Secret Squirrel has seen a glimmer of hope for Mankind, presently ,the glint of hope, that Man may once again enjoy the luxury of polygamy, a harem as it were,multiple wives,marriages, and let me tell you Squirrel is pleased,Squirrel is happy, Squirrel’s hopes have been encouraged,enlightened,they soar to the sound of Darth Vader’s breather
screen………Hope…Hope…Hope…Hope…Hope…Hope…
It all starts,basically,in the Book of Genesis………… In the beginning……..
Genesis 2:18 (New International Version):The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” and so…….Eve, but doesn’t mention wife, mentions helper, and also, that man was to rule over woman,recall there is or was no sex until the apple was bitten and eaten of………just a helper,not a companion, but helper, then there was………..fornication…and as Eve’s punishment she would bear,and did, children, sons and daughters of Eve and Adam due to…well,fornication, and they had sons and daughters..and they fornicated……..in incestuous relationships and on to the present day where it continues, amongst all of us sons and daughters of Adam,and Eve for that matter,zounds and zooks incest abounds all round and about and we cannot avoid it.And so they’ve made rules that we
shouldn’t do it,but we all know what to do and where they can stuck their laws…..it’s in the Bible!And there it all started…….a right grand,great and good time,but times changed, slowly, and with them perceptions of right and wrong, wrong can become right, right can become wrong, depending on ones perspective and whom that particular one is.In the beginning, there was polygamy, multiple wives, harems as it were, and additionally, including more concubines…and then things went wrong from there……….but there is a glimmer of hope……
Well now….have a look at this…..
Canadian Courts Consider Decriminalization of Polygamy
by Joanna Brooks
In a case that may have wide-reaching influence, the Supreme Court of British Columbia today opened deliberations in a constitutional reference case to determine whether a small group of fundamentalist Mormons living in a remote B.C. community called Bountiful may practice religiously-motivated plural marriage without fear of prosecution or conviction.Polygamy-practicing Mormons began fleeing to Mexico and Canada in the 1880s, after US Supreme Court Justices upheld the conviction of George Reynolds on polygamy charges in 1879, declaring polygamy an “odious” “Asiatic” practice not protected by First Amendment freedom of religion guarantees. Mormons founded and continue to make up a significant
proportion of Canadian towns such as Cardston, in Alberta.
The case is sure to be watched closely among tens of thousands of FLDS and non-FLDS polygamists in the Book-of-Mormon belt and beyond, and may also have implications for Muslims and other polygamy-practicing people of faith,having multiple wives
is not morally forbidden among Muslims.
Well now, let us look at what the Bible has to say about polygamy…. and we see, zounds and zooks, the very air abounds with polygamy…(and concubines too lest we forget)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Genesis 29 Jacob, marries Leah,and then her sister also, Rachel,and Bilhah,and Zilpah.
In Exodus 21:10, a man can marry an infinite amount of women without any limits to how many he can marry.
In 2 Samuel 5:13; 1 Chronicles 3:1-9, 14:3, King David had six wives and numerous concubines.
In 1 Kings 11:3, King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines.
1 Kings 15:5 – King David married at least seven wives, but it says David did what was right in the sight of the Lord. If polygamy was a sin, David would not be right in God’s eyes.
2 Samuel 12:7-8 – David was given his dead master’s wives. Also God said he could have given him more than what he had. However, David chose to kill a man to steal his wife and that was where his sin was. God indirectly promotes polygamy in this passage.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 – Mentions that adulterers will not inherit the Kingdom of God, yet in Hebrews 11, we see many polygamists listed who inherited the Kingdom of God. Therefore polygamy is not adultery.
Job 27:15 – Job mentions a man who’s “wives shall not weep”.
In 2 Chronicles 11:21, King Solomon’s son Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 concubines.
Genesis 4:19
And Lamech took unto him two wives.
Genesis 16:1-4
Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. And Sarai … gave her to her husband Abram to be his
wife. And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived.
Genesis 25:6
But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had….
Genesis 26:34
Esau … took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Genesis 31:17
Then Jacob rose up, and set … his wives upon camels.
Exodus 21:10
If he take him another wife….
Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated….
Judges 8:30
And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
1 Samuel 1:1-2
Elkanah … had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah.
2 Samuel 12:7-8
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel … I gave thee … thy master’s wives….
1 Kings 11:2-3
Solomon … had seven hundred wives … and three hundred concubines.
1 Chronicles 4:5
And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
2 Chronicles 11:21
Rehoboam … took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines.
2 Chronicles 13:21
But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives….
2 Chronicles 24:3
Jehoiada took for him two wives….
Of course, there are yet many other references to wives,multiple concubines, multiple wives and concubines,all throughout. There is not a single verse from the New Testament that prohibits polygamy.The Bible has wall to wall concubines,even the man’s wealth is the measure of them.Many societies have had and still have, polygamy, as seen in the Bible,zounds and zooks the very air abounded with polygamy,Africans practice polygamy,Arabs, even yet Muslims practice polygamy……….only the conventions of man have made laws against polygamy.and so too the conventions of man can allow polygamy. Here in the case of British Columbia, the law may change in favor of Mormons to allow them polygamy, but then, should it not do so for Muslims as well, and then for that matter, not to allow EVERYBODY polygamy.Less would be discriminatory.Is it in the nature of man
to be monogamist but for the laws?Jesse James, wouldn’t think so, nor Tiger Woods, nor a great several of Senators, nor any others of the great numbers whose marriages ended in divorce due to…extracurricular bedroom exercises,night games.In 2007,
extramarital affairs were blamed for 29 percent of breakups; in 2006, this figure was 32 percent. Male infidelity accounted for over 75 percent of marriage breakdowns, while women were unfaithful 22 percent of the time.
I personally don’t care about how many wives the Prophets of the Bible had, and what was the limit of the many wives back then,nor the additional concubines. My point still stands, and that is Polygamy exists in both the OT and the NT in the Bible,it was there,it was right.It was Man who changed the laws,Man who changed the conventions, and it is Man who can
change it all back again.But do you really think that politicians, and/or judges,are going to do us that much of a favour? Sadly, I think not.
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