and what all. Their families don’t have to hide it.
What about my children’s rights to worship freely? Why am I illegal? We all were born here. My husband supports three wives and our children. We aren’t on welfare. We don’t support him financially. We aren’t slaves, or sexpots.
Why do so many hate us? I don’t get it.
Shayna
February 28, 2008 at 4:23 pm
One more thought…
We live in a large suburban area. In this area we are friends with 4 other poly families. We go to different churches, but our kids are in the same school district with one of the other families.
There are more of us out there than most people realize. Don’t be surprised if poly families are living in your town. Isn’t it sad that you aren’t allowed to know the truth about these families that you know? Homes your children visit? Isn’t is sad that that is because of religious persecution… in America.
It is the secrecy that allows the few instances of abuse to happen. Poly men are no more violent than any other men. But the only time we hear about them is when they rape a child. That is not fair. We are not being represented honestly.
Here in America today you are free to hate us. But we are not free to practice our religious beliefs, which harm none. We are forced to teach our children to live in secrecy.
As a mother I beg America. Set us free. Set our children free. Voo Doo priests are free to sacrifice animals openly in their worship in the USA, We aren’t free to live in love. Nurturing a family that doesn’t fit mainstream America, and some women who don’t see it our way.
Please call your congressman and ask him why. Ask her to make a stand for the rights of women who WANT this lifestyle as well as those that don’t. I encourage my daughters to live anyway they find love. Of a family, a man, and our Father. For them that might mean monogamy or polygamy. It should be their choice, not the state. Sorry to go on so long.
In His Love
shayna
March 17, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Will all due respects and at the risk of sounding I dont know a little sarcastic.Here is a question for you,
Have you really and truly exhausted all the channels of communications?If the fact that you chose to live in a plural family knowing you coould never really live freely or tell “the world” how you were living is really bugging you that much dont you all think its time you got out there somehow and told the world your story.Yes I must admit its not going to be easy or your message will not be heard as soon as you would want it to be but remember Patience is a virtue.
If you really are determined to live it through and are happy personally I dont see the need to come and moan at the people who know and accept the principle.Go to the “ignorant” ones out there and deliver your message.Surely you cant make you cake and eat it but by CHOOSING to live this way in the world you are then you forfeited the right to moan about the fact that you can not tell the world “how happy you are”
We cant all have everything we want in life but if I was in a plural relationship by choice and was happy I dont think I would spend time moaning about what X thinks about it. What the world dont want to hear dont tell them and everybody is happy!Focus your energies to stamping out ignorance one neighbour at a time in needs be!
March 26, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Khady,
Your point is well taken. But there are other realities involved in such a stand. First are the children. Even if the adults in our family, or the many others that live this way, agreed to make ourselves the poster child family, or Jerry Springer family, representing this life; do we have the right to do this to our children. The risk is real that they would be ostracized, traumatized and have to live under a stigma that we knowingly placed on them.
If you feel I am “moaning” to the choir, well I didn’t intend to. Instead I was venting, and looking for support. When polygamy is more mainstream, many families will be able to come out of the closet.
You give good advice about putting this message out into all channels! That is what I thought I was doing here. Thank you for your thoughts, and for your good intentions
April 9, 2008 at 10:25 am
First of all, let me say I think its women that have no self-esteem that WANT in a relationship* where they have to SHARE a man. Its amazing…..What makes him so special.. he isnt Jesus! And after the recent incident ( yet again ) what would u expect people to think? The bible who says created Adam and Eve not adam eve jan and marcia… also says to live by the laws of the land. Underage marriage for one is unlawful! What mother would let their 15 yr old daughter marry a man 50 yrs old or rather her being forced into such. These ‘groups’ are what people see as polygamist…kids being abused.. kept away from the world. Some of you all I know live in the ‘real world’, but u talk about your children being traumatized if the adults came out… Im sure they would. First off, kids can be cruel… because they are innocent and honest. As for freedom of religion, I do agree let em marry if they want, be brainwashed if they want.. but why bring innocent children into someting you know isnt accepted in the ‘ real world’ to suffer and hide. I, being a woman am selfish I want my man for myself. Dont want him in my bed one night and in anothers the next. What could possibly go thru the kids minds when everyone else they go to school with has 1 mom and 1 dad that live together every night. Someone mentioned divorce.. I agree I think divorce is wrong as well in certain circumstances. IF there is any kind of abuse.. DIVORCE! GL TO YOU ALL! God Bless!
