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Re: polygyny in "biblical times"
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Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:08:15 GMT
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Purple Dave wrote:
> 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.
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
population back a bit. OK, more than a bit, cut it in half at least.
--
Tom Stangl
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| (...) How is allowing or not allowing same-sex marriages going to affect this? I mean, it's a valid concern and all, but forbidding two guys to get married with each other won't make them want to get married to women and have kids, and allowing two (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) But there IS a humane way. Help societies to move away from subsistence agriculture (and the modern sweatshop equivalent) by introducing the rule of law, property rights, and fostering the growth of free enterprise. This reduces the incentive (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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