Polygamy, Too (If marriage can evolve in terms of gender, why not in terms of number?)

National Review ^ | 04/20/2012 | By David J. Rusin

[Gluteus Maximus]

I found this quote by Martin Luther:

I confess that I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict the Scripture. If a man wishes to marry more than one wife he should be asked whether he is satisfied in his conscience that he may do so in accordance with the word of God. In such a case the civil authority has nothing to do in the matter." (De Wette II, 459, ibid., pp. 329-330.)

I'm not a great bible scholar, but I do believe that we should try to live by Biblical principles and that we need to try to weed out accretions from the general culture when we identify them. Do you disagree with Luther on this one? It seems to me, as I said, that the RCC actually disallowed something that was permitted in the OT and not explicitly forbidden in the NT, in order not to cause trouble for the Church with pagan Rome. And maybe that was a perfectly legitimate thing to do at the time. But aren't we at a spot now where this should be re-examined in terms of the what the Bible actually says?

[MHGinTN]

You might want to research a bit deeper into the story of Onan ... just sayin’.

[Conservaliberty]

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