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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 22:11:12 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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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Allister McLaren wrote:
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Shameless diversion aside, I agree. Let’s get back to biblical principles.
How many wives and concubines did Soloman have again?
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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....” ;)
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Why don’t you leave the exogesis of the Bible to those who know what they are
talking about (as you obviously don’t).
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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 point is moot, to Christians at least. Jesus’ teaching on the subject is
clear, as He quotes from Genesis (capitalized):
“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.” Matthew 19:4-6
JOHN
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Yep, you've just lost any sense of moral ground--"let no man separate". As long as "man" is separating, you've got nothing. Get rid of divorce (man separating the covenant that 'God joined'), get rid of adultery and coveting, and then we may (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: polygyny in "biblical times"
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| (...) I'm not seeing where that description of linkage rules out a similar linkage with another willing partner, although I'd grant that it does rule out the partmer being the same gender. I'm also not seeing the relevance to constitutional rights (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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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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