well, since there seems to be so many scholars here, let's bring up this topic
some say polygyny is of the devil, some say Yahweh doesn't mind
why and wherefore are we where we are today?
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kickme wrote:well, since there seems to be so many scholars here, let's bring up this topic
some say polygyny is of the devil, some say Yahweh doesn't mind
why and wherefore are we where we are today?
Personally.. my current view is that
i would rather not be in such a multi-relationship......
to rephrase:
i love all my sisters, but i'm not sharing myyyy dessert tray Razz Laughing
eriqbenel wrote:Personally.. my current view is that
i would rather not be in such a multi-relationship......
to rephrase:
i love all my sisters, but i'm not sharing myyyy dessert tray Razz Laughing
I am really not trying to "stir up" controversy, but I know my next comments may do so.
TW, who I believe is a very sweet, powerful, woman of YHWH, says:
"I'm not sharing..."
I DO agree that it would be better if everyone is in "agreement", but I don't see anyplace in Scripture where a man needed specific "permission" from a wife to take another one.
There is a reason why men have been designed with the desire to have more than one wife. This design of males (including many, many species of creation) is the design of YHWH. I would ask women this question: Why would you put yourself in a position to fight against YHWH's design?
It is pagan programming that makes women feel this way. And I believe it is rooted in selfishness.
When women speak on this subject, they always say "I'm not", "I wouldn't", "I can't". This is rooted in the idea that marriage is supposed to be all about the wife and her needs and feelings.
I emphasize "all" because the wife's feelings should be a primary concern of a husband, but that isn't what marriage is "all" about.
A woman was designed to be a "help" that was "suitable" to the husband. If a person is a "help", that implies that they do NOT set the agenda. The one who they are "helping" sets the agenda.
If that agenda includes multiple wives in order to have multiple children to build a lineage or "house", or for whatever reason, then it is a wife's (or wives) responsibility to submit to that.
What about what the husband wants? The only reason a man having more than one wife would bring "strife" into a home is if the women involved are full of "strife" and selfishness, instead of loving toward one another as the Scripture commands.
Now, I will stand behind my bullet proof wall
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