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To: driftdiver; JustTheTruth; SkyDancer
Solomon had more than one wife.

#1...He also had 300 concubines. (Are you importing that "suggestion" into American culture -- that somebody should be able to sleep with 300 slaves & servants?)

#2...The God of Solomon had warned him from generations before NOT to get bogged down in that lifestyle: 17 He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. (Deut. 17:17)

So what happened? Solomon became the "poster boy" for Deut. 17:17: 3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray. 4 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been. (1 Kings 11:3-4)

15 posted on 05/29/2011 5:39:21 PM PDT by Colofornian (Key Q for Romney & Huntsman: Show us your spirit-birth certificate from Kolob)
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To: Colofornian

And what about Abraham, Israel?


18 posted on 05/29/2011 5:45:23 PM PDT by JustTheTruth (Sometimes the Truth hurts so much that most refuse to face or accept it, even when it is obvious.)
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To: Colofornian

No I’m pointing out that comparing Mormons to Muslims is a slippery slope for the ignorant.


21 posted on 05/29/2011 5:52:06 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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