Why Doesn't God Condemn Polygamy in The Old Testament? | Ask Dr. E
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- This week's question is - “In the Bible, kings like David and Solomon had literal 100’s of wives, and yet, God never condemns their polygamy. In the New Testament, a woman who has had a mere 5 husbands is condemned by Jesus as a sinner. How can God have such a double standard?”
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So much here! I was born and raised a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and while that church no longer practices polygamy, it is still taught as a true principal of God that He uses when He needs it for His purposes. A few years ago I started questioning my faith- and the LDS history surrounding polygamy was a big part of that. I was shocked when I learned that at no time had God actually commanded polygamy. Fast forward to now, and I've stepped in to a more real relationship with the God found in the bible. More than polygamy or any other issue, the catalyst for this was the doctrine of undeserved salvation by grace through faith. The story of the woman taken in adultery is such a good example of God in the flesh "not condemning" a person who deserved condemnation, and not because of anything she had done to deserve His forgiveness.
Polygamy is a problem for harmonious living: 1. jealousy between wives, 2. Lineage equity (treatment of children, inheritance), 3. Worship of sex (another god), 4. lack of peace in the family, 5. multiple conflicting life-style agendas, 6.frequency of sex per wife (favorites), 7. Expensive lifestyle houses cars food education etc 8. I can only see polygamy as beneficial providing labor necessary to run the family business (farm), Be fruitful and multiply, a man can multiple more times per year than a woman, therefore having many wives / concubines means many progeny... which means powerful societal dominions
Even if you are right it still doesn't mean that it is a sin.
@@waneframe Actually it improves the ability to obey the first command--"BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY" So you are speaking the truth that Obedience is NOT a sin! It should be promoted as obedience to Gods command if you have the money and patience for 5 to 20 wives!!??
Thank you for explaining this Dr.E.
And thank you Hannah. ❣️💜❣️
So according to the explanation I'm also not allowed to have more than 1 horse? Cause I believe the passage was refering to being (vain) like other nation, and not so much the quantity.
Having multiple wives isn’t a sin. If so then how is it.
Practically every case of polygamy in the bible resulted in disaster. So, God did not have to issue a punishment for polygamy because polygamy comes with its own built-in punishment.
This is a feminism interpretation of the scriptures.
Friend God does not sanction sin? Polygyny is not a sin. The levirate marriage was a blessings to the women.