April 14, 2008 at 4:38 pm
I am troubled by a government that allows the criminalization of religious and familial relationships. Our government should protect the innocent , but criminalizing polygamy punishes the innocent. By pushing the practice underground perverts who would abuse and misuse others can take advantage of the situation.
Be honest, most Americans engage in or at least tolerate infidelity. To God-fearing polygamists engaging in sexual relationships outside the marriage bond is immoral. It is hypocritical to ostracize and persecute polygamists while participating in other social and sexual behaviors that do not strictly follow the dictates of the state.
I am deeply troubled by the seizure of the children in Texas for many reasons, including: 1) there does not appear to be probable cause for taking the children or conducting a search; 2) belonging to a particular religion be cause for losing the right that we are innocent under the law until proven guilty; and 3) the media sharks have declared that all polygamists are guilty and all children living in polygamist families are victims of abuse. But be certain that all these children have been traumatized by the way they were stolen from their homes
April 16, 2008 at 3:07 am
A prayer.
Holy Father, thou who dost see the hearts of all, unto thee I pray for those of the YFZ Ranch, and also for we who watch and participate, that we may not compound their troubles.
Holy Father, I pray that thou wilt be with the children in their distress, that thou wilt comfort them, that they will know that they are loved and that they will not take these things to their own hurt.
I pray that they shall have good and understanding guardians and counselors, and not people with their own social agenda. That they be allowed to stay together, at least in their family groups.
I pray that they will not become pawns in the hands of state regulators, but that they will be able to return to loving fathers and mothers where no wrong is found to have occured.
I pray for the people in positions of power and authority, that they may keep truth and justice on the top line, that they will be sensitive to the Faith of these souls, that they will not allow human fobiles to mar their judgements and investigations.
I pray that their methods shall be just the same as if these people were their own families.
I pray that the general public who observe but have not all the facts shall not condemn them simply because they are different and their is much inuendo.
I pray for the mothers, who must at this time be distraught, whose pains must be great, and I pray that they shall be able to learn whatever it is they need to learn at this time. That they find the balance between respect for their husbands and standing up when they think something is wrong. I thank them father, that they have the faith to live their religion, in a world where it is not cool to be different, yet I also pray that they shall use this situation for their growth. Surley young women need goodly men to guide and even lead them, and a goodly woman shall make a simple man much better. I pray that their sins be few, but that they shall repent where they need to.
I pray for the men and brethren, that the men shall through this shake up become more honorable men, and that the brethren shall look to their ways and uses of their positions and power. That if injustice or sins have been committed, that they shall be addressed ina a straightforward manner. While it is not for us to tell another culture what to do, their is that which is ideal, and then degrees of separation from it.
While there may be times that a younger sister can be joined to an older brother, it is not the norm, but the exception to the norm. I pray that this lesson be learned by these people.
I pray that they learn to feel the difference between a marriage confirmed by the spirit of God, and one made only of the mind of man,(and woman) and that ordinances cannot make a union more this way or that. I pray that sincere seekers of Godliness will desist from any union that is not confirmed of the spirit, and I pray that religions people everywhere will cease to confuse warm fuzzy feelings and emotions with thy spirit.
I pray for the brethren, that they might use this time to kneel in humble prayer, they they might humble themsleves before thee Oh God, and that they might continue to believe in thee, whom I know, that they shall through greater faith and humility realize thee the more, that those misconceptions of religiosity that are culturally ingrained in them be rooted out, that Truth will be their ideal, and not necesssarily tradition.
I know father, that they are an isolated people, that persecution and their upbringings have narrowed their understandings. I pray that they shall hold fast to the light they have, while they grow and obtain a broader view of thy work upon the earth, that they shall not cease from their walk of Faith, but that this shall increase their righteousness before thee.
I pray for the investigators and administrators and prosecutors, that they shall understand that this is cultural, that if we as judges are to condemn, we must take into account the state of mind and the beliefs of individuals we investigate. I pray that we shall supply more counsellors than condemnors.
