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Re: polygyny in "biblical times"
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 19 Jul 2004 14:55:19 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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Relevance? (as if polygamy was a “biblical principle”).
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(I think you mean polygyny).
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The term “polygamy” has the advantage of covering both polygyny and polyandry
(and being a term that most people have actually heard of). Yes, the bible
really only deals with polygyny, but it can be politically advantageous to lump
them together when trying to pass laws to outlaw either of them. That way, if
you’re really only concerned about polygyny, you not only get votes from people
who are specifically against polygyny and people who are against polygamy in
general, but you might swing in a few votes from people who really only object
to polyandry and see this as their chance to go after it.
Honestly, I can’t even think of any societies that specifically allowed
polyandry. I know the Mormon, Muslim, and Jewish faiths have or still do allow
polygyny, and I remember hearing about various hippie communes in the US where
you basically married the group (every woman was each man’s wife, and every man
was each woman’s husband). Polygyny makes at least a miniscule amount of sense
from a biological aspect, where, much like a pride of lions, those men who can
support large families are better able to breed large families, but with
polyandry you’re still limited to how fast the woman can carry each child to
term regardless of the number of husbands she has, so it would have to be
politically motivated (and I’m not saying that polygyny/polygamy aren’t), which
means it’d probably have to come from a purely matriarchal society. And again,
I can’t think offhand of any major societies that were, unless you count
mythical societies like the Greek Amazons.
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| (...) This begs the question - with over 6 BILLION humans on this earth, do we REALLY need to make it easier for Breeders to spit out more humans than they should be? The earth would be far better off if we'd figure a *humane* way to scale the world (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) This is very OT (excuse the pun); for a NT ref see Matthew 25:1-12: "...the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom...." ;) (...) (I think you mean polygyny). It was (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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