Is polygamy a sin?

[Liger14]

Is having more than one wife a sin?I dont think it is,but what is everyone else's stance on this?It's been highly debated in many places I have went to and visited.

 

[Willo]

Would it be classed as adultery? If you married, and slept with more than one person?

 

[Mr.Cheese]

Well, what does the bible say about more than one wife?
Read the stories and see what they say about polygamy.
The original couple were husband and wife. Singular.
Jesus said the *two* will become one flesh.

If polygamy is ok then what about polyandry? What about your wife having more than one husband?

 

[Liger14]

If it was adultery,then why werent any of the people who practiced it subjected to punishment?you know,death?David,Abraham and a score of other main biblical characters should have died.That was gods law on adultery.

But if you read closely youll see that whenever adultery is mentioned it has to do with the woman cheating on her husband.Look at all the mentionings of adultery in the bible.You will see that it's always an adulteress who kicks it off.Yet the man seems to be able to go get 3 or 4 wives whenever he wants.

 

[Lionroot]

Is having more than one wife a sin?

2 Samuel 12:8 I (the LORD) gave your master's house to you, and your master's wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.

Does the LORD tempt man to sin?

Would it be classed as adultery?

Do you think that the LORD encouraged David, in the above scripture, to commit adultery?

Clearly the LORD does not tempt or encourage men to sin.

If polygamy is ok then what about polyandry?

Romans 7:2-3...by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. 3So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress, even though she marries another man.

Clearly not all types of polygamy are "ok", just the kind that God provided for David typically called polygyny.

God Bless,

Robert

 

[Mr.Cheese]

If it was adultery,then why werent any of the people who practiced it subjected to punishment?you know,death?David,Abraham and a score of other main biblical characters should have died.That was gods law on adultery.

But if you read closely youll see that whenever adultery is mentioned it has to do with the woman cheating on her husband.Look at all the mentionings of adultery in the bible.You will see that it's always an adulteress who kicks it off.Yet the man seems to be able to go get 3 or 4 wives whenever he wants.

I said nothing about adultery. You failed to consider anything I said.
Why did a man have multiple wives to begin with?
What were the effects of this?
After considering that, does the bible imply that it is a good thing to have more than one wife?

Consider again the original couple, Adam and Eve. And also consider the teaching of Jesus. These are clearly illustrating monogamy.

What are your motivations for advocating polygamy?

 

[ascribe2thelord]

If it was adultery,then why werent any of the people who practiced it subjected to punishment?you know,death?David,Abraham and a score of other main biblical characters should have died.That was gods law on adultery.

But if you read closely youll see that whenever adultery is mentioned it has to do with the woman cheating on her husband.Look at all the mentionings of adultery in the bible.You will see that it's always an adulteress who kicks it off.Yet the man seems to be able to go get 3 or 4 wives whenever he wants.

You forget that when Abraham went for Hagar to produce a male heir, that coupling produced the "Saracens" (Arabs), who according to the Bible are a people who fight against their own brothers and against Israel. And when David committed adultery, Nathan warned him of God's judgment - and he used terms of death, even to the king.

Solomon, however ... I'm concerned the chroniclers of his time might have been led astray by his own devotion to idols and riches. They might have been caught up in all the prosperity of the era and forgotten that God's law forbade what he was doing.

Remember, the kingdom was divided from that point on, and 10/12ths of it given to the new king, Rheoboam (sp.?) - so there are consequences for polygamy.

None of the polygamists in the Bible got off well with God, because their love for him was divided with their love for women. Or rather, stolen by it. Paul himself says that a deacon may only have one wife - he was concerned about church authority being in the hands of those who practiced ungodliness.

See what I mean?

Certainly those times were averse towards women in general, but God made sure that those who violated his will for us were duly punished.

 

[Liger14]

I said nothing about adultery. You failed to consider anything I said.
Why did a man have multiple wives to begin with?
What were the effects of this?
After considering that, does the bible imply that it is a good thing to have more than one wife?

Consider again the original couple, Adam and Eve. And also consider the teaching of Jesus. These are clearly illustrating monogamy.

What are your motivations for advocating polygamy?

Wow,I thought this thread was dead!

Anyhow,first I'd like to say that I am not a polygamist,I am not planning to be one and I have never actually seen one in my life.I am advocating for it because people who do it are often considered to be sinners,and after learning a little about the topic,I just dont think it is...

Anywho,looking at the bible there are a lot of cases involving polygamy,and it seems that for the most part God accepted it.People arent gonna agree,but it just seems like he did.

I am honestly not sure why the practice of polygamy was started,but it might have been because at that time when there were a lot more wars,there werent enough men to go around.

I know the first documented polygamist was lamech,and he wasnt such a good guy.A lot of people use that fact to argue against polygamy.

I understand what youre tryin to argue,but i dont know if god would consider polygamy a bad thing,or say monogamy was the route to take,and then let all these polygamists run around and still be holy.He even gave wives to david.

And then theres that parable in the new testament(I do not remember exactly where,ill look it up later) when Jesus mentions about how he had 10 brides,and 5 were wise and 5 were foolish.Then he let the foolish ones go.Why would Jesus use a parable like that if polygamy was really that bad?

 

[SandCrab]

There is a short one worded answer for this...YES