Rational justification for Polygamy?

[_Yoda]

Thanks for your remarks Liz (and Beastie). I'm currently going through some rather strange circumstances so I might be a bit weirder than usual right now. It's nothing to worry about. I still have a job, I haven't had any big disagreements with my wife for a while, and there have been no recent health issues (at least that I know of). It's just one of those days.

It's days like this that I almost wish I were a woman. At least then I'd be able to predict when I'd have the next one of those days (or weeks).

Well, for what it's worth, I have enjoyed our discussions, and hope they can continue.

I hope, though, that if you are feeling down, or "not right", for a particular reason, that things improve for you, and you feel better soon. *HUGS*

[_harmony]

One of the things about this discussion that has irritated me the most is the idea that when we die/are resurrected/given our exaltation, the whole plural marriage thing won't matter because it will all be so glorious/fabulous/unmistakenly wonderful.

I think that's a crock of horse pucky.

We know what matters to God: love our neighbors as we love ourselves, love God, do good to others, be honest, love our parents, get married... the list is long and clearly spelled out.

Plural marriage isn't on that list. Neither is concubinage, slavery, or racism. That should tell us something.

If it's not important enough to get on God's list, then it's not important. So what do we conclude regarding plural marriage? That it matters so much here, God called it an abomination. It matters so much here, Christ himself set the standard and told us to follow him... and he didn't do it. It matters so much here, it doesn't occur at all in the New Testament and only within ancient cultural guidelines that don't apply to us in the Old Testament.

Joseph thought this one up all by himself, and it shows.

[_asbestosman]

We know what matters to God: love our neighbors as we love ourselves, love God, do good to others, be honest, love our parents, get married... the list is long and clearly spelled out.

Where I can I find the complete list? I'm serious. I really don't know.

[_harmony]

We know what matters to God: love our neighbors as we love ourselves, love God, do good to others, be honest, love our parents, get married... the list is long and clearly spelled out.

Where I can I find the complete list? I'm serious. I really don't know.

Start with the 10 Commandments. Progress to the Sermon on the Mount. Avoid the D&C like the plague it is.

[_Jason Bourne]

Start with the 10 Commandments. Progress to the Sermon on the Mount. Avoid the D&C like the plague it is.

Oh come now Harmony. I know there are sections you do not like but there us a lot of good stuff in the D&C as well.

[_harmony]

Start with the 10 Commandments. Progress to the Sermon on the Mount. Avoid the D&C like the plague it is.

Oh come now Harmony. I know there are sections you do not like but there us a lot of good stuff in the D&C as well.

Not having anything to do with the subject of this thread, there isn't. Or even a list of commandments (in which plural marriage is significantly missing).

[_Darth J]

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