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RE: Help With Poster's Religious Response to Polygamy
October 10, 2010 at 7:17 am
(October 9, 2010 at 12:43 pm)theophilus Wrote: Jacob and Solomon had more that one wife but there is no place in the Bible that says God approved of this. In Deuteronomy 17:7 kings were specifically for bidden to have more that one wife.
God seemed vocal enough about homosexuality; you'd have thought he'd mention that he wasn't keen on polygamy either.
Quote:Solomon's wives did turn he heart away from God so that he worshipped other gods.
Naughty wives. I hope they were stoned to death or something.
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RE: Help With Poster's Religious Response to Polygamy
October 11, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Your argument would be proven false even if the all of the Bible was 100% against polygamy, because they wear special underwear and follow the book of Mormon, not the Bible. Tell him to stop supporting his beliefs with the Bible unless he wants to take an all encompassing approach, and stop cherry picking from things he doesn't even follow anyways.
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RE: Help With Poster's Religious Response to Polygamy
October 12, 2010 at 7:08 am
(This post was last modified: October 12, 2010 at 7:08 am by solja247.)
Just tell him, God made Adam and Eve. Not Adam, Eve, Stevie, Stephanie and Stacey.
Its ok to have doubt, just dont let that doubt become the answers.
You dont hate God, you hate the church game.
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RE: Help With Poster's Religious Response to Polygamy
October 13, 2010 at 7:07 pm
(October 12, 2010 at 7:08 am)solja247 Wrote: Just tell him, God made Adam and Eve. Not Adam, Eve, Stevie, Stephanie and Stacey.
According to the mythology he also also made all the animals as well. Exactly what are you trying to tell us here?
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RE: Help With Poster's Religious Response to Polygamy
October 17, 2010 at 6:33 am
If god is okay with marrying a kitchen condiment and 700 wives and 300 concubines he is okay with polygamy
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RE: Help With Poster's Religious Response to Polygamy
October 17, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Tell him the 10 commandments, Noah's story, Adam and Eve and everything that made marriage what he claims to be are in the Old Testament that he believes does not matter.
