 You can truly love a single being
and he/she should be the one whom
you should marry and spend your
life with.Practising poligamy is
almost like keeping a harem,like
the Muslim rulers used to keep in
the olden days.I feel that with
changing circumstances you should
learn how to change too.In the
ancient times, poligamy was
accepted in the society,but now its
not.So I definitely don't support
it. |
 07 Dec 2007 14:58
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Polygamy is a fun idea with a
pretty bad result. I don't really
care for it. |
13 Jul 2008 01:09
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As a Christian:
"at the beginning the Creator 'made
them male and female,' and said,
'For this reason a man will leave
his father and mother and be united
to his wife, and the two will
become one flesh'? So they are no
longer two, but one. Therefore what
God has joined together, let man
not separate." [Matthew 19:4-6; see
also Genesis 1:27 and Genesis 2:24;
Ephesians 5:31]
Note the TWO becoming ONE.
As a general person, religion
aside, the idea of it is just quite
strange to me. Jealousy is normal
in most marriages, but with teh
competition of 'first' wife and all
sorts of time management factors
its just seems uncomfortable to me.
It just seem to devalue the love a
woman can have for a man if he
needs mor ethan one to 'satisfy'
himself, as it were.
Do women ever have more than one
husband? |
30 May 2008 21:09
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Women generally outnumber men
because of war and being the
stronger of the species. If a
person has been raised in a culture
where that is practiced, like many
of the Native American Peoples,
than I see no wrong in it. There is
a culturally sound reason behind
it, you can bet. It's like the
woman walking behind the man in
certain cultures, people always
look at it in a negative way. Did
it ever occur to you that the lead
man exposes himself to more danger
and that this originally was a
custom that was put in place to
protect not humiliate women. |
11 May 2008 15:00
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 Go for it! If both sides are fine
then why not! If a man is able to
put up with more than one wife or
vice versa then so be it! Marriage
is NOT a sacred institution anymore
with the divorce rate, people
getting married in Vegas and on
Jerry Springer. I got married in a
church just to appease my relatives
not because my wife or I believed
in Gosd ofr the church! I think
that is VERY common nowadays! |
12 Dec 2007 01:04
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I believe I didn't type "from a
religious point of view" because I
didn't simply point out any
religion. That's not what matters.
What matters to me is the idea of
poligamy --> 1 man/woman can have >
1 woman/man as their partners.
Nowadays, when you hear a married
woman has a partner outside her
marriage, I bet you'll say "she's
cheating on her husband" or "she's
having an affair". With poligamy,
that woman can also marry her
"hidden" partner despite the fact
she's already married so she has 2
husbands. Do you agree with this?
For additional information, I was
raised in a culture where poligamy
is something good. So, its not
wrong for me if I say poligamy is
wrong since I know the real idea of
it. |
08 Dec 2007 09:48
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Polygyny was practised by the
ancient Hebrews, reported as normal
in the Bible. In fact, nowhere in
this book is it prohibited. Only
polyandry is immoral. Looking at
Exodus 21:10, men are prescribed to
take care of their wives, but not
limited to just one:
"If he marries another woman, he
must not deprive the first one of
her food, clothing and marital
rights."
Deuteronomy 21:15-17 defines who
the firstborn son would be in
polygynous marriages:
"If a man has two wives, and he
loves one but not the other, and
both bear him sons but the
firstborn is the son of the wife he
does not love, when he wills his
property to his sons, he must not
give the rights of the firstborn to
the son of the wife he loves in
preference to his actual firstborn,
the son of the wife he does not
love. He must acknowledge the son
of his unloved wife as the
firstborn by giving him a double
share of all he has. That son is
the first sign of his father's
strength. The right of the
firstborn belongs to him."
In fact the only Biblical
limitation to number of wives is a
suggestion not to take too many.
See Deuteronomy 17:17:
"He must not take many wives, or
his heart will be led astray. He
must not accumulate large amounts
of silver and gold." |
30 May 2008 19:43
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I feel it is wrong for people of a
different culture or religion to
tell others what THEY think they
should do or how THEY should live,
in ANY way! |
07 Dec 2007 19:00
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You seem to know your way around
the Bible, so I am going to assume
you remember Solomon, builder of
the First Temple in Jerusalem.
Well, turns out that the King of
Isreal most renowned for his
wisdom, wealth, and power had 700
official wives and 300 concubines.
Don't believe me? Check 1 Kings
11:1-3. It's good to be the king! I
can tell you the truth, too. He
must have been as wise and rich as
they say. I can't keep up with only
one woman, let alone 1000. |
17 Aug 2008 17:07
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Polygamy should not be
practiced.Think about the life of
their kids too and give some
importance to their feelings too . |
18 Jan 2008 08:24
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I am against the assertion that
polygamy is "wrong", only because
the term "wrong" happens to be a
subjective and moral judgment which
applies to the world of humanity
other than to just me, and to a
very private matter.
For me, polygamy is wrong. Within
context of my belief system,
culture, morality, yes it is wrong.
For people outside this tiny
realm that represents me, polygamy
may become less of a moral
judgment.
To me, in context of western
culture and my belief system, it is
indeed wrong. For those who hold
different value systems, how could
I say/judge? (Besides, who really
wants more than one husband?--even
one may be at times too many! :) |
13 Dec 2007 07:32
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I don't believe that G-d made us,
and polygamy does not legalize
affairs. There are societies in
which polygamy is accepted. In
such societies there would be no
reason for an individual to have
"hidden" partners as you put it.
Most Westerners don't approve of
the practice of having more than
one spouse. That's because it's
not something accepted in our
culture. In that context a sexual
relationship outside of marriage
would be having an affair or
cheating on a spouse.
You have rejected the practice of
polygamy even though your culture
permitted it. That's your choice,
and I happen to believe in
monogamy. I just think you are
being very judgmental. You have no
right to apply your own beliefs so
harshly to others with different
beliefs. |
08 Dec 2007 16:14
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No... You can't say: "From a
religious point of view" because
that is NOT true for ALL
religions.
Logic101 is right.
It is definitely not right for
people of a religion/culture to
think they are superior to others.
They can't try to control other's
lives and how they live.
Would you agree to let someone tell
you how to act, even if it went
against what you believe in?? |
08 Dec 2007 00:34
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It would not work for me. So for me
i am against it. But for someone
else if they can be happy that way
it does not bother me! |
15 May 2008 17:46
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