But who is qualified to counsel these souls? Who shall repsect their walk in life, their faith, and then reach into their minds to point out where changes need to be made.
I pray for these people father, whom the world has hated, if not the present world, then at least in times past their forefathers who were hated, which caused them to turn inwards and reject all the world.
I thank them and thee for their faith, that they run not to the same worldliness and excess of degrading dress, music, eating, and entertainment, and that they seek to live as they believe thou Oh God would have them live, and I pray that these good things shall not cease among them, that their community shall continue in our world and that we all may be the better for these things.
I pray that their leaders and brethren shall repent or learn where ever they stand in need of the same, that they shall see that all men have need to repent when they ere, that we all need to eat grass for a time, that they shall rebuild their lives in greater light of truth, that their young men shall be strong and grow up as honest and hard workers, contributors, that they may learn to share their faith in the outside world.
I pray that their mothers, sisters and daughters shall grow in womanhood, grace and power, that their minds shall be quick of understanding, and that they may form a counsel of the sisterhood, to offer the sisters views to the brethren, especially on such things of importance as youthful marriages to much much older brethren, for it sounds as though this would provide much needed balance.
I thank thee father for these souls, for their lives, for their faith, efforts and hopes, for their sepratation from the ways of worldliness, for the world and its religions have become such monocultures of piety, yet the world continues down hill, thus our religions cannot know thee, and do not seek to build thy kingdom.
May we who seek thee find thee and so become at one with thee Oh Holy Father.
I pray these things Father, in the name of him whom we hold as our Lord, amongst Lords, even Jesus the Christ.
Amen.
Bro B
April 18, 2008 at 6:46 am
The start, you are hardly taking into account the homosexuality that almost equally occurs in women, or the women that choose a polygamist life for themselves.
I do not totally disagree with polygamy, but why should girls be forced into such a belief. Is it really that much of a horrible act, that they have to be brainwashed into the lifestyle from a child? If one choose to be shared amongest other “sister wives” that is perfectly understandable. But how can a woman be fufilled from only only experiencing a fraction of their “husbands” company?
Why shouldn’t women be entitled to polygamy too? Plenty of men carry around recessive traits, that they pass on to their children, then try to blame it on the sins of the birth mother. But, if a man continues to pass on a disease such as autism onto his children, a woman should have the right to reproduce with a more suited male.
April 19, 2008 at 11:05 am
Answers to above post.
Paragraph 1. No useful comment
Paragraph 2. Who said they are forced. Are not catholic children brainwashed into believeing numerous lies. is that not abuse of the childs trust. Yet we do not round them up. Are not all children taught as their parents think best. Unless you know the doctrine of the FLDS, and spent time with them, and gotten to know a broad section of them, then you are not qualified to say that their childrten are brainwashed any more than any other community. Also, before you fault a communities doctrine, come up with a whole doctrine and purpose of life yourself. Can a woman be fulfilled by sharing her time? Fair question, ask one of them. Heres a question for you. Can a man be fulfilled in mariage to one woman only. Answer. Depends on the man.
Paragraph 3. Because women are not designed for multiple partnership. they are clingons, they wish to belong, to be glued to something stronger than them, it is their innate nature, whereas men desire to be kings in castles. Go and watch some lions or bulls or whatever. Every mamalian pattern displays the same innate desires. If you do not like this, then you do not like men, and if you do not want men to be men, then you cannot love them.
Men having recessive genes and then blaming the results of such recessive genes upon the mother etc, that has to be nonsense, superstition at best, but I have never heard such nonsense in a modern world. Wouldnt I have seen such on the news if this existed in any society. Please give references for this happening in significant numbers of places. If a man is flawed and breeds prolems, then yes, the woman has the right to seek a divorce. Why not. Law of Moses says so in the Bible.
April 20, 2008 at 3:21 am
Polygamy is universally frowned upon in this country which in turn compels people to embark upon some diatribe on the subject with raised brow and big opinions.
All this while sitting atop a barstool sucking on a Marlboro with a glass of ripple in hand all in the hopes of getting ‘lucky’ in yet another round of extra marital sex with someone that they don’t know.
