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1 | Does God endorse polygamy? | 1 Kin 11:3 | Hank | 68468 | ||
Swordman: I, the author of the original question of this thread, am a Southern Baptist too, but I don't hold a pro-polygamy view, and you are the first Southern Bapist (if that's what you indeed really are) that I ever heard of who does. I would like to point out with emphasis and vigor that the views you expressed in your post do not reflect the view of the Southern Baptist Convention, its leadership, nor the "Baptist Faith and Message." You may call yourself a Southern Baptist, sir or madam, but in your views on polygamy, you are definitely a maverick in my estimation. ..... P.S. I could and perhaps should say more, especially to the end of letting the Bible itself unravel "the many wild threads hanging loose" in your post, but the hour is late, I'm getting to be an old man, and must get my rest. Besides, Joe has made an excellent start in the unraveling process and, God willing and if the occasion arises, I may yet take a yank at some of the many wild threads still hanging loose in your pro-polygamy post. Have a nice day. Southern Baptist? Hmmm. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Does God endorse polygamy? | 1 Kin 11:3 | Swordman007 | 68536 | ||
I realize that the Southern Baptist conventoin does not agree with the position I have taken. It can also be pointed out that the Southern Baptist convention is not infallible in all its beliefs. Not even the leadership in the convention would ever declare such a thing. I too would have serious reservations to anyone who made such a claim. However, there is not one mainstream denomination on the face of this planet that does not have various elements of socially engineered theologies within its foundational fabric. Yes, I am Southern Baptist, but I am FIRST a follower of Christ Jesus. I personally do not elevate the convention upon a pedestal (or altar). There are MANY maverics within the convention. Thanks. Don |
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3 | Does God endorse polygamy? | 1 Kin 11:3 | Hank | 68567 | ||
Don, I will give you that neither the Southern Baptist Convention nor its leaders, seminary professors, preachers, deacons, Sunday School teachers -- none of these is infallible in belief or interpretation, but then, neither am I, and neither are you. You have taken a position on polygamy that, in my view, you have failed to defend by sound biblical exegesis. While I, like you, don't place the SBC or its leadership on a pedestal, I am suspect of lone-wolf self-proclaimed 'theologians' who are prone to fall prey to one's own interpretation [cf.2 Peter 1:20]. Consider, please, in contrast to own's own interpretation, one of the functions of Christ' church in light of 2 Timothy 3:16: "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable (1) for teaching, (2) for reproof, (3) for correction, (4) for training in righteousness."..... Jesus said it plain enough and clear enough in Matthew 19:4-6: "And He answered and said, 'Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?" So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.'" ...... To read into this passage any meaning except a permanent, monogamous marital relationship is eisegesis, not exegesis.... A lesbian once handed me a sheet of white paper. Seeing that it was blank on both sides, I asked her what it was all about. She answered me that this sheet of blank white paper "proved conclusively" that the Bible did not condemn homosexuality, because that sheet of blank paper contained every word that Jesus ever said about homosexuality. Did she make her point, prove her case, present a convincing argument? No, not to me she didn't. And regarding your argument that the Bible endorses polygamy, neither have you. --Hank | ||||||