Scripturally, what's wrong with polygamy?

[Apollo Rhetor]

I'm sorry, perhaps my words were too strong and inappropriate. I meant nothing towards yourself, but only in regards to your actions. The meaning of pervert I was using was to "change the meaning of or be vague about". I do not believe you are doing it intentionally or with malicious intent.
But if you really were changing the meaning of what the Scriptures said, by claiming that Nathan condemned David's polygynous lifestyle when the Scriptures clearly tell us otherwise, then what was I to think?

Thanks for your time nonetheless.

 

[Unix]

Ge 4:23f: And Lamech said to his women, Ada and Salla, "Listen to my voice, women of Lamech, heed my sayings, for I have killed a husband in my bigamy, and a young boy in my lechery. For Chain is repaid sevenfold and Lamech seventy times seven.
\So, verse 24 states that bigamy is one of the worst sins, that includes all types of polygamy

This "translation" is wrong, it's not even the same as what the Hebrew said. Where did you get it from?

The translation appears to be an Aramaic translation
www.v-a.com/bible/old-testament.html

Yeah, you're right it is from that translation from Ancient Aramaic. Those manuscript-tablets appear to be from the 7th century B.C!

I applaud the research!!!

Why? You think that this translation somehow affects polgyny? It's not even close to the original, and apparently the man who gathered it also sought details from the Gilgamesh Epic, hardly a canonical source. This has nothing to do with Christianity or with the pure, faithfully delivered Word of God

tyreth, You read the site in a haste, 'cause the site does not stat that there would be influence from the Gilgamesh Epic in the Ancient Aramaic tablets of the Pentateuch that are utilized for that translation. What is told is that the king in the 7th century B.C searched for several different scriptures, the Ancient Aramaic Pentateuch was one of them but has nothing to do with the other scriptures/tales! And besides, what I meant with my statement: "Those manuscript-tablets appear to be from the 7th century B.C!" is that those tablets are at least from the 7th century B.C, maybe earlier, the translator doesn't actually say exactly how old those tablets are
But there's no hurry to find out the age, origin, and background of those tablets, because the translation work is still in progress, it'll take some more years. It's a really valuable translation work, very few people ever, since the Ancient Aramaic language died, have learned the language as well as the man who is now working on a translation. He has spent more than about 35 years learning all the know-how needed

I don't believe that any other parts of the Bible than the Pentateuch, were written in Aramaic!

Now, the translator, is letting all to read the translation for free
But there's something I have to say for clearing my own concience: When I tell about Bible translation works then I don't want to 'cause that fine efforts fail because of lack of support from people who are intrested in the work. Remember the purpose of the translation existing online is mainly so that it can be presented
The thing I'm trying to say is: That I think it's shamefull, if you are intrested in the translation, to just read and make use of the translation for free with no intention ever to pay anything for it. So, I want to encourage you who are going to read the translation, to send money, an amount you feel is what you want to give, to the translator, mainly so that he can continue the translation work of the Pentateuch, but also for the progress of the project of choosing and finding the oldest existing Ancient Aramaic manuscripts of the Pentateuch
* In the translators mind, there's no intention to make a buck out of the whole project...
"The success of this Translation Project is not in selling or marketing of the Ancient Aramaic Scriptures, it is rather in the level of scholarship applied to the translation of the old language that has ceased to exist as a spoken language"
from: www.v-a.com/bible/project-report5.html
* ...the intention is just to do as much of the project as lifetime allows...:
"As for the Old Testament, I'll translate as much as I can of it. I don't expect to finish it, because of the difficulty of the task and the slowness of the progress"
from: www.v-a.com/bible/project-report10.html
...So this is all I needed to mention. Enjoy and be happy!

 

[RhetorTheo]

Tyreth,

Truth be told, our objection to polygamy has nothing to do with the scriptures or church tradition. The world says that polygamy is wrong, and we are guilty of rejecting the views of God and the Bible to adopt the views of the world to meet their approval. If we align ourselves with God, we can avoid twisting the scripture to say it's against polygamy when we know the truth, both in the text and in our hearts. In that sense, "we are all sinners" and we all are in need of reconciliation.

 

[RhetorTheo]

Here is the scripture that is against polygamy in the NT. Jesus says that a man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. (Why is that? Because God does not recognize the divorce, as marriage is forever.) So, according to Jesus, the first woman you marry is your wife, and any other women you "marry" you are committing adultery with. Thus, Jesus clearly implies that you can only be married to one woman at a time.

 

[solemn_dove]

Um....that passage says if a man divorces his wife and marries another it is adultery...and it is. But it says nothing about him marrying a second wife in addition to the first. An injunction against divorce, not polygyny. Very simple.

 

[EdmundBlackadderTheThird]

Matthew 19:4 And He answered and said, "Have you not readthat He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE,
5 and said, 'FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH'?
6 "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."

Please note that TWO will become ONE flesh. Explain to me how a man can be ONE FLESH with more than one wife?