This same liar who’s name is pop culture winks an eye at those who live lives devoid of any redeeming virtue and seeks out the very boundaries of elicit sex with anyone and everyone.
It is imparted unto our children through media and our culture that is perfectly normal for adults to engage in sex with almost anyone for the purpose of recreation to a point that is as normal as going bowling.
This type of sex is frowned upon by few and has MANY advocates. Some women are in awe that a woman could share a husband with another yet demand that they themselves should have ‘Pro Choice” or at least do not want their freedoms curtailed by a disinterested third party.
The hypocrisy of our society and its ever changing whims never ceases to amaze me.
April 25, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Jesus didn’t marry at all, from what we see in the Bible. Never mind the DaVinci Code.
Do what you want, as long as you don’t deprive others of their choices or lie to them about what God “wants.”
Still, all this writing seems loaded with a lot of crummy theology, and that’s what makes the position repugnant.
The patriarchy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Women have as much to offer us in personal and spiritual growth as we do to them.
It’s about the openness of love, not the pseudo-spiritualizing of patriarchy.
June 8, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Let’s not even consider the definition of polygamy. I’m not an Atheist. I’m not a Christian. I do believe in something higher than us we can’t understand. Let’s call it God. Mormonism (Church of Latter Day Saints, what a joke) is just like all the rest of instituionalized religion. MEN write all the rules, mores, and regulations. Women’s role is to cook, clean, and bear children. Why did God create Eve? Yeah, I know the biblical spiel. Adam was lonely. Doesn’t that imply God is imperfect? Why else would God’s creation feel that way? You people want to say some phoney like Joseph Smith is a prophet, yet you don’t follow the teachings of Jesus. I believe in a just and loving God no matter who or what you are, so when you get to the Pearly Gates and find out you were wrong, He’ll let you in anyway.
June 19, 2008 at 3:58 am
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation
Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Ballute.
February 24, 2009 at 9:46 pm
What a shame such a biblical lifestyle is being portrayed as sin or wrong . GOD told David that HE(GOD) had given David many wives , Jesus likened The Kingdom of Heaven to a polyganist union, many great GOD ordained men in the scriptures were polyganist,CHRIST ordered the man to love his wife as CHRIST loved The Church and that love is plural since we are all one but yet many, and finally GOD HIMSELF is portrayed as polyganist The book of Ezekiel 23 ch.
Why are we so blind as Christians that we cannot see the tricks of the enemy.When Christians far outnumbered non-believers suddenly polygamy was outlawed. Furthermore we have homosexual behavior thats legal, infidelity thats legal,men are called studs and hunks when they exploit and disrespect women as paid for throw-aways but when they engage in a time honoured bible based GOD approved thing such as marriage (poly or otherwise ) they are put down . And we pretend we dont know why our boy grow up to womanizers.Get real.
Polygamy is not fail-proof but it is GOD allowed and in many cases GOD ordained.
In the Churches that GOD has chosen us to lead we teach that marriage is ordained of GOD between Christians (plural or otherwise) . It is time for The people of GOD to Awake and ignore whats so popular with society and explore what is The ways of GOD. Saints lets face The World will never love us and why should We even care.
in Persona CHRISTO
July 13, 2009 at 11:37 pm
so, if I got it right, you think God wants you to live in polygamy…that, I cannot say anything about (can’t understand it, but can’t deny it either)
but then you say you think polygamy is a better lifestyle: that, I’d like to know more about. How is it better ? Don’t you think it is a form of abuse on women (not talking about underage girls married to old guys, just why would women have to “share” a man, and not the other way around for instance ?) and also, the bible justification seems a bit weak to me; you surely wouldn’t want to live the same way as they did at that time(…or would you ?), but for this particular aspect of their lives (polygamy), just the fact that they did it is sufficient for you to justify it nowadays…
hope my questions are not (too) messy to understand…obviously I am very far away from your conceptions of life, but I don’t want to be aggressive…just want to use the opportunity that this blog offers me to try to understand (just a little bit more, maybe) because in the end, I really think polygamy is in a way submitting women to men, oppressing them; and it doesn’t seem to me this is any fair, or a way to happiness…