Thank you for anotehr perspective on the matter JohnDB! Like I said, I"m trying to have an open mind about many things these days and to search matters out for myself both by observation and study of Scripture. My conclusion remains: Polygyny is NOT the ideal or 'Gods best', but if done with respect and charity (kindness/love) I dont think its a sin. Although I do agree with Paul, it's a lot easier to do ministry with 1 wife, so thus this is definitely advisable and proper.
How do you interpret Matthew 19. That, and similar passages, are the only real arguments, Biblically, I have against polygamy.
If a man divorces his wife, except it be for fornication, and marries another, he commits adultery. So what is it about that situation that is adultery? Taking two wives, or do you think the man is guilty of adultery somehow because he made his wife commit adultery by remarriage?
My wife was counseling once with a second wife from another country. She ended up divorcing and leaving her husband whose first wife was in the home country, but she wouldn't follow other people's advice and ended up getting remarried twice. Her child is with her mother overseas. Her life is really messed up.
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