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NASB | 1 Kings 11:3 He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Kings 11:3 He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away [from God]. |
Subject: Does God endorse polygamy? |
Bible Note: You wrote: 'Besides, I never said that polygamy is God's ideal for marriage, as many have assumed concerning my position. I also never claimed that God "endorsed" polygamy. What I DID say is that built into the protections that beneift the first wife, God made "governing provision" for a man to have more than one wife. Many have assumed from this that my meaning had to do with endorsement and even commandment.' Okay, then please answer us directly: according to you, does God care whether mankind in general is polygamous or not? You wrote: "One cannot help but to wonder at the declaration that Adam's having been given one wife became an unwritten law for all mankind. By what authority does one make such a claim when God's silence on such an alleged Law is agonizingly evident?" I repeat my earlier (and as yet unanswered) point: How many times is Genesis 2:23 quoted elsewhere in the Bible? Who quotes it, and in what contexts? Is it given as an instructive example, a normative principle, in those instances or not? You see, Don, you are what I like to call a "one-issue wonder." Every last one of your posts on this forum have had to do with polygamy. Since it is not a doctrinal standard of your church, it is more likely a personal issue in your life. Most likely, if you do not repent of your thinking, you will continue to ignore the biblical support Ihave given and go off and try to find another forum on which to post your views, insisting all the while how you have continuously "stumped" everyone to whom you have presented your views. You are not going to find sympathy and support for your proclivity here, Don. It simply will not happen. You can convince yourself that it is due to our thinking, hopelessly mired in what at least purports to be a monogamous culture. Nevertheless, you are not going to be getting the "thumbs-up" here. Just out of curiosity, what do the pastor and deacons think of your views? Do they encourage you sharing your perspective with the rest of your congregation? --Joe! |