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is it ok for Christians to marry cousins and then have biological children with them?
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I do know that some churches will grant a dispensation for such a marriage in certain extenuating circumstances. An example might be an older couple with little likelihood of another marriage possibility.
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Also Noah and his family were marrying each other and having children.
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Wasn't that what Jacob did? Although he did also marry 2 cousins, and each cousin brought him a concubine, which would likely be frowned upon today in most church circles...
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So, better known versions of Christianity do not have us following the example of humans in our past Biblical history, then, but we need to follow the example of Jesus.
"And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma." (Ephesians 5:2)
King David also > had a lot of women, plus he killed a guy in order to cover up for his getting her pregnant, as ones understand it. That, too, is not an example human which we follow, hopefully.
"And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma." (Ephesians 5:2)
King David also > had a lot of women, plus he killed a guy in order to cover up for his getting her pregnant, as ones understand it. That, too, is not an example human which we follow, hopefully.
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To what degree?
My wife has Waggoners way back in her family tree so we might be something like 47th cousins a dozen times removed.
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It is interesting to note the royal families of several cultures practiced brother-sister marriages for dynastic purposes. Two examples are the pharaohnic dynasties of Egypt and the Hawaiian royal family. While there is a risk of "inferior" offspring in such matings there is an equal possibility of "superior" offspring.
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I don't think having sex with a child violates scripture, either, but we know it's wrong, and we also know that children born to cousins likely will have serious medical issues.
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We have a saying about "kissing cousins" in the South, meaning that they are related to you somehow or another, but aren't 1st cousins. So you can kiss them, marry them, legally.
Of course it used to be pretty common for folks to marry their cousins. Especially in royalty & whatnot where they were wanting to keep the blood lines "pure" (the irony of that was unknown to them at the time). Nowadays since we know about the risks for cousins procreating that folks in the past didn't know I think it's a thornier ethical issue, on top of a legal one. There's some cousins who barely knew each other growing up, so it wouldn't be weird for them falling in love as adults like it would with falling in love with a sibling. But if they're wanting to have biological children together, that's a problem. That's not fair to the kids.
Of course it used to be pretty common for folks to marry their cousins. Especially in royalty & whatnot where they were wanting to keep the blood lines "pure" (the irony of that was unknown to them at the time). Nowadays since we know about the risks for cousins procreating that folks in the past didn't know I think it's a thornier ethical issue, on top of a legal one. There's some cousins who barely knew each other growing up, so it wouldn't be weird for them falling in love as adults like it would with falling in love with a sibling. But if they're wanting to have biological children together, that's a problem. That's not fair to the kids.
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