Posted on 12/20/2011 11:36:47 AM PST by Colofornian
If a Mormon tells you the LDS church does not practice polygamy, ask what their scriptures teach and prophets have taught about polygamy. Also ask them what LDS prophets teach about the existence of polygamy in the celestial kingdom.
Please note that the Mormon church republished this book through 1978, and have never taken steps to formally dismantle that which McConkie wrote.
P M
I have far less problems with adult consentual polygamy than with homosexuality.
Polygamy...
According to the Mormons...
Dont leave Earth without it...
Well, I can see somebody assigning "degrees" to these things; I can't see somebody saying that polygamy dismantles monogamy any less than homosexual attempts at "marriage" does.
Well, now that we've normalized homosexual behavior I guarantee that pologymay will be right behind it. Followed by pedophelia and bestiality. They are just alternative lifestyles don'tcha know and there are no moral absolutes. /s
I for one am sick and tired of FR posting YouTube videos that feature: 1. Some boring idiot sloooowly yacking about something; or, 2. Typed pages presented powerpoint style at a pace about 1/100th of the average human’s reading speed. Post a transcript already.
Those wascally 'ol Mormons are at it again ! Each of them has at least 10 wives, and keeps it a secret !!
NO! NO! This is out too early! It must come out when Mitt Romney is nominated by the GOP! Then you can trash Mormons! Read the DNC Memo!
I know I know.......stop watching. Whoa that was easy.
What hate?
Genesis 2:24 is singular, not plural.
When did we add the extra minute?
I have far less problems with adult consentual polygamy than with homosexuality.
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Thats interesting...
Because God has “problems” with both of those sexual deviancies...
According to God both are equal as sins and both have the same penalty of damnation...
Then you can trash Mormons!
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I dont “trash Mormons”
I just post the truth about Mormonism...
God only condemed one. What is your point?
Incorrect. God only condems homosexuality. There is no scripture that forbids having more than one wife.
Interestingly the debate over polygamy stretches back many centuries in Chistian history. It was a topic of concern during the Reformation, when of course Luther and others were also highly critical of celibacy in the priesthood. As the Christian community was in the process of turning the authority for marriage over to the state, there were questions about what constituted marriage. Reference was made to the patriarchal practice of polygamy or concubinage, and in some cases this was used as an excuse for princely divorce. One argument for Henry VIII’s divorce and remarriage was that,even if the divorce was not considered in force, the remarriage was nevertheless legal under Biblical law. In some areas of the continent this argument was also used to justify the dissolution of interfaith marriage, or at least the addition of a more suitable wife, even among the common man.
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