Apparently it's tradition and a Hebrew thing.

[link|http://www.religioustolerance.org/lds_poly.htm|Link]

Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament), eight types of family structures are described without any being condemned. Some involve concubines and multiple wives. For example, Esau had 3 wives, Jacob: 2, Ashur: 2, Elkanah: 2, Solomon: 700, Rehaboam: 3, and Abijah had 14. Ahab, Belshazzar, David, Gideon, Jeholachin, Jehoram, and Joash also had multiple wives. Solomon had hundreds of concubines. Other Bible characters had concubines as well.

See [link|http://www.religioustolerance.org/mar_bibl.htm|eight types of marriages mentioned in the Bible]. Here is the first type:

The standard nuclear family: Genesis 2:24 describes how a man leaves his family of origin, joins with a woman, consummates the marriage and lives as a couple. There were quite a few differences between the customs and laws of contemporary North Americans and of ancient Israelites. In ancient Israel:

Inter-faith marriages were theoretically forbidden. However, they were sometimes formed.

Children of inter-faith marriages were considered illegitimate.

Marriages were generally arranged by family or friends; they did not result from a gradually evolving, loving relationship that developed during a period of courtship.

A bride who had been presented as a virgin and who could be proven to be one was stoned to death by the men of her village. (Deuteronomy 22:13-21) There appears to have been no similar penalty for men who engaged in consensual pre-marital sexual activity.

It goes downhill from there. What savages! :)

Post #137,825 by a6l6e6x 1/26/04 12:28:16 PM Reply	Apparently it's tradition and a Hebrew thing. [link\|http://www.religioustolerance.org/lds_poly.htm\|Link] Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament), eight types of family structures are described without any being condemned. Some involve concubines and multiple wives. For example, Esau had 3 wives, Jacob: 2, Ashur: 2, Elkanah: 2, Solomon: 700, Rehaboam: 3, and Abijah had 14. Ahab, Belshazzar, David, Gideon, Jeholachin, Jehoram, and Joash also had multiple wives. Solomon had hundreds of concubines. Other Bible characters had concubines as well. See [link\|http://www.religioustolerance.org/mar_bibl.htm\|eight types of marriages mentioned in the Bible]. Here is the first type: The standard nuclear family: Genesis 2:24 describes how a man leaves his family of origin, joins with a woman, consummates the marriage and lives as a couple. There were quite a few differences between the customs and laws of contemporary North Americans and of ancient Israelites. In ancient Israel: Inter-faith marriages were theoretically forbidden. However, they were sometimes formed. Children of inter-faith marriages were considered illegitimate. Marriages were generally arranged by family or friends; they did not result from a gradually evolving, loving relationship that developed during a period of courtship. A bride who had been presented as a virgin and who could be proven to be one was stoned to death by the men of her village. (Deuteronomy 22:13-21) There appears to have been no similar penalty for men who engaged in consensual pre-marital sexual activity. It goes downhill from there. What savages! :) Alex The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. -- Plutarch
Post #137,826 by deSitter 1/26/04 12:32:26 PM Reply	Re: Apparently it's tradition and a Hebrew thing. And those kwazy Mormons! Hang'em all, the helots! -drl
Post #137,856 by Arkadiy 1/26/04 2:50:22 PM Reply	Anyting before Moses should be discounted After Moses, the legal right to have more than one wife is gone. Certain individual transgressions went unpunished for obvious reasons, but the law was clear. -- Select [link\|http://www.glumbert.com/pictures/Default.asp?index=30\|here].
Post #137,860 by deSitter 1/26/04 2:58:06 PM Reply	And that includes the world's entire population of 5! -drl

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