Approving Polygamy – Cross Swords

The Mesquite Citizen Journal ^ | February 6, 2014 | Terry Donnelly and Mike Young

[faithhopecharity]

Hopefully not! So far not. So it seems a little humor is still ok here on FR. Thanks.

[Elsie]

He tells us in His Bible not to commit adultery...that’s polygamy kid...

Also in the BoM {Jacob 2:27} and in D&C 49:16.

But a LATER D&C (132:58-66) supercedes that.

Yes, a "To whom it may concern" message even supercedes THAT!

[Elsie]

I'm also unclear of where the Bible itself condemns polygamy or calls it a sin

Here's something...

Moses’ law said, the king “shall not multiply horses to himself… Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold” (Deuteronomy 17:16-17).

It says nothing about lesser mortals.

[Elsie]

I'm also unclear of where the Bible itself condemns polygamy or calls it a sin

1 Kings 11:1-3

1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. 2 They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. 3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.

[Elsie]

He is BAAAAAAAAAAD!

[Tennessee Nana]

Brigham Young, the Second Prophet, said that ANY of his sermons could be taken as scripture;
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yes it was Young who sermonized that God the Father was a polygamist...Young used the scripture from the Christian Bible ...Isaiah 6:1

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple.

Young claimed that the train was all the wives of God...

However God does not have a wife..

Young also claimed that the LORD Jesus Christ was a polygamist and was married to Mary and Martha going as far as to say that the wedding in Cana was Jessus’ own wedding...

The Mormons besides dead dunking their Mormon jesus have married him to Mary and Martha and Mary Madeleine and other women ..

so since their prophet claimed it was so and since Joey Smith the first Mormon prophet claims polygamy is necessary for exaltation etc the Mormons insist that polygamy is in the Bible and is sanctioned by the Christian God...

Yes polygamy is mentioned in the Bible...but so is homosexuality and murder...

but God never said we were to practice polygamy or homosexuality or murder..

polygamy is a sin..

God never told us to sin...and God does not tempt any man...

[Elsie]

... but I don't see it called a sin.

Interestingly, Homosexuality was called SIN before the LAW was given.

[Tennessee Nana]

much of it going on among some main players in the Old Covenant
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the main players as you call them were just normal men and women... they sinned

David committed adultery and murder...

but God did not excuse him just because he was a “main player”

Been mentioned in the Bible did not give any of them a pass when they sinned...

Not David, not Moses, not any of the kings, not Peter..

[trebb]

Interestingly, Homosexuality was called SIN before the LAW was given.

I believe it was defined an "abomination in God's eyes" but that might as well make it a sin.

Thanks for your inputs on the topics - it looks like Solomon's many wives, who led him astray, and other references made polygamy to be more a distraction and a folly rather than an actual sin. Homosexuality was always condemned.

[Professional Engineer]

You always go the mother/daughter route to avoid multiple mothers in law...

[Elsie]

Genesis 13:13  (1611 King James Bible)

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But the men of Sodome were wicked, and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

[expatguy]

Thanks FRiend

[Elsie]

Thanks for your inputs on the topics - it looks like Solomon's many wives, who led him astray, and other references made polygamy to be more a distraction and a folly rather than an actual sin.

I've always been taught that when God tells a person something; it's kinda like a COMMAND. If you do not follow His 'advice' that is sin.

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1. the king “shall not multiply horses to himself… Neither shall he multiply wives...

2. the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them

(I'd think the king would be one of the 'Israelites'.)

[GenXteacher]

Polygamy is a relic of barbarism; as society degenerates to that level such things are to be expected.

[Durus]

How many wives did Moses have?

[Tennessee Nana]

1 at a time...

[Durus]

I disagree.

[skinkinthegrass]

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